Dumbo: Special Edition Blu-ray and DVD Discussion

[BK]

Is the Celebrating Dumbo feature on UK discs?

I know it's on the German and Mexican ones but a reviewer on dvdbeaver claims it's missing. However it could be titled 'Audio Commentary' and the idiot skipped looking at it under Backstage Disney.

[BK]

When you say Commentary, are you talking about the commentary during the movie or an actual documentary?

Hey, I know this is old but a recent review via dvdbeaver shows that the 'Celebrating Dumbo' feature is not there on the UK disc.

However seeing as you have seen it, where exactly is it?

Is it mistitled audio commentary under Backstage Disney or is it somewhere else?

For that matter, where is the audio commentary located anyway?

Here's the link; he has screenshots at the bottom:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDRevie ... lu-ray.htm

[BackgroundActorman1976]

If you can't enjoy the film without mentioning these 'frame' issues, then you're forgetting why the film is so great in the first place.

I'm not forgetting that this film is very great indeed (no pun intented) — it's one of my favourites. But I cannot enjoy watching this particular transfer because it is "visually impaired", that is, the tight framing violates the visual composition of the image: all the time one notices how something falls slightly off-screen (as if there weren't "room" enough). I didn't notice any such problems at a theatrical screening, and when one buys a Blu-ray disc, she or he wants to see the movie as it was shown at cinemas. Nobody can (and should) be blaimed for that.

We all know that Walt strove for visual perfection — this release does not correspond to it, and does not do Dumbo justice.

And when was the last time you saw it in a cinema? I mean seriously your getting all stressed out over something you can not even prove beyond your memories of a movie you saw in theatres years ago.
geesh.

I actually saw a film print of this last fall at a screening of it at UCLA and i also saw the new HD remaster at the 2 week screening on the christie cp 2000 DLP projector at El cap back in Jan and i dont remember anything looking off in terms of the framing or any issues at all in the presentation.

and this sort of thing would jump out at me as i used to be a union projectionist, a couple of things you have said in your posts have been wrong by the way, when you talk about theatre masking and aspect ratios.
i really think your getting all worked up for nothing.

[marlan]

And when was the last time you saw it in a cinema?

It was on January 1st, 2006. I wrote about it here when the screening was still fresh in my memory:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/vie ... 436#208436

Sometimes it's good to do some background reading, especially if links are mentioned (as I did a few messages back).

I mean seriously your getting all stressed out over something you can not even prove beyond your memories of a movie you saw in theatres years ago.

Well, you could refute my claims simply by showing us film frames from a 35 mm theatrical print of Dumbo. Is it easy, by the way, to take hold of a theatrical print, scan frames from it, and make them public?

i dont remember anything looking off in terms of the framing or any issues at all in the presentation.

Note the keywords: "I don[']t remember."

Did I get this right? You don't remember, but you feel convinced that my memory is faulty?

and this sort of thing would jump out at me as i used to be a union projectionist, a couple of things you have said in your posts have been wrong by the way, when you talk about theatre masking and aspect ratios.

So, the "couple" erroneous claims are...? The truth is...? And this can be verified from...?

[marlan]

Is the Celebrating Dumbo feature on UK discs?

I know it's on the German and Mexican ones but a reviewer on dvdbeaver claims it's missing. However it could be titled 'Audio Commentary' and the idiot skipped looking at it under Backstage Disney.

At least the Scandinavian Blu-ray does have it. (Runtime: 14'53".) It's under the "Backstage Disney" sub-menu. The Scandinavian DVD, on the other hand, does not contain this.

I'm pretty sure it's on the U.K. Blu-ray as well.

[BK]

Is the Celebrating Dumbo feature on UK discs?

I know it's on the German and Mexican ones but a reviewer on dvdbeaver claims it's missing. However it could be titled 'Audio Commentary' and the idiot skipped looking at it under Backstage Disney.

At least the Scandinavian Blu-ray does have it. (Runtime: 14'53".) It's under the "Backstage Disney" sub-menu. The Scandinavian DVD, on the other hand, does not contain this.

I'm pretty sure it's on the U.K. Blu-ray as well.

Hey marlan, this guy has screenshots at the bottom of the review, does your disc look like it? (Or where would Celebrating be placed?)

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDRevie ... lu-ray.htm

[marlan]

Hey marlan, this guy has screenshots at the bottom of the review, does your disc look like it? (Or where would Celebrating be placed?)

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDRevie ... lu-ray.htm

The menu screenshots at the bottom come from the DVD, not from the Blu-ray. The DVD does not contain the "Celebrating Dumbo" featurette.

My DVD menus look exactly similar.

Look for the featurette on the Blu-ray instead.

If you compare the screenshots from the movie, you'll notice that the Blu-ray has a slightly wider framing than the DVD (but, in my notorious opinion, not wide enough).

[BK]

Thanks again marlan.

These 'reviewers' are starting to piss me off with all their inaccurate information.

[miniroll32]

My Dumbo DVD (from the combo set) has the same feature, Celebrating Dumbo, as on the blu-ray...

[zackisthewalrus]

I'm bumping this topic. Has anyone heard anything lately? We have the announcements for the US releases of Alice in Wonderland and Bambi now. Do you think Dumbo could finally be getting it's US release in April or May of 2011?

[geniuswalt]

Just watched D23's Disney Geek on Youtube

Two viewers ask the guy if he can provide any details on when they will see
Dumbo on Bluray
And quite abruptly he answers "No, I can't" moving on to talk about the releases we know of: Alice in February and Bambi in March

So I guess the US will have to wait...I have a hunch that they are waiting to release it in 3D...this is just me speculating, though...

[Luke]

I'm bumping this topic. Has anyone heard anything lately? We have the announcements for the US releases of Alice in Wonderland and Bambi now. Do you think Dumbo could finally be getting it's US release in April or May of 2011?

Trailer is on this week's Playhouse Disney DVDs. First time in a while it's shown up.

[MJW]

So I guess the US will have to wait...

I hope they take advantage of next year being the 70th Anniversary and finally release it in the US

[DisneyChris]

The booklet in the Fantasia Blu-ray confirms it's coming in 2011, but no date is given:


It's really odd the US is getting this so late... Here's my Hong Kong Blu-ray (Region A) which was released back in February:

[DarthPrime]

For those that have imported Dumbo, which version is the best to order to play on a Region A US player? Are any of the versions region free, etc...?

[KubrickFan]

For those that have imported Dumbo, which version is the best to order to play on a Region A US player? Are any of the versions region free, etc...?

Every version seems to be locked, so the Brazilian version seems to be the best version for you.

[PheR]

For those that have imported Dumbo, which version is the best to order to play on a Region A US player? Are any of the versions region free, etc...?

Every version seems to be locked, so the Brazilian version seems to be the best version for you.

Actually, from all Mexico and South America, is region A and dvd is region 4 and 1 as well

[DisneyChris]

For those that have imported Dumbo, which version is the best to order to play on a Region A US player? Are any of the versions region free, etc...?

Every version seems to be locked, so the Brazilian version seems to be the best version for you.

You can also consider the Region A Hong Kong Blu-ray. The front cover's completely in English (as you can see from my pic) and, unless you count some tiny Chinese words at the bottom, so is the back cover. The downside is that it's kinda pricey, but here's a shopping link if you're interested: http://www.yesasia.com/global/dumbo-blu-ray-dvd-70th-anniversary-special-edition-hong-kong-version/1022116607-0-0-0-en/info.html (Note: the Chinese label on the cover is just a sticker on the shrink wrap)

[UmbrellaFish]

The booklet in the Fantasia Blu-ray confirms it's coming in 2011, but no date is given:

It's back.....

[MJW]

For what it's worth, Wikipedia's entry on Dumbo has the USA Region 1/A Blu-ray/DVD combo release date listed as February 2011.

I know we can't rely on Wikipedia, but has anyone else seen anything yet on a release date, besides that it is coming in 2011?