the reluctant dragon dvd?

[Disneybell]

Hey guys was the reluctant dragon a disney movie or just a short its been so long since i saw it i can't remember and if its a movie is it out on dvd yet or is it coming to dvd? sorry if this is has been posted before

[TM2-Megatron]

It was released on the Walt Disney Treasures: Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studios limited-edition tin. However, it's becoming pretty hard to find these days. I've only seen 2 or 3 left around Toronto.

As for some info about the movie, here's an excerpt from UltimateDisney's review of Behind the Scenes

Next up is the star attraction of Disc 1: The Reluctant Dragon (68:21), originally released to theaters in 1941. As with most of Walt’s projects during the years of World War II, Dragon was a lower-budgeted affair to get much-needed profit easily. Although there are three animated segments within, most of the film involves real actors, technically making it Walt’s first live-action movie. Robert Benchley stars as himself. Also making appearances are Francis Gifford as an artist, Buddy Pepper as a tour guide, Ward Kimball playing himself, and Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck.

The story follows Benchley, as he takes a storybook called “The Reluctant Dragon” (about a dragon who is . . . uh . . . reluctant) to the Disney Studio lot in an effort to have it made into a cartoon. As he heads for his meeting with Walt, Benchley gets sidetracked and ends up exploring the many faucets of the lot, such as the Storyboarding, Sound Effects, Paint, and Recording departments. Through his misadventures, we gain access to the animated segments: “How to Ride a Horse,” starring Goofy, “Baby Weems,” shown in illustrated story-reel form, and finally the piece which realizes Benchley’s title storybook about the dragon who didn’t want to fight knights as a completed animated short subject.

For the whole review, go here:

http://www.ultimatedisney.com/behindthescenes.html