Tom And Jerry Movies

October 1, 1992 saw the first international release of Tom and Jerry: The Movie when the film was released overseas to theatres in Europe of that year[26] and then domestically by Miramax Films on July 30, 1993,[27] with future video and DVD releases that would be sold under Warner Brothers. Barbera served as creative consultant for the picture, which was produced and directed by Phil Roman. A musical film with a structure similar to MGM's blockbusters, The Wizard of Oz and Singin' in the Rain, the movie was criticized by critics for giving the pair dialogue (and songs) through the entire movie. It was also criticized because the film did not completely focus on the duo.[citation needed] In 2001, Warner Bros. (which had, by then, merged with Turner and assumed its properties) released the duo's first direct-to-video movie, Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring, in which Tom covets a ring which grants mystical powers to the wearer, and has become accidentally stuck on Jerry's head. It would mark the last time Hanna and Barbera co-produced a Tom and Jerry cartoon together, as William Hanna died shortly after The Magic Ring was released.