Robin Williams brings his own manic shape-shifting gifts as actor and comedian to a hilarous, unpredictable reading.
He preserves the basic strengths of this lively tale while injecting a uniquely crazed vision that will keep parents at least as happy as their enraptured kids.
Ry Cooder adds his own brilliance as arranger and chief picker in this series of instrumental vignettes that evoke a story's larger-than-life Old West milieu.