Walt Disney's Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs [DVD]

The Blu-ray release of the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is one of the slickest releases in Blu-ray history so far. It excels on every count: packaging, visual and audio presentation, the amount and depth of extra features and and all of the above at a retail price below most much less ambitious Blu-ray titles.I will briefly justify why I believe that this is a 'must have' 5-star for anyone who who watches or has kids who watch Disney animations.PACKAGINGOnce you remove the 3-D sleeve, the solid plastic (unlike the more recent 'cheap' Blu releases, this case does not have holes punched in it to save a penny or 2) you will find a Blu-ray guide attached to the inside front cover. The 'navigational overview' tree of the 2 Blu-ray disks is actually needed do to the almost baroque layout of features with some, such as the Hyperion Studios extra found on the Bonus disk with dozens of subfeatures within the feature. The inside cover itself lists the 27 movie 'scenes'.There are 3 disks:- The Feature Disk has the 84-minute movie plus a host of extra features.- The Bonus Disk has even more extras including the already mentioned 'Hyperion Studios'.- The DVD Feature Disk has the full movie once again.VISUAL AND AUDIO PRESENTATIONObviously, the original is greatly cleaned and enhanced to take advantage of Blu's 1080p superior resolution but that's not all.The optional DisneyView mode would make watching more enjoyable by filling the right and left side bars (the original is in a 3x4 format) with a static filler that changes with each scene matching the scene's own background, creating the impression that one is watching a 'wide screen' movie.Most of the extras are shot in uncompromising 1080p resolution.The highest audio resolution is 7.1 DTS HD Master Audio with 5.1 surround available for French and Spanish. The original soundtrack is also included for reference.An audio commentary track is available on the Feature Disk.EXTRA FEATURESThey run the whole gamut. The Feature Disk has the expected and inevitable - but in this case with a twist - 'deleted scenes', several 'remote control games', a music video of 'Some Day My Prince Will Come' and a 'Princess and the Frog' sneak peak.The Bonus Disk has two main section.There's the 'Classic bonus features' that has content we would normally expect on a bonus disk - Heigh-Ho Karaoke sing-along, Dopey's Wild Mine Ride, Disney Through the Decades, Animation Voice Talent.And then there's the absolutely amazing Hyperion Studios feature. It must be the most innovative 'bonus' making this purchase worth it for anyone who may already have the movie on DVD. Architected more or less like a hypertext document, it allows the viewer to freely jump in and out featurettes dealing with the history of Disney, the animators, the making of various aspects of the movie, the cultural impact of Snow White and of Disney. And the above are put together with historians and some of the original animators talking, original story boards, full-length, uncut Disney 'shorts', reconstructed and re-enacted Walt Disney and animators commentary to specific scenes and their thoughts and views as the scenes were developed... like I said, simply amazing if you add the never-before-used interface and you consider the extra-crisp quality of the entire presentation.MY CONCLUSIONI already stated it in the second paragraph of this review: if you are into animation and Disney, get it without hesitation. It's a steal.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is one hour and twenty-three minutes and premiere in theaters on December 21, 1937. This would be the first full length animated film and the one that started it all for Walt Disney. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs tell the story of Snow White who is the beautiful step-daughter to the evil and vain Queen; full name is never given in the movie. The Queen dresses Snow White in rags and makes her work as a scullery maid. Everyday the Queen asked the Magic Mirror who was the fairest of them all and as long as the Magic Mirror told the Queen she was one sexy babe then Snow White got to live another. One day the Magic Mirror told the Queen she was no longer the fairest and the land and that Snow White was the new beauty babe in town. This upset the Queen to no end so she devised a plot to kill Snow White. The Queen tells the Huntsman to take Snow White to the hillside to pick some flowers and to kill her and to bring Snow White's heart back as proof of the jobs. The Huntsman could not bring himself to do the job and to tell Snow White to flee and never come back. Snow White finds shelter in the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs. The Seven Dwarfs discover Snow White in their cottage and decides that she can live with them, mainly because she can make gooseberry pie. Grumpy is the only who want her to scram because in his opinion women are nothing but trouble. To some husbands and boyfriends that statement may be true.Well the Queen finds out from the Magic Mirror that the Huntsman did not do his job and as the old saying goes: "if you want something done right then do it yourself". The Queen turns herself into an old Peddler and creates a poison apple that will make Snow White take one long nap. The Queen, now an old hag, finds Snow White and tricks her into taking a bite out of the apple and Snow White is now in snooze land. The animals of the forest rush to warn the Seven Dwarfs and it is Grumpy that leads the charge to save Snow White. The Dwarfs chase and traps the Queen to a mountain cliff. The Queen tries to loosen a boulder to kill the Dwarfs, but a bolt of lightning strikes the cliff and she fall to her death; and you the folks out there already knows the ending to the story.The only thing I did not like was the extra DVD that came along with the movie. The case itself is thicker then your usual DVD case. The information was bit overkill and Disney could have just done a one hour documentary instead of all the details listed below. Also what is not included in this special two DVD set are movie preview for which I don't mind at all. Barring the negativity about the second DVD, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a great movie to own and gets an AAAAA+++++.Disc 1PlayChapter SelectionSet UpBonus Features1. Guided Tours2. Still the Fairest of them All: The Making of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs3. Audio Commentary4. Goddess of Spring-Animated Short5. Heigh-Ho: Sing-Along Songa. Sing-Alongb. Karaoke6. Dopey's Wild Mine Ride' Game7. Some Day My Prince Will Come: Performed by Barbra Streisand8. DVD-ROMGuided Tours1. Tour 12. Tour 2Disc 2Snow White's Wishing Well1. History2. Storyboard To Film Comparisonsa. Introductionb. The Forest Chasec. Cleaning Housed. The Dwarfs Chase the Witche. The Queen's OrderThe Queen's Castle1. Art and Design2. Visual Development3. Layouts and Backgroundsa. About Layouts and Backgroundsb. Layouts And Backgrounds Gallery4. Camera And Testsa. Excerpt from "The Story of Silly Symphony"b. Excerpt from "Trick of Our Trade"c. Camera Tests5. Animationa. Voice Talentb. Live Action Referencec. Excerpt From Tricks of Our Traded. Character Designsi. Snow White and The Dwarfsii. The Queen/The Peddleriii. The Huntsman/The Prince/The AnimalsThe Queen's Dungeon1. Abandoned Conceptsa. Introductionb. Snow White Meets the Princec. Some Day My Prince Will Come-Fantasy Versiond. The Prince Is Captured2. The RestorationThe Dwarf's Mine1. Deleted Scenesa. Introductionb. The Witch at the Cauldronc. The Bedroom Argumentd. Music In You Soupe. The Lodge Meetingf. Building A Bed2. Original RKO Opening and End Credits3. Disney Through the Decadesa. Introduction\Trailerb. 1930s\Trailerc. 1940s\Trailerd. 1950s\Trailere. 1960s\Trailerf. 1960s\Trailerg. 1970s\No Trailer Availableh. 1980s\Traileri. 1990s\Trailerj. A New Century\TrailerThe Dwarf's Cottage1. The Premierea. The Los Angeles Premiereb. Original Premiere Radio Broadcast (Audio Only)2. Trailersa. 1937 Trailer #1b. 1937 Trailer #2c. 1944 Trailerd. 1958 Trailere. 1967 Trailerf. 1987 Trailerg. 1993 Trailerh. 2001 Trailer3. Publicitya. Scrapbookb. The Premierec. Pressbookd. Merchandisee. Posters4. A Trip Through Walt Disney Studios5. How Cartoons Are Made6. Vintage Audioa. Lux Radio Theater September 28, 1936b. Lux Radio Theater December 20, 1937c. Mickey Mouse Theater Of The Air January 9, 19387. Radio Commercialsa. 1958i. Radio Spot #1ii. Radio Spot #2iii. Radio Spot #3b. 1967i. Radio Spot #1ii. Radio Spot #2iii. Radio Spot #3iv. Radio Spot #48. Songsa. Silly Song (Recording Session)b. Deleted Song: You're Never Too Old To Be Young