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Snow White Blu-ray + DVD Combo Coming Oct. 6

Source:Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

April 3, 2009

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will be released as a Blu-ray + DVD Combo on October 6th, seven weeks before the Standard Definition DVD is released on November 24th. The full details:

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) proudly announces the highly-anticipated, October 6 high definition debut of the most-acclaimed animated movie ever made, Walt Disney's original classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Making history again with its exciting debut, the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' Blu-ray bow marks the first time Disney Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack (2 Blu-ray discs + DVD) has ever been released, followed seven weeks later with the release of a Deluxe 2-Disc Classic standard definition DVD on November 24. The Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' Blu-ray edition will undoubtedly represent the quintessential way to experience this landmark film.

"We are thrilled that the consumer has clearly recognized the value in our Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack releases and will have another opportunity to maximize their viewing options in October with Snow White," Bob Chapek, President of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, said. "With today's technological breakthroughs found in Blu-ray, we are confident that this version of Snow White will easily become the reference point for high definition home entertainment libraries and family collections all over the world."

Perfectly timed for holiday gift-giving and available for a limited time only, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' historic high definition release will include a spectacular assortment of all new bonus features. A magical tale filled with laughter and excitement, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the jewel in Disney's cinematic crown.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has been unavailable in any form, since 2001. The film earned a 1939 honorary Academy Award® for "significant screen innovation which has charmed millions, and pioneered a great new entertainment field." And now, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Blu-ray becomes the ultimate home entertainment experience with state-of-the-art picture restoration and a pristine 7.1 Digital Theater System Hi-Def Surround Sound.

About Platinum Combo Packs (Blu-ray + DVD in a single package):

To provide consumers with unprecedented quality, value and portability of their favorite Disney classics, in 2008 WDSHE pioneered the Combo Pack - Blu-ray Disc(s) plus a DVD in a single package. Current Disney Platinum Edition titles available as Combo Packs include Sleeping Beauty and Pinocchio.

About Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:

Celebrated as an entertainment landmark for over 70 years, the first full-length animated film ever made, and still the 'fairest of them all," Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' world premiere represented a major milestone for the world of animation, a giant leap forward for The Walt Disney Company. It is one of the most beloved and most watched films in history. As one of the first films ever to be designated for preservation by the Library of Congress, it has been entertaining movie-goers and critics alike for decades. It is also the first film ever to have a motion picture soundtrack, as well as the first film that uses music to advance the story. To date, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has been released theatrically a total of nine times.

Synopsis:

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the time-honored story of a beautiful princess whose blossoming beauty disturbs her stepmother the Queen. Each day the Queen asks a mysterious magic mirror the quintessential question: "mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all." As long as the mirror answers the Queen's name, all is well. However, when one day the mirror replies with Snow White's name, the evil Queen begins her quest to kill the young girl, so she may once again be "the fairest of them all."

Snow White's escape from the evil Queen's plan leads her deep into the forest and to a small cottage where she meets, in one of the most famous scenes in motion picture history, the Seven Dwarfs. Once "off to work" they go, the wicked Queen persuades Snow White to take a bite of a poisonous apple that places a powerful sleeping curse on the young beauty. Heartbroken, the dwarfs make a glass coffin for their friend, because she is too beautiful to bury. Only when a handsome Prince -- who had previously fallen in love with Snow White -- finds her and kisses her, does she awaken, "to live happily ever after."

The Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Blu-ray(TM) + DVD Combo Pack is priced at $39.99 SRP and the 2-Disc DVD set is priced at $29.99 SRP.

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COMMENTS (21)

Posted by:

chris collins

April 3, 2009

walt, you don't have to worry about that. jonas brothers are losing their luster as we speak. it'll probably be demi lovato with "someday my prince will come". it just doesn't make sense to have the bluray include the standard dvd in october before having another dvd release for thanksgiving. some people would say "i don't think that's why we had an economy crisis to begin with".

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Rumpskin

April 3, 2009

I wanna see Snow White the porn film.

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chris collins

April 3, 2009

mr. disney, the difference between eisner and lasseter is that eisner sold his soul to the devil for sucess in the stock market and lasseter was brought up working a summer job at the original tommorowland and made history from the ground up with a cowboy doll. and it's true that you just can't get through to some people, but look at jeffrey katzenberg and the original owners of fox and warner bros. studios, now that's a bigger puzzle to solve than how bad the sequels and t.v shows are nowadays.

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Calum

April 3, 2009

Can't wait for Snow White on Blu-Ray. Was disappointed no trailer on Pinocchio, but Pinocchio was nice in hd and I love Snow White.

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chris collins

April 3, 2009

why thank you, mr. disney. i'm a big fan of your work. i'll be sure to head there next month! always happy to assist a fellow animator.

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Ashley

April 3, 2009

Walt, it's good to know you're still watching over us.

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Mickey M.

April 3, 2009

I try to convince them to do better work, but they keep on ignoring me and making me stay in the theme park form 9 to 5. Please come back Walt. Its cold here..

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MadMan Mark

April 3, 2009

Does anyone know if there will be a digital copy included?

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chris collins

April 3, 2009

madman mark, it's so obvious it will have a digital copy. everything has a digital copy nowadays, including kit kat bars.

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Darian

April 3, 2009

why do none of your guy's comments have to do with Snow White being re-released? Sleeping Beauty and Pinocchio look great in Blu-ray, be excited to see how this looks