Here's an improved version of my Fantasia Supreme Masterpiece Edition DVD (AKA the 70th Anniversary Edition to come out in 2010), with as few things copied from Escapay as possible!
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Disc One:
Fantasia - Feature Film and Bonus Materials
Technical Specs:
Digitally Restored and Remastered 1.33:1 Original Academy Ratio
THX-Certified with Optimizer tests
5.1 DTS-ES (English)
5.1 Dolby Digital Disney Enhanced Home Theatre Mix (English)
5.0 Dolby Digital Original Fantasound (English)
2.0 Dolby Surround (English Commentaries)
Subtitles (English, French, Spanish, English Commentaries)
Closed-Captioned for the Hearing Impaired (English)
Full-Motion Interactive 16:9 Menus
18 Chapter Stops (Main feature only)
Main Feature: (125 minutes)
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Fantasia: The Disney classic as was originally intended to be seen: the original version from more than 65 years ago, digitally restored to its original brilliance and placed onto DVD with the highest transfer possible and featuring the most superb data rate available out there.
*NOTE: This version, in keeping true to editions of the film from the 1940 roadshow exhibition through 1963, includes the uncensored segments of "The Pastoral Symphony" and the original narrations by Deems Taylor. AND the title card will appear twice, once at the beginning (seen on all non-1940 editions and 1991 VHS releases) and once midway through during the intermission and there will be the end credits at the end (seen only on the 50th anniversary release and '91 VHS), which means you will see the orchestra leaving TWICE. It will then end with a "The End – A Walt Disney Production" card.
Backstage Disney:
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Audio Commentary: 2000 commentary with Roy E. Disney, James Levine, John Canemaker and Scott MacQueen
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Archival Audio Interviews: Hosted by John Canemaker with Walt Disney
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Disney Time Capsule: 1940: A look at the year the film was released, talking about not only Disney but American culture in general. This is the exact same time capsule as seen on my
Pinocchio DVD idea.
Disc Two:
Fantasia - Feature Film and Bonus Materials
Technical Specs:
Digitally Restored and Remastered 1.33:1 Original Academy Ratio
THX-Certified with Optimizer tests
5.1 Dolby Digital (English, 1982 Re-Orchestrated Digital Stereo Track)
4.0 Dolby Digital Modified Fantasound (English, 1956 General Release Track)
2.0 Dolby Digital Original Stereo (English, 1942 General Release Track)
2.0 Dolby Surround (English Commentaries)
Subtitles (English, French, Spanish, English Commentaries)
Closed-Captioned for the Hearing Impaired (English)
Full-Motion Interactive 16:9 Menus
18 Chapter Stops
Main Feature: (84 minutes/115 minutes)
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Fantasia: The 84-minute General Release Version of the Disney classic as distributed in 1942, along with the 115-minute General Release Version as distributed between 1946 and 1990, both digitally restored to their original brilliance and placed onto DVD with the highest transfer possible and featuring the most superb data rate available out there.
*NOTE: These versions, in keeping true to later re-issues from 1969 onwards, includes the censored segments of "The Pastoral Symphony".
Backstage Disney:
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Audio Commentary (115-minute version): Roy E. Disney, Disney animators Eric Goldberg, Andreas Deja and Glen Keane, film critics Leonard Maltin and John Canemaker and famed Disney songwriter Richard Sherman
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Alternate 1956 Modified Fantasound Track: The 1956 General Release version shown in SuperScope. This version of the film has been enhanced for widescreen TVs.
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Alternate 1982 Score Track: The 1982 General Release version whose soundtrack is composed by Irwin Kostal
Disc Three:
Fantasia - Feature Film and Bonus Materials
Technical Specs:
Digitally Restored and Remastered 1.33:1 Original Academy Ratio
THX-Certified with Optimizer tests
5.0 Dolby Digital Original Fantasound (English)
Subtitles (English, French, Spanish)
Closed-Captioned for the Hearing Impaired (English)
Full-Motion Interactive 16:9 Menus
18 Chapter Stops
Main Feature:
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Fantasia: A Work In Progress With the Disney Archives: A unique way to view the entire film: through various pencil tests and story reels for the film's segments.
--Angle One: Theatrical (AKA Finished Product)
--Angle Two: Storyboards
--Angle Three: Pencil Tests
--Angle Four: Live-Action References
--Angle Five: Rough Animation
--Angle Six: All of the above (a la one of the bonuses on Pluto 2 of the WDT)
Backstage Disney:
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The Art of Fantasia's Animation: Text Commentary Track: Another way to view the film, with various facts about the animation's art displayed on the screen as the movie progresses
Disc Four:
Fantasia Uncovered - Bonus Materials, Disc One
Technical Specs:
1.33:1 Academy Ratio - Original Aspect Ratio (Vintage Materials)
1.77:1 Anamorphic Widescreen - Original Aspect Ratio (New Materials)
2.0 Dolby Surround (English)
Subtitles (English, French, Spanish)
Closed-Captioning for the Hearing Impaired (English)
Full-Motion Interactive 16:9 Menus
Main Features:
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Music To the World's Ears: The Making of Fantasia: An all-new 90-minute documentary about the making of
Fantasia. This version is much more complete than the old 2000 documentary.
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It Was All Started By a Mouse: This featurette explains how a planned comeback for Mickey Mouse (after his popularity was declining in favor of Donald Duck) in an ambitious cartoon,
The Sorcerer's Apprentice, based on the music by Paul Dukas, served as the very basis for this landmark film.
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Room For Improvement: A featurette on the various possibilities for literally plunging the audience into the movie, before settling on doing so with Fantasound, the revolutionary new sound system.
Galleries, Part One (Still Galleries):
A look at the various scenes in the film from original idea to development to finished product, through various still galleries.
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Introduction
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Interstitials
--Original Concepts/Visual Development
--Production Photos
--Alternate/Unused Scenes
--Visual Development of the Soundtrack
--Set Design of the Concert Hall
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Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
--Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Storyboards and Story Reels
--Alternate/Unused Scenes
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The Nutcracker Suite:
--Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Storyboards and Story Reels
--Character Development/Model Sheets
--Alternate/Unused Scenes
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
--Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Storyboards and Story Reels
--Character Development/Model Sheets
--Alternate/Unused Scenes
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The Rite of Spring
--Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Storyboards and Story Reels
--Alternate/Unused Scenes
Disc Five:
Fantasia Uncovered - Bonus Materials, Disc Two
Technical Specs:
1.33:1 Academy Ratio - Original Aspect Ratio (Vintage Materials)
1.77:1 Anamorphic Widescreen - Original Aspect Ratio (New Materials)
2.0 Dolby Surround (English)
Subtitles (English, French, Spanish)
Closed-Captioning for the Hearing Impaired (English)
Full-Motion Interactive 16:9 Menus
Main Features:
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A Labor of Love: A featurette at how the various sequences of the film were approached by given various attentions to detail depending on the sequence, including
The Nutcracker Suite's personification of the changing of the seasons and delicate designs of its characters and
Dance of the Hours's character frenzy the likes of which was unusual for Disney at the time.
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The Lost Treasures of Fantasia: A documentary about the various editing over the years to
Fantasia and why they happened. Includes abandoned segments, the film's various truncations, an unsettled reform that the film deserved and even Walt explaining that the film was a mistake (based on a cynical article by Jim Hill:
http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/ ... 1/305.aspx).
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Disney Legend: Bill Garity: A featurette on a jack-of-all-trades studio member, who masterminded the technical innovations of this landmark film, as well as Fantasound.
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Fantasia Production Timeline
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Symphony To Symphony: A featurette on how the Silly Symphonies series had a hand in creating this landmark film.
Galleries, Part Two (More Still Galleries):
A look at the various scenes in the film from original idea to development to finished product, through various still galleries.
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Introduction
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The Pastoral Symphony
--Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Character Development/Model Sheets
--Alternate/Unused Scenes
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Dance of the Hours
--Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Character Development/Model Sheets
--Alternate/Unused Scenes
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Night On Bald Mountain
--Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Character Development/Model Sheets
--Alternate/Unused Scenes
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Ave Maria
--Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Character Development/Model Sheets
--Alternate/Unused Scenes
Disc Six:
Fantasia Uncovered - Bonus Materials, Disc Three
Technical Specs:
1.33:1 Academy Ratio - Original Aspect Ratio (Vintage Materials)
1.77:1 Anamorphic Widescreen - Original Aspect Ratio (New Materials)
2.0 Dolby Surround (English)
Subtitles (English, French, Spanish)
Closed-Captioned for the Hearing Impaired (English)
Full-Motion Interactive 16:9 Menus
Main Features:
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An Example of the Times: This featurette explains how and why the film inspired the various mini-
Fantasias (i.e.,
Make Mine Music,
Melody Time, etc.) that were among the various "package films" that occurred during and in the years immediately following World War II, due to Disney's finances being scarce at this time.
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Fantasound Changed Everything: Fantasound has been hailed as the forerunner of stereophonic sound and this featurette explains why and how when it was developed, film sound would never be the same again.
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An Encore: Fantasia's Rebirth and Legacy: Featurette on the legacy of the famous film, including its restoration for modern audiences.
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The Effect of Fantasia: New featurette showing the film's impact on the world.
Galleries, Part Three (Media Galleries):
A look at the various scenes in the film from original idea to development to finished product, through various media samples.
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Introduction
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Interstitials
--Alternate/Unused Scenes: Storyboards and Animation
--Alternate Perspectives of the Concert Hall
--Camera and Lighting Tests
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Toccata and Fugue In D Minor
--Storyboards and Story Reel
--Unused/Alternate Scenes: Storyboards and Animation
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The Nutcracker Suite
--Storyboards and Story Reel
--Unused/Alternate Scenes: Storyboards and Animation
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
--Storyboards and Story Reel
--Unused/Alternate Scenes: Storyboards and Animation
--Mickey Mouse vs. Dopey the Dwarf
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The Rite of Spring
--Storyboards and Story Reel
--Unused/Alternate Scenes: Storyboards and Animation
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The Pastoral Symphony
--Storyboards and Story Reel
--Unused/Alternate Scenes: Storyboards and Animation
--Beethoven's
Symphony No. 6: The Pastoral vs. Pierne's
Cydalise et le Chevre-Pied
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Dance of the Hours
--Storyboards and Story Reel
--Alternate/Unused Scenes: Storyboards and Animation
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Night on Bald Mountain
--Storyboards and Story Reel
--Alternate/Unused Scenes: Storyboards and Animation
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Ave Maria
--Storyboards and Story Reel
--Alternate/Unused Scenes: Storyboards and Animation
Disc Seven:
Fantasia Archives: Part One - Bonus Materials, Disc Four
Technical Specs:
1.33:1 Academy Ratio - Original Aspect Ratio (Vintage Materials)
1.77:1 Anamorphic Widescreen - Original Aspect Ratio (New Materials)
2.0 Dolby Surround (English)
Subtitles (English, French, Spanish)
Closed-Captioned for the Hearing Impaired (English)
Full-Motion Interactive 16:9 Menus
Main Features:
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Fantasia: An Experience of a Different Kind: A featurette at how the film had been viewed as truly surreal and, in the 1960s, among college-age people, as a hallucinogenic experience.
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Modern Times: A look at how and why
Fantasia, in the 1980s, was rerecorded in modern stereophonic sound by Irwin Kostal, as well as explaining the differences between's Kostal's take on the film and Stokowski's.
Cartoon Shorts:
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Adventures In Music: Melody (1953)
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Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)
Backstage Disney:
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Disneyland: Many episodes of the
Disneyland TV show featured clips of this film, many with explanations by Walt about how the scenes were created.
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The Disneyland Story: Excerpt from the 1954 episode of the
Disneyland TV series, in which Walt talks about Mickey Mouse's career.
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The Story of the Animated Drawing: Excerpt from the 1955 episode from the
Disneyland TV series, in which animation is used in layering and painting (an example being from "Nutcracker Suite").
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The Plausible Impossible: Excerpts from the 1956 episode of the
Disneyland TV series, in which first, Walt explains how mythology may be plausible, and then, how music and visuals were married to each other.
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Tricks of Our Trade: The complete 1957 episode of the
Disneyland TV series. This will mark the SECOND time in which the entire show is seen verbatim on a Disney DVD.
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The Making of Fantasia: The original 2000 documentary about the making of the film. Compared to the same kind of documentary on Disc Three, however, this version is a short.
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Why Epic Films Go To the Roadshow: A look at how and why epic or famous films tend to be shown at roadshow engagements, with numerous examples being not only
Fantasia, but also others like
Gone With the Wind,
Bridge On the River Kwai,
Ben-Hur and
The Sound of Music.
Disc Eight:
Fantasia Archives: Part Two - Bonus Materials, Disc Five
Technical Specs:
1.33:1 Academy Ratio - Original Aspect Ratio (Vintage Materials)
1.77:1 Anamorphic Widescreen - Original Aspect Ratio (New Materials)
2.0 Dolby Surround (English)
Subtitles (English, French, Spanish)
Closed-Captioned for the Hearing Impaired (English)
Full-Motion Interactive 16:9 Menus
Main Feature:
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Fantasia Continues: From 1940 To the New Millenium: A featurette on how
Fantasia inspired
Fantasia 2000.
Deleted Materials:
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Introduction
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Clair de Lune
--Still Gallery: Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Still Gallery: Character Development/Model Sheets
--Video Gallery: Storyboards and Story Reel
--Video Gallery: Fully Animated Short
--Video Gallery: "Blue Bayou", as seen in
Make Mine Music
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Ride of the Valkyries
--Still Gallery: Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Still Gallery: Character Development/Model Sheets
--Video Gallery: Storyboards and Story Reel
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Swan of Tuonela
--Still Gallery: Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Still Gallery: Character Development/Model Sheets
--Video Gallery: Storyboards and Story Reel
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Invitation to the Dance
--Still Gallery: Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Still Gallery: Character Development/Model Sheets
--Video Gallery: Storyboards and Story Reel
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Adventures in Perambulator
--Still Gallery: Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Still Gallery: Character Development/Model Sheets
--Video Gallery: Storyboards and Story Reel
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Flight of the Bumblebee
--Still Gallery: Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Still Gallery: Character Development/Model Sheets
--Video Gallery: Storyboards and Story Reel
--Video Gallery: "Bumble Boogie", as seen in
Melody Time
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Peter and the Wolf
--Still Gallery: Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Still Gallery: Character Development/Model Sheets
--Video Gallery: Storyboards and Story Reel
--Video Gallery: "Peter and the Wolf", as seen in
Make Mine Music
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Additional Deleted Materials
--Still Gallery: Original Concept Art/Visual Development
--Still Gallery: Character Development/Model Sheets
Publicity Galleries:
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Theatrical Trailers Gallery
--Theatrical Trailer (1940)
--Theatrical Trailer (1941)
--Theatrical Trailer (1942)
--Re-release Trailer (1946)
--Re-release Trailer (1956)
--Re-release Trailer (1963)
--Re-release Trailer (1969)
--Re-release Trailer (1977)
--Re-release Trailer (1982)
--Re-release Trailer (1985)
--Re-release Trailer (1990)
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More Trailers Gallery
--Home Video Trailer (1991)
--Home Video Trailer (2000)
--Special Edition DVD Trailer (2000)
--Fantasia Anthology Trailer (2000)
--TV Spots (1956)
--TV Spots (1963)
--TV Spots (1969)
--TV Spots (1977)
--TV Spots (1982)
--TV Spots (1990)
--TV Spots (1991)
--TV Spots (2000)
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Archive of News Articles and Movie Reviews
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Original Press Release and Pressbooks
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Promotional Poster Gallery
--Domestic
--International
--National Ad Campaigns
--University Screenings Poster
--Re-release
--Lobby Cards
--One-Sheets
--Half-Sheets
--Virtual Pressbook Galleries
Packaging and Disc Art:
- Metal casing for entire DVD (a la Walt Disney Treasures)
- Full-Color Eight-Tray Spinal Digistak
- A booklet containing the DVD contents
- Republishment of the original Roadshow Program from 1940
- Color Disk Artwork
--Disc 1: "Tocatta and Fugue" (Artwork)
--Disc 2: "The Nutcracker Suite" (Fairies & Mushrooms)
--Disc 3: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (Mickey)
--Disc 4: "Rites of Spring" (Dinosaurs)
--Disc 5: "Pastoral Symphony" (Pegasus & Bacchus & Jacchus)
--Disc 6: "Dance of the Hours" (Hippo & Alligator)
--Disc 7: "Night on Bald Mountain" (Chernabog)
--Disc 8: "Ave Maria" (Artwork)
- Lobby Cards, Character Design Sheets and a Collectible Poster
- Film Cel Reproductions
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Fantasia: The Inside Guide: Hardcover Collector's Book
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Fantasia: The Soundtrack: Multi-disc Soundtrack with the original 1940 recordings, the original 1982 digital rerecordings ane even unused songs and radio broadcasts
- Dual-Disc Digipak for CD with pocket for booklet
- 16-page booklet with liner notes and lyrics
So, tell me, what do you think? Escapay, if you're reading this and any of this stuff sounds familiar to you, it's because either these are bonuses from the old 2000 Fantasia Anthology DVD or they're just no-brainers for inclusion on DVD (i.e., trailers, audio commetaries, galleries, etc.). This time, I tried to be as original as possible. So anything you used are only those from the old DVD release of the movie, not the one you thought up that I copied from, but the Fantasia Anthology DVD. Anything you thought up on your own are no longer truly evident. While I did reuse some of your types of bonus ideas, I tried to revise the titles and descriptions as much as possible, so as not to sound too unoriginal. For example, whereas you put:
-Epic Films: A Roadshow Engagement - new featurette about how a movie is presented in Roadshow Engagements. (20 minutes)
I put:
- Why Epic Films Go To the Roadshow: A look at how and why epic or famous films tend to be shown at roadshow engagements, with numerous examples being not only Fantasia, but also others like Gone With the Wind, Bridge On the River Kwai, Ben-Hur and The Sound of Music.
As you can see, while the wording still seem to be alike, mine tends to be more descriptive. I even tried to revise the packaging description a bit.
