“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” Diamond Edition Review

I remember watching “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” when I was younger.  As I had kids and started replacing my videos with DVDs, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was one I was waiting to be released.  I was so excited to receive a copy of  “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + BD Live w/ Blu-ray packaging) [Blu-ray].”  I can’t believe how many special features are included in the Diamond Edition!  Wow!  It was totally worth the wait.  There are games, backstage features, sing-along, and tons more!  This is definitely a set you want to own and watch over and over again!

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” Diamond Edition will be released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009.  The Standard Definition DVD will be available on November 24th, 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.  
  
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

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