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Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Diamond
Burbank, Calif., August 28, in the
year of our Lord 2009 – Walt Disney Studios Home
Entertainment (WDSHE) proudly marks two groundbreaking
milestones with the highly-anticipated October 6 high definition
debut of the most acclaimed animated movie ever made. Walt
Disney’s original classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which
made history in 1937 as the first full-length animated feature,
is the premiere entry in a spectacular all-new product
line—Disney’s Diamond Collection. And, in an industry first, the
historic release will make its bow on Disney Blu-ray + DVD Combo
Pack (two Blu-ray discs + DVD) a full seven weeks before the
Deluxe Two-Disc Classic standard definition DVD becomes
available on November 24.
Presented with flawless newly restored picture and 7.1 Digital
Theater System Hi-Def Surround Sound, Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs: Diamond Edition promises to set a new standard in home
entertainment. The most immersive and highest level viewing
experience ever available, it includes unparalleled features,
exclusive and updatable high definition content, superior
picture and sound, and much more.
Perfectly timed for holiday gift giving and available for a
limited time only, the historic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Diamond Edition comes with a spectacular assortment of all new
bonus features, including:
Blu-ray™ Bonus Features
• Magic Mirror – Using the latest in Blu-ray technology, the
iconic magic Mirror guides the audience through the Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition features with ease,
serving as the host for an incredibly immersive experience. The
Mirror will recognize viewing patterns, knows where the audience
has left off and will even suggest where to navigate next. This
marks the first use of this technology in a Disney Blu-ray
release and provides viewers with the control to personally
create a customized Snow White experience
• DisneyView – Disney’s pioneering animated feature is brought
to the modern era of widescreen high definition viewing by
allowing the user to expand their viewing experience beyond the
original aspect ratio of the film. Utilizing Disney Blu-ray
technology, acclaimed Disney artist Toby Bluth was able to draw
beyond the borders of the classic full frame cinema and fill the
otherwise dark edges of the screen with beautiful custom
imagery, giving audiences a new view of the animated classic
favorite.
• About Toby Bluth – Disney artist Toby Bluth tells how the
movie inspired him to create the superb DisneyView art.
• Audio Commentary with Walt Disney, hosted by John Canemaker
• “The Princess and the Frog” Sneak Peek
BACKSTAGE DISNEY: DIAMOND EDITION
• Snow White Returns - Newly discovered storyboards suggest a
brand new Snow White featurette that never got made. For the
first time, current Disney animators show how this short story
would have played.
• Mirror, Mirror On The Wall – Through BD-Live, this mirror can
find the secret princess inside each viewer, then create for
them a personal message from their favorite princess who will
call them on the telephone.
• Hyperion Studios – Audiences are digitally transported to 1937
to discover first-hand Hyperion Studios, the original studio
Walt Disney himself built where Snow White was conceived and
developed. Viewers will virtually walk the halls of this
historic landmark, experiencing life at Hyperion Studios in the
1930s. This amazing “Backstage Disney” feature contains newly
dimensionalized archival photos, never-before-heard animator
recordings, archival transcripts and rare footage of Walt
himself revealing how Disney’s gifted filmmakers crafted the
very first animated feature.
• The One That Started It All - This featurette reveals how Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs forever changed the world of movies
and the world at large.
MUSIC & MORE
• “Someday My Prince Will Come” – Music video by Tiffany
Thornton
FAMILY PLAY (GAMES & ACTIVITIES)
• What Do You See? – To win this exciting interactive game,
players must untangle scrambled images.
• Jewel Jumble – Players put jewels from the Dwarfs’ mine in the
proper order to win this game.
DVD Bonus Features
• Audio Commentary with Walt Disney, hosted by John Canemaker
• “The Princess and the Frog” Sneak Peek
• Snow White Returns - Newly discovered storyboards suggest a
brand new Snow White featurette that never got made. For the
first time, current Disney animators show how this short story
would have played.
• The One That Started It All - This featurette reveals how Snow
White and the Seven
Dwarfs forever changed the world of movies and the world at
large.
• “Someday My Prince Will Come” – Music video by Tiffany
Thornton
• Dopey’s Wild Mine Ride – An interactive set-top game for the
whole family
• Animation Voice Talent
• Disney Through The Decades – A series of video segments with
celebrity hosts
• “Heigh-Ho” Karaoke Sing-Along
• Dylan & Cole Sprouse: Blu-ray™ Is Suite!
• Learn How To Take Your Favorite Movies On The Go
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has been unavailable in any
form, since 2001. The film earned a 1939 honorary Academy Award®
for “significant screen innovation which has charmed millions,
and pioneered a great new entertainment field." And now, Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs Blu-ray becomes the ultimate home
entertainment experience with state-of-the-art picture
restoration and a pristine 7.1 Digital Theater System Hi-Def
Surround Sound.
About Disney’s New Blu-ray™ Diamond Collection:
The new Blu-ray™ Diamond Collection represents The Walt Disney
Studio’s most prestigious animated classics. The Blu-ray
Diamond Edition Discs will be comprised of 14 of Walt Disney’s
most treasured animated classic titles to be released through
2016. These titles represent the highest level of
picture and sound, feature groundbreaking, state-of-the-art
immersive bonus content, and include unprecedented levels of
interactivity, personalization and customization, only made
possible by Blu-ray technology.
About Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:
Celebrated as an entertainment landmark for over 70 years, the
first full-length animated film ever made, and still the
‘fairest of them all,” Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ world
premiere represented a major milestone for the world of
animation, a giant leap forward for The Walt Disney Company. It
is one of the most beloved and most watched films in history. As
one of the first films ever to be designated for preservation by
the Library of Congress, it has been entertaining moviegoers and
critics alike for decades. It is also the first film ever to
have a motion picture soundtrack, as well as the first film that
uses music to advance the story. To date, Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs has been released theatrically a total of nine
times.
Synopsis:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the time-honored story of a
beautiful princess whose blossoming beauty disturbs her
stepmother the Queen. Each day the Queen asks a mysterious magic
mirror the quintessential question: "mirror, mirror on the wall,
who's the fairest of them all." As long as the mirror answers
the Queen's name, all is well. However, when one day the mirror
replies with Snow White’s name, the evil Queen begins her quest
to kill the young girl, so she may once again be "the fairest of
them all."
Snow White’s escape from the evil Queen's
plan leads her deep into the forest and to a small cottage where
she meets, in one of the most famous scenes in motion picture
history, the Seven Dwarfs. Once "off to work" they go, the
wicked Queen persuades Snow White to take a bite of a poisonous
apple that places a powerful sleeping curse on the young beauty.
Heartbroken, the dwarfs make a glass coffin for their friend,
because she is too beautiful to bury. Only when a handsome
Prince -- who had previously fallen in love with Snow White --
finds her and kisses her, does she awaken, "to live happily ever
after."
The Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Blu-ray™ + DVD Combo Pack is
priced at $39.99 SRP and the 2-Disc DVD set is priced at $29.99
SRP.
BLU-RAY STREET DATE: October 6, 2009
DVD STREET DATE November 24, 2009
Pricing: Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack: $39.99 SRP
2-Disc DVD: $29.99 SRP
Feature run time: 84 minutes
Rated: G
FastPlay™: FastPlay enabled (DVD only)
Technical specifications may only apply to feature.
Blu-ray Disc:
Presentation: 1080p Hi-Def
Aspect ratio: Widescreen (1.33:1)
Sound: 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Languages: English SDH, French, Spanish
Engish, SDH, French, and Spanish subtitles
DVD:
Aspect ratio: Widescreen (1.33:1)
Sound: 5.1 Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix (DEHT), 5.1 DEHT
English, French and Spanish Language Tracks
Languages: English, French and Spanish Subtitles