2-disc DVDs for 2006 from Disney: Platinum/Special Editions?

[MovieMusicals.net]

Anyone know which Disney films are lined up for next year's 2-disc releases? The word on the street is LADY & THE TRAMP is the Platinum for March (possibly also dubbed 50th Anniversary Edition).

What about in October?

And which other films will have a 2-disc release?

I'm looking forward to THE LITTLE MERMAID and HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME.

The best 2-disc, in my opinion, was ALADDIN. I loved this format of bonus features - reuniting the cast/crew for a discussion with an audience.

[Wonderlicious]

Welcome to the forums!

It seems as though The Little Mermaid is October 2006's special edition, as the Disney UK website says so, and the Disney DVD release dates are generally the same worldwide.

As for other titles, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a good possibility. Like Pocahontas, it had a laserdisc release in the 1990s with lots and lots of bonus features. The material on the recent 2 disc set of Pocahontas was all from the 1990s laserdisc, so Hunchback could follow suit, which would be fitting since 2006 is the 10th anniversary of the movie.

I personally think that The Fox and the Hound is also a possible choice. The current Fox and the Hound DVD recently went out of print in a number of European countries, so it could suggest a better DVD release on the way, not to mention that apparently, the Buy 3 DVDs Get 1 Free offer from this year had the movie as one of the possible freebies. Plus, it's the 25th Anniversary of the film and a sequel is rumoured, so this could be a hint.

Hope this helps!

[MovieMusicals.net]

Thanks!

I just watched my FOX & THE HOUND vhs. It's a nice film - but I hate the character development of Copper. I see no reason why he would hate Todd - it was obviously an accident that Old Chief got hurt. Whatever - they needed the storyline.

[MovieMusicals.net]

Also forgot to mention -

what about a 2-disc of A GOOFY MOVIE? This was one of the best non-feature films and offered great songs in a great story.

[Wonderlicious]

It should also be pointed out that The Fox and the Hound deserves a new edition due to the fact that it may be a pan and scan version of the film on the current DVD, as the webmaster Luke writes:

(Update 12/7/02) The Region 2 European DVD release of The Rescuers (1977) is in the widescreen format, and readers' comparisons have noted that the DVD actually presents more of the animated frame on the sides, indicating that the Fullscreen VHS release was actually Pan & Scan for The Rescuers. The Rescuers has yet to be released on DVD in Region 1, but this information would suggest that it SHOULD be released in widescreen. The only DVD releases that seems to be affected, though, is The Fox and the Hound. It's been confirmed from actual cels that Robin Hood (1973) was animated in the 1.37:1 Academy Ratio, and thus the fullscreen DVD presentation is correct. Likewise, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) was edited together from a series of shorts animated in the 1960s, when Disney was undoubtedly still working in Academy Ratio. So, if The Rescuers marks the first Disney animated feature to be created in widescreen (not counting the two Cinemascope features of the 1950s), then logic would have it that all animated features since 1977 should be in widescreen on DVD. And all of the animated features post-1977 ARE in widescreen on DVD...except for The Fox and the Hound (1981). This leads me to withdraw the claim that Fox and the Hound was animated for 1.37:1 and matted for widescreen theatrical presentation. Oddly enough, it seems that The Fox and the Hound is the ONLY animated feature that Disney has released to DVD in a compromised Fullscreen ratio, i.e. Pan and Scan. It certainly seems odd for just one film out of the whole batch to be released in the wrong ratio, but this is my new conclusion. With accurate information on the aspect ratio of these films so hard to come by, it's difficult to draw conclusions...but from the best information I've gotten, The Fox and The Hound is the only Disney animated classic to not be in the aspect ratio it was animated or exhibited in.

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/oar.htm

EDIT: As for a 2 Disc Goofy Movie, I can't see it coming. It has a slight following yet is fairly obscure, so it's just not popular enough. Sorry.