The two-disc Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition will arrive on May 3, 2005. Preorder Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary Edition from Amazon.com. (30% off) Read our Pocahontas: 10th Anniversary DVD review.

Pocahontas - The original Gold Collection DVD release for this much-maligned but financial succesful feature met with large complaints over picture quality, and rightfully so. Even for a non-anamorphic laserdisc transfer port, Disney's 33rd animated classic disappointed, with video that made it hard to believe the feature was less than a decade old.

This special edition re-release will correct that with a brand new 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack. For playback of the movie, this 2-disc set offers two options: the original theatrical cut or a special edition which fully restores the unused song "If I Never Knew You."

Bonus features will include a Filmmakers' Audio Commentary (on the extended cut), "The Making of Pocahontas" documentary, an Early Presentation Reel with Introduction and Commentary, Storyboard-to-Film Comparison with Introduction and Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Production and Design Galleries, Abandonded Concepts, "The Making of 'If I Never Knew You'" featurette, a featurette on the Central Park premiere, Animation Tests, Character Animation Featurettes, a Production Progression Reel, Music Featurette, a Multi-Language Clip Reel, two theatrical trailers, music videos of "Colors of the Wind" (performed by Vanessa Williams) and "If I Never Knew You" (performed by Jon Secada and Shanice), Sing Alongs of "Just Around the Riverbend" and "Colors of the Wind", the set-top game "Follow Your Heart", and 2 Disney's Art Projects "Build a Drum" and "Create a Dreamcatcher."

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The 10th Anniversary Edition ports over most of the deluxe laserdisc supplements that were left off of the first DVD. On the Pocahontas laserdisc, there was a highly-praised audio commentary, a making-of documentary with location footage, highlights of the film's premiere in Central Park, a multi-language reel of "Colors of the Wind", and interviews from the filmmakers. In addition, there was extensive galleries of character designs, concept art, abandoned concepts. To round out the set, there were trailers and promotional materials, storyboards, storyboard-to-film comparisons, and two semi-completed deleted scenes with the musical number "If I Never Knew You." The laserdisc's box also contained an artist's portfolio and the book "The Art of Pocahontas", are not included in some form.

Lilo & Stitch - Originally intended to have dual DVD releases like Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Lilo got the short-thrifted by a new management mandate enforcing a single-disc release. The result was a single-disc release with more supplements than most single-discs, but far short of a 2-disc Collector's Edition. An audio commentary was supposedly recorded, and the terrific but short fly-on-the-wall documentary that appears on the current Lilo & Stitch DVD was surely trimmed down from a more significant running time. (Heck, even the A*Teens music video was trimmed down to 1 minute.)

In America, the double-disc Lilo & Stitch re-release is expected in the fall of 2005 to coincide with the release of the direct-to-video sequel Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (which arrives right before, August 30, 2005). Overseas, in France, Italy, and Australia, a 2-disc Special Edition was released last fall (2004)! The specs for these international DVDs appear below.

The new, previously unreleased bonus features will include:
• Audio commentary • Full-length documentary, "The Making of Lilo & Stitch" with scene selections and notes • 2 Animator Conversations: "Andres Deja discusses Lilo" and "Alex Kupershmidt discusses Stitch" • Deleted scenes & Early Concepts • Chris Sanders' Photo gallery • 2 new music videos: "Your Ohana", "Suspicious Minds" by Gareth Gates • The Style Book of Chris Sanders • The Story of Stitch • A Conversation with Joe Grant and Dean DeBlois • Ric Sluiter Interviews Maurice Noble • Dean DeBlois pitches a New Sequence • Mulan: "Mulan's Decision" • Dumbo: "The Train Arrives"

In addition, the Italian Special Edition will include most of the previous DVD's bonus features:
• music videos: "Burning Love" with Wynonna, "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" performed by the A*Teens • Disneypedia: Hawaii • "A Stitch in Time" • "Animating the Hula" • "How-To-Hula Lesson" • Theatrical Teasers and Trailers • "Gantu's Challenge" Game

On December 14, 2004, Disney will release the highly-anticipated 2-disc 40th Anniversary Edition of their only live-action film to garner a Best Picture Oscar nomination - 1964's Mary Poppins.

Click here to read our review of Mary Poppins 40th Anniversary Edition.

The film has been given a digital remastering, and will be presented in 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen and an Enhanced Home Theater Mix in Dolby Digital 5.1. Highlights of this 2-disc set include an audio commentary with Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Karen Dotrice, and co-composer Richard Sherman, a 50-minute making-of documentary, a deleted song called "Chimpanzoo", and a new animated short based on another tale by P.L. Travers, the author of Mary Poppins.

The Film: 1.66:1 Anamorphic Widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 (Disney's Enhanced Home Theater Mix), Dolby Digital 2.0 (Original Theatrical and Enhanced Mixes), Spanish and French 5.1 tracks
Disc 1: Audio commentary with Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Richard Sherman, and Karen Dotrice, Poppins Pop-Up Fun Facts, Disney's song selection
Disc 2: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of Mary Poppins", new animated short "The Cat That Looked at a King" (based on P.L. Travers story, done chalk-drawing style), "A Magical Musical Reunion", "A Musical Journey with Richard Sherman", "I Love to Laugh" game, "Movie Magic" featurette, Gala World Premiere featurette, deleted song "Chimpanzoo", 2 scene deconstructions, galleries, trailers & TV spots, Dick Van Dyke make-up test