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Summary: A great DVD even for non-Snow White fans
Review: Snow White is one of the greatest animated films of all time, and thus deserves the golden treatment for DVD. For once, the home video department at Disney doesn't fail us.Both discs included allow you to fully understand the process behind making Snow White. Areas like the Abandoned Concepts, Deleted Scenes, and the Camera Tests are all fasinating. The archival radio recordings and trailers too are a great look at the past. I do have to note that some of the extras glorify Disney (the company) maybe a little much. The "Disney Through the Decades" extra is wasted, what with Jodi Benson and Ming-Na telling us how great it is that Disney has their own hockey team and such. But dispite these flaws, Snow White is still a must own disc. The film still holds as a classic, and the extras are definately worth checking out. There may be better DVDs, but I honestly can't think of any off the top of my head.
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Summary: Unbeliveably good
Review: Watched it twice since I got it a week ago. Still haven't even gotten to Disc 2 (containing more special features). The original film was absolutely magical - the DVD is flawless. Without a doubt, the best DVD in my collection (no small feat).
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Summary: Great DVD - Visually stunning
Review: This is a great DVD - the picture is so clear it is amazing! [I never realized how bad our video copy was until I saw this DVD!]. My preschooler LOVED Dopey's mine ride [the game] and she also enjoyed "goddess of the spring" [an animated short included]. The history and information included is very interesting [though I do agree with an earlier reviewer who said it was a little too "Wow, isn't Disney just the best ever?!! We rule!!"]. But it was enjoyable none-the-less. My one complaint - this DVD doesn't include the Spanish Language version of the film [which I *know* is already done and available on Video "Blanca Nieve..."]. We use our Disney DVDs to teach our children Spanish [its working Great, by the way]. Why on Earth, in a DVD this comprehensive, would Disney leave out the Spanish Language version? They included the French... We were very dissappointed.
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Summary: Poor James Brolin
Review: Whenever I hear Barbara Streisand singing on this excellent DVD, I feel sorry for James Brolin. From now until the day he dies, he's going to have to listen to his wife--brimming with sincerity, sing, "Some Daaaay My Prince Will Come." In any case, you couldn't ask for any more with this DVD, except for the section on how sound engineers turned a muddy, crackly, mono soundtrack into the amazing 5.1 THX wonder that it is. The section on the miraculous sound restoration is awful. It tells you absolutely nothing. How did the engineers do it? I've got some guesses, but...
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Summary: Snow White needs a new voice.
Review: Disney have put in an outstanding effort with this Snow White DVD. The extras are worth the price of the DVD alone.It's fantastic to see interviews and film of Walt Disney through the decades.You can watch him at the film's 1937 premiere or see him in the documentaries.You can listen to his film commentary or go through the huge amount of information on this fantastic DVD.
Walt says on the commentary that one of the girls that he rejected for the Snow White role(he thought that she sounded too old)turned out to be film star Deana Durban.What a pity that he didn't use her as the voice of Snow White is very thin and reedy.It is one big fault in a great film and needs to be re-recorded with a better speaking and singing voice.To those purists that would object to this,I say check out the dubbed Snow White in other languages-different voices!So why not redo the Snow White voice?It can't offend the previous voices owner as she has long been gone and the 1930's vocal style dates the film(this also applies to the Prince's vocal style as well.The dwarfs voices are perfect).They say on the DVD that they had terrible trouble animating the Prince(and it shows)so why not reanimate those few seconds as well.You would then have a perfect film.
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Summary: The DVD equivalent of a 500-page coffee table book
Review: You know a DVD is truly loaded when there's a special feature just to give you a tour of the special features. You could spend days with this DVD and still make only modest progess in seeing everything it has to offer. And the movie itself never looked or sounded better. It's amazing this thing only costs about twenty bucks.
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Summary: Sets the Standard for Animation and DVD
Review: With the release of "Snow White" Disney has effectively raised the bar from which all DVDs should be judged. Personally, I spent four evenings sifting through all the extra features included in this hefty two-disc set. In a nutshell, "Snow White", is loaded. Of course the film itself, Hollywood's first full-length animated feature, was truly groundbreaking when released in 1937. Created in a cloud of doubt, very few believed that Walt Disney could entertain an audience with an 84-minute "cartoon".(See "The Making of Snow White" on Disc One) However, all naysayers grossly underestimated Mr. Disney's astute ability to weave a great story, memorable characters and classic songs into a visually stunning package. Disney practically begged for financial assistance to keep the project afloat and when it finally premiered in December 1937, "Snow White" defied all doubters to become the highest grossing film of its time. "Snow White" set the standard for all animation which followed and, remarkably, through the process of digital restoration, the film looks as though it could have been released just yesterday. The colors are intensely vivid and the clarity is unsurpassed. According to technicians who participated in the restoration, (see "Restoration" on Disc Two), the visual quality of "Snow White" on DVD is equal to that of the original animation cells. In other words, we are finally seeing this classic in its purest form. Merely owning a pristine copy of this all-time classic would be good enough for most. However "Snow White", like the "Matrix", The James Bond films and a handful of other loaded DVDs, raises the standards of home video. In a perfect world, all DVDs would feature the endless array of bonus features contained within "Snow White". For those who are interested, below is a list of just a FEW of the extras: 1)A compelling full-length audio commentary provided by Walt Disney himself (compiled from various interviews). For film buffs, Mr. Disney's insightful commentary may well be the most invaluable feature of the entire DVD. 2)A 39-minute "Making of.." documentary. 3) 40+ minutes of "Disney through the Decades" and short features such as "How Disney Cartoons are Made", "A Trip Through Disney Studios" and "The Restoration". 4)Six deleted scenes. 5)Trailers for each of "Snow White's" eight re-releases 6)Various stills and storyboard sketches. If all this is too exhausting, and believe me there's a lot more, host Angela Lansbury will take you on a 20-minute "Guided Tour" which neatly highlights the best of the bonus features. Overall, a classic DVD treatment for a classic movie. "Snow White" has withstood the test of time and will, undoubtedly, continue to entertain audiences for generations on end. This is truly a "must own" DVD.
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Summary: Grand entertainment even for casual fans!
Review: By "casual fan," I mean someone who hasn't seen every DIsney movie ever made, who doesn't watch The Disney Channel religiously, and who hasn't even seen a lot of the classic Disney features. Someone like me. I've seen plenty of Disney movies, but there are also plenty I haven't seen. In fact, when I watched this DVD last week, it was the first time I'd seen "Snow White" since I was about 5. Needless to say, there was much of the film I didn't remember, and I was pleasantly surprised. It was like seeing the film again for the first time, and I was not disappointed. The restoration is magnificent, and one of the very finest I've seen. As for the extra features, they were quite well done. There's about three pages up above listing them in detail, so I don't need to elaborate on that point. The old girl has aged well! I just hope I'm looking this good when I'm 64!
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Summary: Platinum Snow White
Review: Disney's DVD department has gotten the "Platinum Edition" program off to an excellent start. Snow White has never looked as good as it does on this DVD edition - the film has been digitally enhanced from it's 1993 restoration. Much like the Fantasia DVD - Walt Disney's own comments and interviews about the film have been edited into a feature length running commentary as an optional soundtrack to the film. Additional features include sequences which were edited from the film, and documentaries. The DVD is "hosted" by the magic mirror, and can walk even the most inexperienced DVD user through the features included. This edition gives me high hopes for the additional Platinum titles which will come once a year. Snow White goes on Moratorium in January 2002, after that it will not be available for ten years.
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Summary: From a pro in the industry...
Review: This DVD is loaded with gobs and gobs of great stuff. I am a professional animator, and this unexpectedly large collection of reference footage, preliminary drawings, and historical publicity wore me out! This DVD is very deep and should satisfy the most ardent fans. I've been a student of Disney Animation all my life and I'd say about 30% of the material was completely new to me. And on top of all that there are great documentaries and nice animated 3D interface transitions. As with the special editions of Tarzan, Emperor's New Groove, Fantasia Anthology, Toy Story Ultimate Toy Box, and the Bug's Life "Super Genius Edition", Disney has again proved that they can build a great DVD.
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