{"product_id":"pinocchio-two-disc-70th-anniversary-platinum-edition-blu-ray-dvd-combo-bd-live-blu-ray","title":"Pinocchio (Two-Disc 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition Blu-ray\/DVD Combo + BD Live) [Blu-ray]","description":"Set Contains:\n\nThe Blu-ray 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition contains three DVDs: two Blu-ray DVDs featuring the digitally restored movie and a ton of bonus features and one standard definition DVD which contains the digitally restored film and a new music video. The clarity and color saturation of the digitally restored Blu-ray picture is absolutely marvelous and a comparison with the previously restored 1999 limited issue release (Walt Disney Animated Anthology: The Classic Collector's Set ) reveals just how grainy and washed-out the latter's picture is--especially in scenes like the sweeping entrance from the picturesque countryside into the heart of town. While the improved picture would be enough to justify replacing one's standard DVD of the film, the vast assortment of bonus features included on the Blu-ray make the purchase irresistible. A full-length commentary featuring self-professed animation buff and film critic Leonard Maltin, Disney animator and director Eric Goldberg, and film historian J.B. Kaufman delivers lots of historical insight into Disney's groundbreaking animation work on the film and is interspersed with tons of interview footage with key Disney animators, voice talent, and model makers like Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, Willie Reitherman, Cliff Edwards, and Ward Kindle. The new and highly effective \"Cine-Explore\" option features a picture-in-picture view of the commentators and animators as they comment on the film and allows them to illustrate their points by placing original sketches and drawings on screen right alongside the finished film. The new \"Disney View\" feature offers the option of filling the black borders around the film (a result of the film's original aspect ratio) with borders painted by artist Toby Bluth. It's a little like viewing the film through a fancy window frame, but it's an interesting concept.\nA full-length pop-up fact option delivers on-screen information about everything from the film's setting in the Italian Alps to the late introduction of the character Jiminy Cricket to the film and the origin of the name Pinocchio. A 56-minute making-of segment describes how Disney aspired to \"fix everything that they couldn't do in Snow White and explores the film's many technical experiments and advancements (rotoscoping and multi-plane cameras, to name a few). It continues with discussions of the original book by Carl Collodi that Pinocchio was based on; the shift in power from great Disney animators like Bill Tytla and Art Babbit to some of Disney's up-and-coming animators who would later become known as Disney's \"Nine Old Men\"; the use of models in animation; and the importance of sounds and music in the production. There's also a 6-1\/2 minute look at Disney's innovation of the \"Sweatbox\" as a means of previewing scenes from the film during production and how the innovation spurred creativity and improved storytelling, animation, and filmmaking. A historical, 10-minute live-action reference footage film is interesting as is the extensive art gallery which features everything from the art of Gustaf Tenggren to visual development, models, storyboard art, and production pictures. Four deleted scenes include the story of Grandfather Tree (from which Pinocchio was carved), starving in the belly of the whale, and an alternate ending to the film. The deleted song \"Honest John\" is also included. Interactive games and activities include a trivia challenge, puzzle activity, and four carnival games, and there's also a new music video of \"When You Wish Upon a Star\" by Camp Rock's Meaghan Jette Martin and an 11-minute comparison of traditional and modern toymakers with extensive interview footage. Finally, Pinocchio features B-Disney Live capability complete with its new no-registration-necessary format and new \"virtual living room\" feature which lets you sit on the \"virtual couch\" with viewers online anywhere around the country and watch the movie together while interacting with one another through on-screen polls and pop-up facts. You can also schedule movie chat viewings with your friends, exchange movie mail, participate in a public or private interactive trivia game, program parental controls, redeem points on Disney Movie Rewards, check your calendar for future movie chat times up to three months out, and opt to receive Disney news and movie notifications. --Tami Horiuchi\n\nProduct Description\n\nCelebrate the 70th anniversary of Walt Disney's PINOCCHIO! The legendary masterpiece that inspired millions to believe in their dreams has reawakened with an all-new, state-of-the-art digital restoration that shines brilliantly on 2-disc Blu-ray(TM) and DVD. Now, for the first time ever, the richly detailed animation, unforgettable award-winning music (\"When You Wish Upon A Star\") and heartwarming adventure-filled story comes to life like never before. Plus, all-new dazzling bonus features transport you into Pinocchio's fantastic world! Join Geppetto's beloved puppet -- with Jim\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B001ILFUDM\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKGRJ00BEMV_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Blu-ray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41585176510522,"sku":"4EKGRJ00BEMV_ns","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B001ILFUDM-0.jpg?v=1786332154","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/pinocchio-two-disc-70th-anniversary-platinum-edition-blu-ray-dvd-combo-bd-live-blu-ray","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}