**The Wizard of Oz - Oct. 25, 2005**

[MICKEYMOUSE]

they look sweet, not I really don't know wheather it get the 2 disc, or the 3 disc. I was completly sold on the 2 disc like 2 weeks ago, until I found out about the 3 disc.....Do you guys think the 2 Disc has a slipcover?? The reason I want the 3 disc is becuase the cover looks awsome, and the 3rd disc has a cartoon......

Oh yeah, and I think the winner for the month of OCT. will be CINDERELLA 2 DISC PLATINUM EDITION!!!

[Isidour]

I liked most the three-disc ed.

I hope it will be released soon here!

[Escapay]

Do you guys think the 2 Disc has a slipcover??

Well, since WB has decided to stop releasing in the ultra-cool digipaks and started doing 2-discers in amarays with slipcovers (starting last fall with Harry Potter 3, I think. Either that or Around the World in 80 Days), it's safe to say this one will have a slipcover, though I don't think one should merit a DVD purchase based on whether or not it has a slipcover.

Escapay

[MICKEYMOUSE]

Trust me if it does'nt have a SLIPCOVER I will still buy the DVD. I just want to know if it will, I love slipcovers on DVDS, it just makes it look better. ......It's really weird how amazon.com still does not have these 2 new DVD listed yet.

[AwallaceUNC]

Well, since WB has decided to stop releasing in the ultra-cool digipaks and started doing 2-discers in amarays with slipcovers (starting last fall with Harry Potter 3, I think. Either that or Around the World in 80 Days), it's safe to say this one will have a slipcover, though I don't think one should merit a DVD purchase based on whether or not it has a slipcover.

Escapay

I never cared for digipaks... I'm hoping they re-release the first two HPs in amaray. GWTW was digipak, though, so I have a feeling Oz will be too... especially since it's three discs.

-Aaron

[MICKEYMOUSE]

I think now I am completly SOLD on the 3 Disc. But I was wondering how much space it will take up. Do you guys think it's the same size of the Special WEST SIDE STORY DVD or bigger in thickness?????

[Disneykid]

It'll be exactly the same width as West Side Story, just a little shorter (WSS is a little taller than most DVD's thanks to the outerpackaging).

[MICKEYMOUSE]

The reason i am going for the three disc:

Has Discs 1, and 2.
Disc 3 The Wizard of Oz (1933 Cartoon)

Print Reproductions Include:
· The Wizard of Oz Comes to Life Eight-page Grauman's Chinese Theatre Souvenir Premiere Program from August 15, 1939
· Studio's Invitation to The Grauman's Premiere and the envelope that included tickets to the original Opening Night -- with a newly designed commemorative ticket
· Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio News Sixteen-page edition of the studio's internal "house organ" newspaper, celebrating the release of The Wizard of Oz for the week of August 14, 1939
· Photoplay Studies Rare secondary-education study guide to the film -- Volume V, Number 12
· Deluxe Collectors' Portfolio Reproductions of original 1939 Kodachrome publicity stills, including nine portraits and onset photographs

I am loving the PRINT REDRODUCTIONS!!!
And I wonder if the cartoon, will have the reall voices of the actors in the movie??

[Jessica]

Well, since WB has decided to stop releasing in the ultra-cool digipaks and started doing 2-discers in amarays with slipcovers (starting last fall with Harry Potter 3, I think. Either that or Around the World in 80 Days), it's safe to say this one will have a slipcover ...

Did Harry Potter 3 have a slipcover? .... sorry this is a little off the topic

[JiminyCrick91]

Well, since WB has decided to stop releasing in the ultra-cool digipaks and started doing 2-discers in amarays with slipcovers (starting last fall with Harry Potter 3, I think. Either that or Around the World in 80 Days), it's safe to say this one will have a slipcover ...

Did Harry Potter 3 have a slipcover? .... sorry this is a little off the topic

No it did not.

[goofy108]

Hi-res cover art has been released. It looks as if both sets come with some sort of slipcover.

[Alice]

I Now SOO Want the 3-Disc after seeing that Artwork, [I'll] give this movie a chance.

[Little Red Henski]

Hi-res cover art has been released. It looks as if both sets come with some sort of slipcover.

Yeah, the slipcover is the most important extra on those sets.

[Prince Adam]

I don't know about that 2-disc art-there's just something about singing only ankles that bothers me....

[n69n]

im so excited!!! & just in time for my birthday, how perfect!!!

[MICKEYMOUSE]

Ign.com update......




Wizard Looks Oz-some!
The upcoming remastered DVD makes the masterpiece look majestic.

July 22, 2005 - Thursday night in Burbank, CA, Warner Brothers offered press an opportunity to get an advance peek at the remastered version of The Wizard of Oz. The movie is being released on October 25 in two elaborate sets a Two-Disc Special Edition, which features the film as well as several hours' woth of extras and bonus features; and a Three-Disc Collector's Edition, which includes all of the Two-Disc features plus a third disc that assembles all previous versions of Oz on celluloid as well as a collection of prints and reproductions. Warner screened the film, demonstrated the qualitative differences in the new DVD release and previous home video versions, and described the meticulous process of reconstructing the original materials into a work print that ultimately exceeds the quality even of the original theatrical presentation.


Most remarkable about the presentation was Chris Cookson's description of the labor-intensive process of remastering the film. Cookson, who serves as Warner's President of Technical Operations, explained that the film not only had to be remastered, but reconstructed outright, from original materials created during the film's initial release. The original film was shot on three-color film stock that was stable but unreliable and vulnerable to the elements - such as dust, dirt and the ravages of time - so the DVD producers painstakingly assembled all three strands of the original negative and began remastering the film.

Rather than utilizing previously available technology, they employed the same technique applied to Gone With the Wind and The Adventures of Robin Hood, where each image was divided into 64 quadrants. Each quadrant was scanned three times - one for each of the red, blue and yellow pieces of film - and matched up to make sure not only that the colors were synched, but the shape and size of the image was fully preserved.
This process eliminates the color bleeding that leaves older films looking blurry or undefined, and creates a final image that is as sharp or sharper than created on the original negative. As a result, Wizard's Kodachrome images look vibrant and beautiful, thus enhancing the movie's 'fairy tale' quality, as well as clarifying details that have always appeared slightly out of focus. The only potential problem that is created by this extremely high definition transfer is the visibility of make-up lines and prosthetics; but many of these, particularly on the Munchkins, were visible in previous iterations of the film's home video release.

Additionally, to ensure that the original images were preserved down to the most minute detail, Warner employed another computer program to compare the three color strips and make sure that glimmers or reflections that were part of individual frames were not removed. In the past, programs eliminated reflection glimmers, etc. because they appeared to be 'mistakes,' impurities or dirt; with this new program, the computer matches the three images and determines whether it is part of a shot or simply a speck of dirt.
The interesting problem the producers ran into was dealing with Dorothy's shoes, which move very quickly when she is walking, running or dancing, and thus change frequently in position and intensity from one frame to the next. Early tests resulted in the occasional elimination of her shoes completely, and required that the producers start over completely. But the final product is a fantastic new transfer that reveals so much detail and clarity that it will definitively make previous DVDs of the film obsolete.

Look to IGN for further updates about this and other new and noteworthy DVD releases.

www.ign.com

[MICKEYMOUSE]

Finally www.amazon.com has put both DVDS (2 disc, and 3 disc) on their search engine!!!

[Disneykid]

Maybe I'm going nuts, but I thought the 3-Disc retailed for $39.95, not $49.92. Oh, well, it doesn't matter. I plan on picking this up the day of release, so it'll probably be about 30 bucks then. The Amazon listing has a more specific bonus material listing than what the press release gave. Since the way they formatted it was odd (in paragraph form rather than list form), I'll post it, here:

DISC ONE

Commentary by John Fricke and multiple cast and crew members
Music-Only Track
Prettier Than Ever: The Restoration of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Storybook Read by Angela Lansbury
We Haven't Really Met Properly - includes 9 original cast biographies

Theatrical Trailers:
1939 What is Oz? Teaser
Texas Contest Winners [1939 trailer]
1940 Loews Cairo Theater Trailer
1949 Re-issue Trailer
1949 Grownup Re-issue Trailer
1970 Children's Matinee Re-issue Trailer
1998 Warner Bros. Re-issue Trailer

DISC TWO

Documentaries:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic - 1990 TV special
Memories of Oz - 2001 TCM documentary

Featurettes:
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Because of the Wonderful Things it Does: The Legacy of Oz

Deleted Scenes:
If I Only Had a Brain
If I Only Had a Heart
Triumphal Return to Emerald City
Over the Rainbow
The Jitterbug

Photo Galleries:
Oz on Broadway
Pre-MGM
Sketches and Storyboards
Costume and Make-up Tests
Richard Thorpe's Oz
Buddy Ebsen
Oz Comes to Life
Behind the Scenes
Portraits
Special Effects
Post Production
Deleted Scenes
Original Publicity

Vintage:
It's a Twister! It's a Twister! Special Effects Tests
Harol Arlen's Onset Home Videos
Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power - 1938 MGM short
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards Excerpt - 1939 newsreel

Oz Jukebox:
Over the Rainbow
Munchkinland Medley Rehearsal Recordings
Munchkinland Medley Sequence Recordings
Munchkinland Medley Voice Tests
If I Only Had a Brain
We're Off to See the Wizard
If I Only Had a Heart
If I Only Had the Nerve/We're Off to See the Wizard
Emerald City/The Merry Old Land of Oz
If I Were King of the Forest
The Jitterbug
Over the Rainbow/Triumphal Return to Emerald City
Kansas Underscoring
Munchkinland Underscoring
And more

Audio Vault:
Leo Is on the Air Radio Promo
Good News of 1939 Radio Show
12/25/1950 Lux Radio Theater Broadcast

DISC THREE

L. Frank Baum: The Man Behind the Curtain
The Wizard of Oz - 1910 short
The Magic Cloak of Oz - 1914 short
His Majesty, The Scarecrow of Oz - 1914 feature
The Wizard of Oz - 1925 feature
The Wizard of Oz - 1933 animated short

The biggest change seems to be in the galleries. The current disc only has half of what's listed there. I really hope that with the expanding of the galleries, WB makes them more accessible this time around. On the single disc, you have to wade through each individual still, with no thumbnails to guide you. The Lux Radio Theater broadcast from 1950 is new to DVD, and everything else listed is either on the current DVD or was already confirmed as new in the original press release.

[Wonderlicious]

A random thing that may interest some...

http://play.com/play247.asp?page=title& ... g=72&pa=sr

Play.com have the 2 disc special edition in their listings as of now, although it seems as though the UK may not get the 3 discer. I'll have to import again.

[Gregorian Chant]

I myself would prefer the 3-disc edition http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000ADS64E/qid=1122669965/sr=8-2/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-3104904-4635007?v=glance&s=dvd&n=507846