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Due September 20
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release the beloved animated classic "Dumbo" for the first time in high definition as a 70th Anniversary Edition, arriving September 20, 2011 as a two-Disc Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack ($39.99( and single-disc DVD ($29.9). The Academy Award-winning (1942, Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture) favorite will take flight for the first time with a premium restoration in stunning Blu-ray high-definition featuring 7.1 Digital Theater System High-Def Surround Sound. Bonus features include a deleted scene and a deleted song. commentary, featurettes and more.
Faced with the daunting task of restoring the film to its original pristine condition, the Walt Disney Studios Restoration Team turned to the U.S. Library of Congress, who store the original 70 year old nitrate camera negative in their film vaults, and for reference, to an original 1941 "release" print, held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Using this rare nitrate "dye-transfer" Technicolor print for color reference, the team was able to restore "Dumbo" to the color settings most likely approved by Walt Disney himself, which will be seen in their full splendor for the first time in 70 years on the Blu-ray debut.
In addition, the rare film print (housed as part of the UCLA Film and Television Archives collection) proved to be the earliest surviving generation of the original audio for "Dumbo," which provided a unique source from which to build the new Disney Enhanced Home Theatre mix for the Blu-ray release.
Released theatrically in 1941, "Dumbo," Walt Disney’s fourth animated film, was an immediate success with audiences and critics alike. In addition to its Academy Award for BestMusic, Dumbo was also Oscar-nominated for Best Song, for the haunting lullaby, "Baby Mine." Additional songs from the film, written by renowned composer Frank Churchill and lyricist Ned Washington, have become popular standards. They include "When I See an Elephant Fly," sung by a chorus of hip crows who befriend Dumbo and his friend, Timothy Mouse, and "Pink Elephants on Parade," which accompanies Dumbo's feverish dream-sequence.
Bonus features: Deleted scene: "he Mouse's Tale"; deleted song: "Are You a Man or a Mouse?"; "Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo"; "The Magic of Dumbo: A Ride of Passage" about the Disneyland popular ride, seen through the eyes of a child; commentary by Pete Docter, Paula Sigman and Andreas Deja; sound design excerpt from "The Reluctant Dragon"; original Walt Disney Television introduction.
Blu-ray adds: Cine-Explore, Disney View, "What Do You See?" and "What Do You Know?" games, "Celebrating Dumbo" featurette, "The Flying Mouse" and "Elmer Elephant" animated shorts.
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