Disney dvds

Nov. 9th, 2006 12:13 pm
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Disney tips hat to Walt with new DVD series - Yahoo! News:
The Walt Disney Co. is launching a new DVD line honoring its famous founder.

The Walt Disney Legacy Collection will spotlight films from the Disney archives that the late Walt Disney personally had a hand in creating.

First up: The "True-Life Adventures" films, a series of 13 animal and nature movies that will be released on DVD December 5, the 105th anniversary of Disney's birth. The films were released between 1948 and 1960 and won a total of eight Academy Awards.

Disney reportedly got the idea for "True-Life Adventures" when he saw research footage of deer that had been prepared for "Bambi." The first film, "Seal Island," was snubbed by RKO -- at the time Disney's theatrical distributor -- and led Disney and brother Roy O. Disney to form their own distribution company, Buena Vista.
The same day sees the release of Pirates 2, btw.

In addition, this year's Walt Disney Treasures release features
  • Complete Pluto Volume 2
  • More Silly Symphonies
  • Your Host Walt Disney
  • The Hardy Boys (from the Mickey Mouse Club series)
all coming December 19th.

In the animated front, Robin Hood gets an upgrade from it's relatively un-special Gold Collection release, coming November 28th, and March's Platinum Edition is Peter Pan (yes, annoyingly, it's 3rd dvd release, just like Alice and Mary Poppins), likely to promote the new Tinker Bell movie coming next spring.

Plus, there's going to be a 4 disc "extended edition" Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe coming December 12th, featuring:
  • Disc 1: Extended motion picture with additional scenes and features
  • Disc 2: Two Worlds of Narnia featurettes
  • Disc 3: C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia - All-new feature-length film about the man who created Narnia
  • Disc 4: Visualizing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Complete Production Experience
  • Collectible 10-page companion guide
  • Certificate of authenticity
  • $10 mail-in rebate for previous owners to upgrade
Yay for that last line 'cause, damn...still, amazon's listing it for only $27, so it's not a major "steal the money from the fans" type of release.

Date: 2006-11-09 05:52 pm (UTC)
kiltboy: (Default)
From: [personal profile] kiltboy
I'm still waiting on the re-release of Song of the South. I have't seen it in... well, it's been along damned time since I listened to the 45 Storybook version I had.

Date: 2006-11-09 05:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] faireraven.livejournal.com
Germany's got it. They'll never re-release it in america, though.

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