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I found on an internet site that the original Santa Clause is up for pre-order for september 7, so I went to the Ultimate Disney and the official Disney release calenders an it's not listed on either one. Does anyone know this to be true.

Here is the link to the site which states a September 7, 04 release

http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vlink ... 026IE.html

Thank you very much for sharing this bit of news. I just did a little research myself and found out that several online DVD retailers have it up for pre-order. According to some websites it also contains 'The Making of the Santa Clause' and 'Trailers'!? Were these also featured on the previous R1 Special Edition? I have the Region 2 (NL) Special Edition but there is no sign of these features anywhere.

It's showing up on Deep Discount DVD as SANTA CLAUSE SPECIAL EDITION WIDESCREEN or FULL SCREEN but it does not show up ar Amazon

Both Santa Clause movies are undergoing a price drop in September. The new SRP will be $19.99. The Santa Clause Special Edition is a sorry excuse for a Special Edition. The only trailers are for other movies, and the "Making-of" is a brief featurette hosted by Bernard. It's unfortunate that we probably won't see a real good DVD for years. The sequel's DVD is fluffy, but pretty good, at least with commentary and deleted scenes.

But hey, The Santa Clause 3 is in conceptual phases, so maybe there'd be something worthwhile, instead of merely promotional.

Luke wrote:Both Santa Clause movies are undergoing a price drop in September. The new SRP will be $19.99. The Santa Clause Special Edition is a sorry excuse for a Special Edition. The only trailers are for other movies, and the "Making-of" is a brief featurette hosted by Bernard. It's unfortunate that we probably won't see a real good DVD for years. The sequel's DVD is fluffy, but pretty good, at least with commentary and deleted scenes.

But hey, The Santa Clause 3 is in conceptual phases, so maybe there'd be something worthwhile, instead of merely promotional.

So just for clearification pourposes is this the 3rd time that the first Santa Clause is going to be relased???

Also is thier really going to be a Santa Clause 3? If so why ? And does anyone know what it could be about. Personally I dont think its necessary. I mean what else could possiobly be on the little Santa Clause card??? Sorry about all the questions lol

I hope i can get the widescreen edition because i bought it at target when it first came out but i did not know at the time that there were two separate editions.

I wonder if there is a chance that Disney will restore the scene that they removed...

For those of you who don't know, there was a scene on the laserdisc where Scott Calvin's ex-wife gave him a phone number of her new guy's parents. Scott looks at the number and says "1-900-Spank Me?? I know that number!"

This whole scene was removed from both DVD releases.

littlefuzzy wrote:I wonder if there is a chance that Disney will restore the scene that they removed...

For those of you who don't know, there was a scene on the laserdisc where Scott Calvin's ex-wife gave him a phone number of her new guy's parents. Scott looks at the number and says "1-900-Spank Me?? I know that number!"

This whole scene was removed from both DVD releases.

It is? Wow, I wonder why? Maybe if you do call it then you get some sex line or something. I have the original VHS version and it has the scene still intact.

Lucylover1986 wrote:It is? Wow, I wonder why? Maybe if you do call it then you get some sex line or something. I have the original VHS version and it has the scene still intact.

That is why. I believe the number is 1-800-Spank-Me, though. For TV versions, they change/d it to "1-800-Pound" ( That's only 5 digits. ), but they removed that bit in the DVD altogether.

Here's a link to a supposed article about the alleged controversy:
http://www.netcore.ca/~gkillops/spankme.html

Wow, some grandmother let her kids call a phone number that was 1-800 Spank Me???

If the kids just went and dialed the number, thats one thing, but for the grandmother to complain because she let them dial it is another (even if she did think it was phony...)

I almost call shenanigans on this, because I don't think a kid who is old enough to translate "Spank Me" into telephone digits would be playing around on the telephone, and would probably realize that phone number had nothing to do with Santa in the first place...

EDIT: I definitely would have preferred the TV edit to having the scene removed entirely.

I thought this came out allready?

Item Id: 2794703
NAAD: 9/7/2004
Prebook Date: 7/27/2004
SRP: $19.99
MAP: $14.95
Synopsis - English: Superstar comedian and Golden Globe(R) winner Tim Allen shines bright in Disney's magical, larger-than-life hit comedy that "People" magazine dubbed "The most playfully amusing, inventive cinematic ... fable in several decades!" Now in this all-new special edition DVD release, your entire family can enjoy never-before-seen bonus footage, interactive games, and more, making this original holiday classic a joyful new experience!
Label: Walt Disney Home Video
Genre: Family Entertainment
Running Time: 97
MPAA Rating: PG
Language: English, French, Spanish
Soundtrack Label: Milan CDs And Cassettes
Subtitles: Spanish
Closed Captioned: Y
Actors/Actresses: Tim Allen; Peter Boyle; Judge Reinhold; David Krumholtz; Mary Gross; Eric Lloyd; Larry Brandenburg; Paige Tamada; Wendy Crewson
Directors: John Pasquin; Walt Lloyd
Writers: Leo Benvenuti; Steve Rudnick
Original Release Date: 2002
Cumulative GBO: 144833357
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, French, Spanish
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Like Titles: Santa Who?; The Santa Clause 2
Bonus Features
1. So You Wanna Be An Elf?
2. Santa's Helper -- A Trivia Adventure Game
3. Making Santa Snacks With Wolfgang
4. DVD-ROM Features: "Write A Letter To Santa"; Christmas Countdown Calendar Screensaver



So is this just a re-release of the SE with a widescreen version and fullscreen? hmmmm

I have the other release that was the widescreen NON SE one. So I doubt I will buy this one unless its THX certified..

UPDATE: ok there is sometimes way too many versions its hard to keep track of them all. DVD Emire has the SE in widescreen in stock for 14.99

http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.a ... _id=210549