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Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs - Platinum Edition
Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the first feature-length
animated film. This enchanting fairytale. In land far way, lives a young
princess whose beauty disturbs her stepmother, the Queen. And everyday
the Queen asks the magic mirror to tell her "who is the fairest
of them all." And everyday the answer is: “Snow White”.
So the wicked Queen decides to kill the young beauty. Fortunately, the
princess escapes into the forest where she meets the Seven Dwarfs. Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs has all of the classics fairytale elements,
including the handsome Prince.
It was the first animated film to be included in the Library of Congress’
National Film Registry of American Film.
DVD (2 discs)
Available Audio: English and French
Color, THX, Animated, Closed-captioned, Dolby
Disc One: The Animated Film
- Magic Mirror on the Wall: To guide the viewer through all the features,
The Magic Mirror is summoned as the host, through all-new animation
created especially for this release.
- Guided Tour: Tour Guide Angela Lansbury takes you on a VIP tour
sampling bonus features
- Some Day My Prince Will Come: Barbra Streisand performs a newly
recorded rendition of the song presented over an animated montage
of highlights from the film.
- "Still The Fairest of Them All: The Making Of Snow White:"
A 40-minute documentary providing fascinating insight into the events
leading up to the development of the film
- "Heigh-Ho" Sing-Along: With an option to hear the vocals
from the film or perform your own, karaoke style.
- "Dopey's Wild Mine Ride" Game
- "The Goddess of Spring:" Silly Symphony animated short,
which served as a test for the character Snow White.
- Audio commentary is gathered from dozens of hours of rare archival
recordings of Walt Disney himself, hosted by film historian John Canemaker.
Disc Two: The Lands of Snow White
- Snow White's Wishing Well (History And Development)
- Walt Disney biographical timeline
- Highlights of Walt Disney's life and career
Snow White production timeline
- The evolution of the production
- Brothers Grimm original version of "Snow White”
- Storyboard to film comparisons
- The Queen's Castle (Virtual Galleries & More)
- Visual Development Gallery including preliminary designs and deleted
concepts, highlights the creation of the European storybook world
- Layouts and Backgrounds Gallery including original designs and renderings
- Camera And Filter Tests including excerpts from Disney TV shows
"The Story Of The Silly Symphony, " and "Tricks
of Our Trade" with Walt Disney focusing on the Multiplane Camera
- Animation including a featurette on the original voices from the
film
- Live-Action Footage including rare, live-action test footage featuring
dancer Marge (Belcher) Champion and vaudevillian Eddie Collins with
Disney artists
- Character Design Galleries
- Still art galleries showcase the production designs
- The Queen's Dungeon (Abandoned Concepts)
- Snow White Meets The Prince storyboard reconstruction of an alternate
scene
- Some Day My Prince Will Come (Fantasy Version) storyboard reconstruction
- The Prince Is Captured storyboard reconstruction
- A look at the restoration process for the DVD
- The Dwarfs' Mine (Rare Treasures)
- Four partially animated (and one fully-animated) scenes that did
not make the final film version plus the original RKO Opening and
End Credits
- Disney Through The Decades: an new overview of the Walt Disney Studios,
looking at each decade from the 1930's to the present with Roy Disney,
D.B. Sweeney, Angela Lansbury, Fess Parker, Robby Benson, Dean Jones,
Jodi Benson and Ming-Na.
- The Dwarfs' Cottage (Wonder Of An Era Gone By)
- The Release: Rare newsreel footage of the Hollywood premiere at
the Carthay Circle Theater, a large selection of still photographs
of original merchandise, and trailers from the various theatrical
re-releases.
- Publicity: A retrospective of different theatrical poster designs
used to promote "Snow White" over 65 years, press kits and
the original 1937 Exhibitor's manual, stills from the premiere, the
original press book, production photos, and posters.
- Vintage Black & White Short Subjects including "A
Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios," (RKO exhibitors short), "How
Disney Cartoons Are Made" (revised version of "A Trip
Through the Walt Disney Studios," shown publicly as the first trailer
for "Snow White
- Supplemental Audio including Cecil B. DeMille talks with Walt Disney
about his production and premiere for the Lux Radio Theater, radio
broadcast from the premiere, Disney radio program celebrating "Snow
White Day" (January 9, 1938), radio commercials, voice recording
sessions and a deleted song: "You're Never Too Old To Be
Young"
(sung by the Dwarfs)
Curator's Comments:
Read
Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.
Director: David Hand
Color, animation
84 minutes
Released:1937
Rated: G
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Animation / Musical
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