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101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition (2008)
Featuring
Selena Gomez Video "Cruella De Vil" |
Plot of
101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition
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 Hannah
Montana & Wizards of Waverly Place’s
Selena Gomez sharpens the
edge of a famous villain with her new music video for “Cruella De Vil”
on Disney’s 101 DALMATIANS: Platinum Edition DVD (3.4)!
For the first time in nearly a decade, Walt Disney Studios Home
Entertainment is unleashing 101 DALMATIANS: Platinum Edition
on DVD (3.4)! Cruella’s plot to make coats out of the adorable
puppies is even more evil with restored picture and enhanced sound. In
addition to Selena Gomez’ full-length music video, this 2-disc
Platinum Edition of the film contains never-before-seen Bonus Features
including a behind the scenes featurette that details the making of the
film, deleted songs, and much much more! Human “pets” of all ages will
fall in love all over again with this classic tale. |
Review of
101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition
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I have seen this movie
countless times over the years and have always enjoyed the simple, yet
richly developed story about a dog and his family (both human and
canine). The movie, based on a book by Dodie Smith (The
Hundred and One Dalmatians) provides a tale of how a dog and his
master grow their family, first by finding their female counterparts and
growing a family. However, due to a wild tale and twist of fate,
the family grows from a small family into one of 101.
The most intriguing part of the story is that it is told from the dogs
point of view, and many of these lovable creatures are given their own
personalities. You find yourself in the mind of man's best freind,
going on a four legged adventure. These lovable critters are very
likable and you cheer them on throughout the movie.
As cute and cuddly as the Dalmatian pups can be, their nemesis is a
complete opposite in nature and design. She's not just bad, she's drawn
that way as well. Cruella De vil, the evil darkness that lurks
over the canines and their masters is brilliantly drawn and voice acted
and may very well be one of the most hated villans in movie history --
how many other villans can claim a song written about them? Not
Darth Vader, not Frankenstein, not even the Creature From The Black
Lagoon, but Cruella's got one, and with a very catchy beat as
well. Well for a good movie, you need both a yin and a yang
to counterbalance each other, and she is undeniably the opposite of what
is good in the world.
I need not tarry longer on the story since most of you have probably
seen it if not once, but twice or more times. If you have not seen
it since your your youth, this is one of those great movies that you
will not mind watching time and time again with your own children (okay,
maybe by the 50th time you might want them to watch something else).
I would also suggest watching it at least once using the pop-up edition.
I reviewed the movie using this feature and there were many interesting
facts that I learned (although the pop-ups could have been a little
smaller, or placed further over to the sides). I am a big fan of these
pop-ups and this was a nice add-on to a movie I have seen many times
before. I have an old VHS copy of the movie and the sound and
visuals on this DVD are a hundred times better thanks to the restoration
they did for this release.
Since Disney has dubbed this the "Platinum Edition," they had to give us
more than just the enhanced music/video and the pop-ups and they did not
disappoint. This DVD edition is chock full of some great bonuses.
My favorite is the featurette "Cruella De Vil: Drawn to Be Bad" which is
all about the creations and animation of Disney's most feared
villainess. That is not to take anything away from the other
features, including the standard "making of" documentary that was quite
interesting and full of facts and "Sincerely Yours, Walt Disney" which
is about the correspondence between Mr. Disney and the author of the
book, Dodie Smith.
This version also includes some games which are kind of fun (I matched
best with Goofy), and an awesome selection of deleted and abandoned
songs that are a must to listen to and watch. The trailers are
pretty cool to watch as well.
Then there is the great new bonus video featuring Selena Gomez with her
jazzed up version of Cruella De Vil which is tastefully done by one of
today's most promising young talents which highlight young miss Gomez on
a runway as well as scenes from the movie.
This is a great feature DVD from Disney which you and your children
should not miss. |
Press Release
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Finally
Unleashed from the Disney Vault For the First Time
in Nearly 10
Years
Walt Disney’s
Original Classic
101 Dalmatians
First time on
Two-Disc DVD March 4, 2008
Featuring An
All-New Digital Restoration, Deleted Songs, Virtual Dalmatians
Game, and more
BURBANK,
Calif., October 26, 2007 – For the first time in nearly a decade, Walt
Disney Studios Home Entertainment unleashes 101 of the world’s most
famous dogs when Walt Disney’s original dog classic,
101 Dalmatians: Platinum
Edition comes to DVD March
4, 2008 for a limited time only.
101 Dalmatians
is the true Disney Dog classic,
considered by critics to be one of the best and most innovative Disney
animated films. This all-new two-disc Platinum Edition is a must-own for
fans big and small, featuring beloved characters Pongo, Perdita, and
their 99 puppies, as well as one of Disney’s most deliciously evil
villains of all time – Cruella De Vil (ranked on American Film
Institute’s Best Villains of All Time List).
101 Dalmatians: Platinum
Edition is brilliantly
restored with enhanced picture and sound and includes allnew,
never-before-seen bonus features that will have fans of all ages howling
with delight: An all-new interactive ”Virtual Dalmatian” game with over
101 possibilities to adopt, train and care for your very own virtual
puppy, deleted songs, behind-the-scenes featurettes, an in-depth look at
the personal correspondence between Walt Disney and Dodie Smith, (author
of the book The Hundred and One Dalmatians), and much
more.
One of the
most cherished and sought-after Disney classics of all time,
101 Dalmatians
is among the last films to bear the
personal touch of Walt Disney. This original classic is available for a
limited time only before it returns to the Disney vault.
Bonus Features
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Disney’s Virtual Dalmatians
Adopt, name, train and care for your very own virtual puppy where
there are over 101 possibilities.
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Puppy Profiler
Find out which dog you’re most like!
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101 Pop-Up Trivia Facts For
The Family & Collector
Discover 202 amazing things You Never Knew about the movie as you
watch it – with 101 pop up
facts for the family and 101 for the collector
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All-New “Cruella De Vil” Music
Video
The classic song “Cruella De Vil” gets a contemporary twist when
multitalented teen Disney Channel
star Selena Gomez performs the song in a brand new video!
•
Redefining The Line: The Making
Of 101 Dalmatians
101
Dalmatians is
considered by critics to be one of the best and most innovative
Disney animated
films. Go behind the scenes with its creators to find out about
everything - including the technological
innovation of the Xerox process in animation.
•
Cruella De Vil: Drawn To Be
Bad
Inspired by flamboyant actress Tallulah Bankhead, Cruella De Vil has
become a villain that movie
fans love to hate. Marc Davis, an animation legend and one of
Disney’s immortal “Nine Old Men”
reveals how this iconic character came to be.
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Sincerely Yours, Walt Disney
Experience Walt Disney and Dodie Smith’s (author of the book The
Hundred and One Dalmatians)
actual correspondence during the movie’s production.
•
Deleted Songs
Songs written for the film - finally come to life!
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And Much More!
When Pongo and
Perdita, a pair of adorable Dalmatians play Cupid for their human pets,
wedding bells soon ring! In a short time, the dogs become the proud
parents of 15 winsome puppies, but their happiness is short-lived. The
wicked Cruella De Vil wants to buy the all puppies—to make a coat! When
her dastardly offer is turned down, she orders her bumbling henchmen
Horace and Jasper to abscond with the puppies as
well as every
other Dalmatian puppy in London. Pongo and Perdita must rally a network
of animals across England with the “twilight bark” to help find
Cruella's secret hideaway and rescue 99 precious puppies.
STREET DATE:
March 4, 2008
Suggested retail
price: U.S. $29.99, Canada $36.99
Feature run
time:
79 Minutes
Rated:
“G” Bonus materials not rated or subtitled.
Technical
specifications may only apply to feature
Aspect ratio:
1.33:1 full-screen aspect ratio
Sound:
All-new Disney-enhanced Home Theater Mix
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Languages:
English, French, and Spanish language tracks
Close captioned in English
FastPlay:
FastPlay enabled
Walt Disney Home
Entertainment is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment,
Inc., a recognized industry leader. Walt Disney Studios Home
Entertainment is the marketing, sales and distribution company for Walt
Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax, and Buena Vista
videocassettes and DVDs.
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The Cast
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Directors
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Writers
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Rod Taylor |
Pongo |
Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton S.
Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman
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Dodie Smith |
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Betty Lou Gerson |
Cruella De Vil |
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Cate Bauer |
Perdita |
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Ben Wright |
Roger |
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Frederick Worlock |
Horace |
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Lisa Davis |
Anita |
Rating
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Length
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Distribution Co.
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Year
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G |
79 mins. |
Disney/Buena Vista |
1969/2008 |
Video Clips
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This review was written by Ian Ripley. Copyright
2008, All Rights Reserved. |
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