Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (UK)
Walt Disney`s Masterpiece
Certificate: U
Running Time: 83 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
The world`s first full-length animated feature, Walt Disney`s Academy Award winning masterpiece Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs began the Disney tradition of family entertainment complete in its delightful charm, dynamic storytelling and breathtaking animation.
Alive with fairy-tale magic, suspense and captivating adventure, it all begins when Snow White`s jealous stepmother consults her Magic Mirror and furiously discovers that Snow White`s beauty surpasses her own. To escape the vengeful Queen, Snow White takes refuge in an enchanted cottage, where she changes the lives of its seven lovable residents - Dopey, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bashful, Happy, Doc and the rough-edged Grumpy.
Now, through high-definition direct-to-digital technology, the picture and sound of `The First And Fairest of them All` has been lovingly restored for the clearest, most brilliant, most memorable entertainment experience in history!
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Newly-Animated Magic Mirror Host
Barabara Streisand`s recording of `Some Day My Prince Will Come`
Making of Snow White Featurette
Dopey Game
Heigh-Ho Sing-A-Long
Audio Commentary with Walt Disney
Video Tracks:
Standard 1.33:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Directed By:
David Hand
Written By:
Webb Smith
Ted Sears
Dick Rickard
Earl Hurd
Wilhelm Carl Grimm
Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
Otto Englander
Merrill De Maris
Richard Creedon
Dorothy Ann Blank
Starring:
Stuart Buchanan
Roy Atwell
Scotty Mattraw
Otis Harlan
Pinto Colvig
Billy Gilbert
Moroni Olsen
Lucille La Verne
Harry Stockwell
Adriana Caselotti
Soundtrack By:
Paul J. Smith
Larry Morey
Leigh Harline
Frank Churchill
Director of Photography:
Maxwell Morgan
Producer:
Walt Disney
Distributor:
Walt Disney
Your Opinions and Comments
Yes, it`s charming all right, but the story is too naive for our time and the character development is close to none.
The video transfer is ok, yet not perfect. Yes, this is a well restored version of the movie, but there are still quite a few frames that are not correctly placed and several scenes are a bit out of focus. However, the fullscreen transfer does not suffer from compression signs.
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is flat. The surrounds are used occasionally, but not significantly. Snow White`s voice is unique but is REALLY irritating, not to mention that it is nearly impossible to understand the words during her songs. The disk also include dubbed versions in Hebrew, Greek and Russian, which are all DD 5.1 (good for the kids).
The menus are nicely animated with sound.
The extras include a commentary, a behind the scenes look, an interactive game, a sing along and a new version of the theme song from the movie sung by Barbara Streisand.
Bottom line - a classic movie that got a nice treatment, but, alas, cannot match today`s tales.