Peter Pan: Platinum Edition DVD Press Release and Discussion

[Mason_Ireton]

I'm not sure if this correct or not but if you watch the intro of Walt in "You Can Fly: Making Peter Pan", my guess is the footage might've came from "In Walt's Words: Why I made Peter Pan", again this just a theory. If somebody finds the full footage of Walt's intro then I'd appericate it alot.

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[Big Disney Fan]

I'm not sure if this correct or not but if you watch the intro of Walt in "You Can Fly: Making Peter Pan", my guess is the footage might've came from "In Walt's Words: Why I made Peter Pan", again this just a theory. If somebody finds the full footage of Walt's intro then I'd appericate it alot.

write back please

sign Mason

Are you talking the B&W scene with a pixie dust-covered Walt floating in midair and dusting the stuff off him? I think that's actually from An Adventure In the Magic Kingdom, a 1958 episode of Disneyland.

[Mason_Ireton]

Yeah, that's the scene I'm talking about, Walt and Tink hosting the program. but I've never heard of "An Adventure In the Magic Kingdom", hope it'll show up on "Your Host, Walt Disney". Man that sequence convinced me of it being related to "Why Walt Made Peter Pan" when I watched "You Can Fly: Making P.Pan" a couple days ago.

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[Big Disney Fan]

Yeah, that's the scene I'm talking about, Walt and Tink hosting the program. but I've never heard of "An Adventure In the Magic Kingdom", hope it'll show up on "Your Host, Walt Disney". Man that sequence convinced me of it being related to "Why Walt Made Peter Pan" when I watched "You Can Fly: Making P.Pan" a couple days ago.

write back please

sign Mason

"An Adventure In the Magic Kingdom" is not going to be on that DVD. Why? Because it will only feature episodes where Walt is actually host, as opposed to simply introducing the episode, which is what he does in "Adventure". He even says that that episode will have a hostess, in the form of Tinker Bell.

[Mason_Ireton]

Bummer, that would've been one heck of a treat for the dvd, do you know where I might find a clip from the actual show? if not then it's okay.

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[Big Disney Fan]

Bummer, that would've been one heck of a treat for the dvd, do you know where I might find a clip from the actual show? if not then it's okay.

write back please

sign Mason

Well, if you have the time and are willing to be a forum member, you can download the entire episode at Mousebits.com. Just make sure you have the right stuff installed. If not, you can install them. Just follows the instructions.

[Dottie]

A German, very reliable website has posted the German DVD and its contents!!! So, I hope you don't know that stuff yet:

Audio commentary by John Canemaker
Interactive aventure book: Peter Pan's pirate trick (sth. like that )
Disney Song selection
Virtual flight with Peter Pan (Yay for the ride in Disneyland, if this is what I hope)
Lost song: Neverland
Music video: Second star to the right
Unreleased song: The Pirate song
The weird game: How to become a lost child/boy (what's their name in English?)
The story of Peter Pan
Belief, trust, and pixie dust: The making of Peter Pan
The magic of a fairy
With Walt's words: Why I made Peter Pan
The Peter Pan that almost was

Here in Germany it's gonna be fullscreen (original aspect ratio) and 5.1 sound.

Isn't that great?!!

[Escapay]

Audio commentary by John Canemaker

Virtual flight with Peter Pan (Yay for the ride in Disneyland, if this is what I hope)
Lost song: Neverland
Music video: Second star to the right
Unreleased song: The Pirate song

The story of Peter Pan
Belief, trust, and pixie dust: The making of Peter Pan
The magic of a fairy
With Walt's words: Why I made Peter Pan
The Peter Pan that almost was

Woohoo! An all-new commentary from Canemaker! And Five whole featurettes/documentaries!!! And I can't wait for the virtual ride-thru!

Given the different title for the German making-of, I'm hoping that means it's an all-new and much longer featurette than the old "You Can Fly" one we've had for years!

Escapay

[Wonderlicious]

It looks like I will be picking this up despite having the old DVD from 2002 due to the good looking features.

[TheSequelOfDisney]

Wow! These bonus features are pretty awesome! Now I wish that they would port over the old Audio Commentary (I don't have the 2002 DVD ). Maybe I'll get it somewhere, or is it OOP?

[MichaeLeah]

I wanted to say something about the timing of this release. I have seen a lot of people complain about it on the 101 Dalmatians thread and so I wanted to put in a few words.

I am personally disappointed we will have to wait longer for 101 Dalamatians but I completely realize why they changed the dates and it even makes good sense to me. There is one word that can explain Peter Pan's release: Pirates! Pirates are a big thing right now in the world of Disney thanks to the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

At the Magic Kingdom right now there are two major pirates you can find outside of Pirates of the Caribbean in Adventureland: Captain Sparrow and Captain Hook. Disney is trying to promote Peter Pan by riding the wave of pirate popularity. The mere fact Peter Pan contains pirates will sell this DVD. It doesn't matter that the release dates of the Platinum DVDs are following an akward pattern. Disney needs to release Peter Pan immediately to let it hit its highest sales potential.

At Walt Disney World they are even kicking off a new "party" in the Magic Kingdom. They are having a big pirates and princesses party. When I looked at an ad for the upcoming events they had a boy dressed not as Captain Sparrow, but as Captain Hook. The series of evenings (that require a special entry fee like the Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, etc.) is conveniently set right before the release of Peter Pan.

In summary, releasing Peter Pan this March makes sense in light of the synergenistic (is that a word?) efforts of the company. They need to release their catalog titles with pirates while pirates are cool.

I know Tinker Bell will have her movie shortly and Peter Pan is meant to promote her film. But I think the idea is to initially capitalize on Captain Hook first and then push Tink.

[DisneyFreak5282]

Exactly, they are trying to promote the pirates (by March, everybody will have picke up the POTC 2 DVDs), and then by summer, when the PE sales of Peter Pan die down, POTC 3 will be released (it's coming July 2007, isn't it), and the Tinkerbell's movie will be released in the fall.

[numba1lostboy]

Exactly, they are trying to promote the pirates (by March, everybody will have picke up the POTC 2 DVDs), and then by summer, when the PE sales of Peter Pan die down, POTC 3 will be released (it's coming July 2007, isn't it), and the Tinkerbell's movie will be released in the fall.

While you make a good observation, I'm definitely inclined to think the release of this PE is intended to publicize the Tinker Bell Movie. If the film were to promote pirates, Hook would have a more prominent place on the cover art, and we would probably have a few pirate-related bonus features.

[Big Disney Fan]

A German, very reliable website has posted the German DVD and its contents!!! So, I hope you don't know that stuff yet:

Audio commentary by John Canemaker
Interactive aventure book: Peter Pan's pirate trick (sth. like that )
Disney Song selection
Virtual flight with Peter Pan (Yay for the ride in Disneyland, if this is what I hope)
Lost song: Neverland
Music video: Second star to the right
Unreleased song: The Pirate song
The weird game: How to become a lost child/boy (what's their name in English?)
The story of Peter Pan
Belief, trust, and pixie dust: The making of Peter Pan
The magic of a fairy
With Walt's words: Why I made Peter Pan
The Peter Pan that almost was

Here in Germany it's gonna be fullscreen (original aspect ratio) and 5.1 sound.

Isn't that great?!!

Is this the exact same stuff as on the US release? If so, then I'm really looking forward to the Peter Pan ride. I hope it's the one from Disneyland.

What's the website url, anyway?

[MichaeLeah]

Exactly, they are trying to promote the pirates (by March, everybody will have picke up the POTC 2 DVDs), and then by summer, when the PE sales of Peter Pan die down, POTC 3 will be released (it's coming July 2007, isn't it), and the Tinkerbell's movie will be released in the fall.

While you make a good observation, I'm definitely inclined to think the release of this PE is intended to publicize the Tinker Bell Movie. If the film were to promote pirates, Hook would have a more prominent place on the cover art, and we would probably have a few pirate-related bonus features.

I am certain Peter Pan is also intended to promote the Tinker Bell Movie. Disney is just trying to kill two birds with one stone. I think the timing of the release is because of the pirates. They can always adjust the release date of Tink's big picture.

Captain Hook is on the cover. It isn't necessary to display him prominently on the cover because everybody already knows he is part of the film. When they start putting tv commercials on, we will have a better idea of if I am correct.

And maybe we will get lucky: maybe they will rerelease Treasure Island and Blackbeard's' Ghost as SEs too! (But I have not heard any confirmation of this idea at all.)

[Dottie]

A German, very reliable website has posted the German DVD and its contents!!! So, I hope you don't know that stuff yet:

Audio commentary by John Canemaker
Interactive aventure book: Peter Pan's pirate trick (sth. like that )
Disney Song selection
Virtual flight with Peter Pan (Yay for the ride in Disneyland, if this is what I hope)
Lost song: Neverland
Music video: Second star to the right
Unreleased song: The Pirate song
The weird game: How to become a lost child/boy (what's their name in English?)
The story of Peter Pan
Belief, trust, and pixie dust: The making of Peter Pan
The magic of a fairy
With Walt's words: Why I made Peter Pan
The Peter Pan that almost was

Here in Germany it's gonna be fullscreen (original aspect ratio) and 5.1 sound.

Isn't that great?!!

Is this the exact same stuff as on the US release? If so, then I'm really looking forward to the Peter Pan ride. I hope it's the one from Disneyland.

What's the website url, anyway?

Since Germany is always treated crappily, and the extras are always ported over from the US-DVDs this stuff certainly is going to be on the US PE. Maybe even more, like easter eggs etc.
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[Big Disney Fan]

Is this the exact same stuff as on the US release? If so, then I'm really looking forward to the Peter Pan ride. I hope it's the one from Disneyland.

What's the website url, anyway?

Since Germany is always treated crappily, and the extras are always ported over from the US-DVDs this stuff certainly is going to be on the US PE. Maybe even more, like easter eggs etc.
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Woohoo!! I can't wait to get this! Anyone know which version of the ride it will be? I hope it's the one in California.

[Dottie]

I'm hoping for the Californian one as well!!! I didn't enjoy the Florida one as much as the "real" one.

[Barty]

A Peter Pan Platinum Edition - Preview on IGN.com

[Atlantica]

wow! thanks Barty, that preview was wicked! The Peter Pan DVD looks like its shaping up to be pretty darn good! I'm glad its got pushed forward to March as well.

I wonder why they got Paige O'Hara to do the 'lost' song; who was it supposed to be about, and who should have sung it originally??

Cinderella III looks promising as well!