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FIRST LOOK: Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition

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The first movie I remember seeing as a toddler thanks to my Mom is hitting Blu-Ray on Tuesday, October 6th. Enjoy an advance look via this trailer here from our friends at Disney/BVHE.

Dazzling All New ‘Diamond Collection’ Makes History Again
Premieres October 6, 2009 on Blu-ray™+ DVD Combo Pack
 
 Standard Definition DVD Available November 24, 2009

Burbank, Calif., August 28, 2009 – Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (WDSHE) proudly
marks two groundbreaking milestones with 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, which made history in 1937 as the first full-length animated feature, is the premiere
entry in a spectacular all-new product line—Disney’s Diamond Collection. And, in an industry first, the
historic release will make its bow on Disney Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack (two Blu-ray discs + DVD) a
full seven weeks before the Deluxe Two-Disc Classic standard definition DVD becomes available on
November 24.  
 
Presented with flawless newly restored picture and 7.1 Digital Theater System Hi-Def Surround
Sound, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition promises to set a new standard in
home entertainment. The most immersive and highest level viewing experience ever available, it
includes unparalleled features, exclusive and updatable high
definition content, superior picture and sound, and much more.  
 
Perfectly timed for holiday gift giving and available for a limited time only, the historic Snow White
and the Seven Dwarfs Diamond Edition comes with a spectacular assortment of all new bonus
features, including:
 
Blu-ray™ Bonus Features
• Magic Mirror – Using the latest in Blu-ray technology, the iconic magic Mirror guides the
audience through the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition features with
ease, serving as the host for an incredibly immersive experience. The Mirror will recognize
viewing patterns, knows where the audience has left off and will even suggest where to navigate
next. This marks the first use of this technology in a Disney Blu-ray release and provides
viewers with the control to personally create a customized Snow White experience  
• DisneyView – Disney’s pioneering animated feature is brought to the modern era of widescreen
high definition viewing by allowing the user to expand their viewing experience beyond the
original aspect ratio of the film. Utilizing Disney Blu-ray technology, acclaimed Disney artist Toby
Bluth was able to draw beyond the borders of the classic full frame cinema and fill the otherwise
dark edges of the screen with beautiful custom imagery, giving audiences a new view of the
animated classic favorite.  
• About Toby Bluth – Disney artist Toby Bluth tells how the movie inspired him to
       create the superb DisneyView art.  
• Audio Commentary with Walt Disney, hosted by John Canemaker    
• “The Princess and the Frog” Sneak Peek  
 
BACKSTAGE DISNEY: DIAMOND EDITION
• Snow White Returns - Newly discovered storyboards suggest a brand new Snow White
featurette that never got made.  For the first time, current Disney animators show how this short
story would have played.
• Mirror, Mirror On The Wall – Through BD-Live, this mirror can find the secret princess inside
each viewer, then create for them a personal message from their favorite princess who will call
them on the telephone.  
• Hyperion Studios – Audiences are digitally transported to 1937 to discover first-hand Hyperion
Studios, the original studio Walt Disney himself built where Snow White was conceived and
developed. Viewers will virtually walk the halls of this historic landmark, experiencing life at
Hyperion Studios in the 1930s. This amazing “Backstage Disney” feature contains newly
dimensionalized archival photos, never-before-heard animator recordings, archival transcripts
and rare footage of Walt himself revealing how Disney’s gifted filmmakers crafted the very first
animated feature.
• The One That Started It All - This featurette reveals how Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
forever changed the world of movies and the world at large.

MUSIC & MORE
• “Someday My Prince Will Come” – Music video by Tiffany Thornton   
 
FAMILY PLAY (GAMES & ACTIVITIES)
• What Do You See? – To win this exciting interactive game, players must untangle      scrambled
images.   
• Jewel Jumble – Players put jewels from the Dwarfs’ mine in the proper order to       win this
game.   
   
DVD Bonus Features
• Audio Commentary with Walt Disney, hosted by John Canemaker
• “The Princess and the Frog” Sneak Peek  
• Snow White Returns - Newly discovered storyboards suggest a brand new Snow White
featurette that never got made.  For the first time, current Disney animators show how this
short story would have played.
• The One That Started It All - This featurette reveals how Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs forever changed the world of movies and the world at large.
• “Someday My Prince Will Come” – Music video by Tiffany Thornton
• Dopey’s Wild Mine Ride – An interactive set-top game for the whole family
• Animation Voice Talent  
• Disney Through The Decades – A series of video segments with celebrity hosts
• “Heigh-Ho” Karaoke Sing-Along
• Dylan & Cole Sprouse: Blu-ray™ Is Suite!   
• Learn How To Take Your Favorite Movies On The Go  
 
 
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 Disney’s New Blu-ray™ Diamond Collection:
The new Blu-ray™ Diamond Collection represents The Walt Disney Studio’s most prestigious
animated classics.  The Blu-ray Diamond Edition Discs will be comprised of 14 of Walt Disney’s most
treasured animated classic titles to be released through 2016.  These titles represent the highest level  
of picture and sound, feature groundbreaking, state-of-the-art immersive bonus content, and include
unprecedented levels of interactivity, personalization and customization, only made possible by Blu-
ray technology.
 
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
moviegoers 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.