Blu-rayTM Hi-Def primeur Platinum Editions Disney Classics
Door Arnold van Oostrum | 29-08-2008 | Bron: Walt Disney Home Studio Entertainment
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment kondigt voor de komende paar jaar de Blu-ray Disc uitgaven van grote Disney klassiekers aan. Met vijf titels in het vooruitzicht die in High Definition kwaliteit op de Blu-ray Disc worden uitgegeven, hanteert Disney hierin hetzelfde releaseschema als de DVD Platinum. Ofwel, er komen twee Blu-ray Disc Platinum Edities per jaar. Hieronder het volledige Engelstalige persbericht dat wij ontvingen.
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Announces Expansive Slate of Upcoming
PLATINUM EDITIONS
Pinocchio - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Fantasia - Fantasia 2000 - Beauty and the Beast
Each Available For the first time on Blu-rayTM Hi-Def
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Launching Disney’s New
BD Live Network - Worldwide – Fall 2009!
Berlin, Germany, August 28, 2008—Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE)
proudly unveils five additions to the celebrated Platinum Collection of animated
features to be released on DVD and for the first time ever on Disney Blu-ray
Hi-Def. These include some of Disney’s most beloved classics Pinocchio, Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Fantasia 2000 and Beauty and the Beast.
Each will be available for a limited time only, in new multi-disc sets featuring
rarely seen footage and an array of new bonus features.
Fittingly the one that started it all for Walt Disney, Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs, the first feature length animated film ever made, will be the title that
will mark a new era in home entertainment around the world, launching Disney’s
worldwide BD-Live Network, a revolutionary technological breakthrough in home
entertainment that will connect family and friends, allowing unprecedented
interactivity and ease, from anywhere in the world.
Disney’s BD-Live Network will be initially launched in the U.S. only, with the
first Platinum Edition Blu-ray release, Sleeping Beauty 50th Anniversary
Platinum Edition, available on October 7, 2008. (Nederlandse release 22
oktober 2008).
Bob Chapek, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Worldwide President,
commented, ”We are excited to announce a magical slate of Platinum titles for
the first time on Blu-ray high definition, this celebrated collection of
animated features demonstrates Disney’s commitment to deliver great content.”
“The landscape for the Blu-ray format is very healthy, and we believe that the
enhanced movie experiences that the format provides, such as Disney’s BD-Live
network, offer consumers the chance to reinvent the experience of watching
movies in their homes, and the interactivity and connectivity that is being
provided will truly make the family room relevant again,” continues Mr. Chapek.
Gordon Ho is Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
for Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) adds, “Disney’s BD-Live
experience will enrich and deepen the overall consumer experience, and we are
delighted that, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will be the one that will launch
Disney’s BD-Live network worldwide.”
The Platinum release roll-out will be:
Pinocchio, the beloved story of a wooden puppet who wants to become a real
boy, comes to Platinum Edition DVD and Disney Blu-ray in spring 2009. Disney\'s
second full-length animated movie, Pinocchio won two Oscars®, one for Best Score
and another for the unforgettable song "When You Wish upon a Star.” It returns
for the first time since 2002.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, honored with a special Academy Award®
for screen innovation this movie has been unavailable since 2001. Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs Platinum Edition will be released in the fall of 2009.
Walt Disney’s experimental masterpiece Fantasia won two honorary Oscars
for its innovative use of animation and music. Most recently released in 2000,
the restored and remastered Fantasia Platinum Edition will be available in 2010.
Alongside this release, a newly restored and remastered Fantasia 2000
Platinum Edition, will be available. Fantasia 2000 begins where its predecessor,
Fantasia, left off, with seven completely new segments and the return of the
popular “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”, featuring breathtaking images coupled with
classical music favorites.
In conjunction with these releases, Destino, the unfinished animated
feature film created by Walt Disney and famed surrealist painter Salvador Dali
will release. Begun in 1946, it was rediscovered in 2003 and completed by Walt’s
nephew, Roy E. Disney. The collaboration between these two legendary artists
will be available to own for the first time along with an all-new feature-length
documentary that examines the surprising partnership between Dali and Disney.
Beauty and the Beast, the only animated film ever nominated for an
Academy Award® for Best Picture, earned a breathtaking six Academy Award®
nominations and won two Oscars®. Beauty in the Beast Platinum Edition will be
available in fall 2010.
About Platinum Editions
Walt Disney Home Entertainment Platinum Editions is an exclusive collection of
The Walt Disney Company’s greatest films on Blu-ray Hi-Def and DVD. Each release
is restored and includes state-of- the-art bonus features to ensure the ultimate
entertainment experience. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, a recognized
leader in the home entertainment industry, is the marketing, sales and
distribution company for Walt Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax
and Buena Vista product, which includes DVD, Blu-ray Disc™ and electronic
distribution. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is a division of The Walt
Disney Studios.
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Laatste reacties
langejan | 14-09-2008
waar kan je de pre order voor sleeping beauty plaatsen, weet iemand dit?
Hoi Russo,
je kunt dat doen bij BOL.COM en zelfs bij WEHKAMP.NL en natuurlijk bij elk...
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Gast_09 | 07-09-2008
waar kan je de pre order voor sleeping beauty plaatsen, weet iemand dit?
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martijn0432 | 07-09-2008
ja dat noem ik dus geen classic
Dat kan, maar volgens Disney zijn het wel classics.
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Roi | 07-09-2008
Dat zijn natuurlijk wel 'Classics', want zo heten alle blockbuster zomerfilms van Disney sinds het begin.
Fantasia lijkt me wel erg vet op Blu-Ray, vooral voo...
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