Australian Disney DVD and Blu-ray Release Info - Ongoing

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 5:36 pm

List updated to refect the cancellation of Ducktales:

Reason: "Title has been pulled from release by distributor.".

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 7:32 pm

I just got an email from EzyDVD, saying that my copy of Extreme Sports Fun had shipped!

That's nearly 3 weeks earlier than anticipated!

Will give a full review when it comes in, and I've updated the list to reflect this!

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 4:33 am

Ok, just had word on the Ducktales DVD - Jul 21 - exclusive to Target...Updated list.

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 6:13 pm

Ok, updated the list again to reflect the October release dates.

First up, October 13 brings us the big Disney release of the year - Aladdin. No specs have been announced as yet, but expect it to be a 2-disc set (like previous 'Platinum' titles) with a big promotion.

Also, a whole bunch of anticipated catalogue titles are out October 13: Big Red; Castaway Cowboy; Cheetah; Davy Crockett and the River Pirates; The Gnome-Mobile; In Search of the Castaways; Island at the Top of the World; Kidnapped; Million Dollar Duck; Shipwrecked and Unidentified Flying Oddball.

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:22 am

Ok, OFLC (Aussie ratings board) update.

Well, there isn't any date yet Mulan 2 HAS been passed through the OFLC (Aussie ratings board) at 79 minutes. Rated G. No more info there (it isn't quite as in-depth as the BBFC). More as it comes to hand. Expect a November release to coincide with the Aussie re-release of Mulan.

MICKEY'S - TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS passed at 67 minutes.

DONALD'S LAUGH FACTORY at 66 minutes and MICKEY'S LAUGH FACTORY at 58. These are more than likely shorts, but of what I still don't know.

Both discs of LILO & STITCH COLLECTORS EDITION passed today as well.

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:41 am

Well jingle those bells because Disney are unleasing those titles primed for a Chrissie release. (NB: with the exception of Lilo & Stitch, all titles are out on November 10).

The two big Disney Animated releases are 2-Disc version Mulan and Lilo & Stitch (the former on the 10th, with the latter on the 18th). For live action, BVHEs gives us Mary Poppins: Special Edition(2 Disc) as the flagship titles. Mulan also has a direct to DVD sequel, Mulan 2 out the same day.

For the Christmas theme we get a re-release of Countdown to Christmas (a collection of shorts); Mickey's Magical Christmas; Twice Upon a Christmas (the 3D follow-up to Once Upon a Christmas); One Magic Christmas; and Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving.

There are also a whole lot of catalog titles and new releases which I will post later tonight (when I get home from seeing Ash).

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:15 pm

Updated main list at top to include the above plus:
- One of our Dinosaurs is Missing
- Return to Oz
- Tom & Huck
- Watcher in the Woods
- Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

Post by **Luke** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:28 pm

So Australia is getting Mary Poppins SE, Lilo & Stitch SE, Mulan II, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, and One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing before us.

Lucky mates!

AwallaceUNC · Post by **AwallaceUNC** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:46 pm

What kind of specs are expected for Tom & Huck down under? Barebones like in Region 1? I'd love to see a Special Edition.

-Aaron

Post by **Luke** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:57 pm

awallaceunc wrote:What kind of specs are expected for Tom & Huck down under? Barebones like in Region 1? I'd love to see a Special Edition.

-Aaron

I'd just be happy to get it in widescreen. It's 2.35:1 and looks atrocious in pan and scan.

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:57 pm

awallaceunc wrote:What kind of specs are expected for Tom & Huck down under? Barebones like in Region 1? I'd love to see a Special Edition.

-Aaron

No specs yet, the listings are fairly plain at the moment. Hopefully we will see some closer ot the release date, but I expect the same. However, we have been given quite a few widescreen releases that the US have not, so anything is possible.

AwallaceUNC · Post by **AwallaceUNC** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:34 pm

Well hopefully you'll get it in widescreen, and Region 1 will follow suit and rerelease. It's a popular movie, isn't it? As Luke said, the pan & scan is ridiculous. That and the lack of good features has kept me from buying it, but I don't know how much longer I can hold out, because I love the movie.

Keep us posted, Loomis.

-Aaron

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:35 am

awallaceunc wrote:What kind of specs are expected for Tom & Huck down under? Barebones like in Region 1? I'd love to see a Special Edition.

-Aaron

[2099net laughs out loud at the idea of Australia or the UK getting a Special Edition when the US doesn't have one]

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 1:14 am

2099net wrote:
awallaceunc wrote:What kind of specs are expected for Tom & Huck down under? Barebones like in Region 1? I'd love to see a Special Edition.

-Aaron
[2099net laughs out loud at the idea of Australia or the UK getting a Special Edition when the US doesn't have one]

Well, there is the Lilo & Stitch and Mary Poppins ones. But we are getting them first rather than instead on.

Yes, in fact the last time a big special edition came out in the UK first (i.e. Sleeping Beauty), the US had to one-up it with an audio commentary and a slipcover that "opens like a book".

Australians like to open books too!

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:03 pm

I can now confirm that the Australian Aladdin will have the following specs:

Region 4
Sound Format: Dolby Digital 5.1
Screen Aspect: Widescreen
No. Discs: 2
Captions: English and Closed
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Subtitle Languages: English
Audio Languages: English, Spanish, French

Special Features:
Disc 1
DELETED SONGS & SCENES
MUSIC & MORE

Disc2
GAMES & ACTIVITIES
Aladdin's Magic Carpet Adventure: A Disney Virtual DVD Ride
Inside the Genie's Lamp
Guided Tour
Slef Guided Tour
3 Wishes Game: Your Fortune Revealed
The Genie World Tour
BACKSTAGE DISNEY
A Diamond In The Rough: The Making of Aladdin
Leonard Maltin Intro
An Evening With The Creators of Aladdin
The Producers
From Arabian Nights to the Silver Screen
Reflections on Black Friday
Keane's Team: Redesigning the Lead Character
Rough Stuff #1: Progression Reel
Rough Stuff #2: An Animator Checks His Work
Green Room / Take 1
The Music
A Whole New World: The Recording Sessions
Rough Stuff #3: Prince Ali Pencil Test
Green Room / Take 2
The Animators
Pencil & Computer: Creating the Magic Carpet
Master of the Line: The Art of Al Hirschfeled
Designing Jasmine
Designing Jafar
Unsung Heroes of the Clean-Up Department
Jafar Goes to the Birds
Rough Stuff #4: When Live Action Meets Animation
Green Room / Take 3
The Voice Talent
You Talkin' to Me? - The Voices of Aladdin
Gilbert Gottfried: Up Close and Aggravated
Behind the Microphone
Extended Cast Interviews
Green Room / Take 4
Made You Look
Alan Menken: Musical Renaissance Man
The Art of Aladdin
Art Review with filmmaker's commentary
Still Frames Gallery
Visual Development
Story Development
Background and Color Keys
Character Development
Publicity
Original Theatrical Trailer
Publicity Gallery
Theatrical Posters
Unused Concepts
Theme Parks
Original Trailer- Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Original Trailer- Aladdin: Return of Jafar

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Very cool that all the trailers will be on there, even the ones for the sequels. Sounds as though Disney have finally got it right in terms of DVD packages?

deathie mouse · Post by **deathie mouse** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:20 pm

so it has everything? cool. then Australian Aladdin is for me. Thanks Loomis

Joe Carioca · Post by **Joe Carioca** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:22 pm

Unfortunately, still no word wether the international versions will get a DTS track like "The Lion King" did.

deathie mouse · Post by **deathie mouse** » Wed Aug 11, 2004 6:32 pm

mmm... maybe not, as having 20% more resolution and English, español, and François might take up the space of a DTS track?

Even if it has no DTS, Oz PAL it is for me. I already have the Aladdin soundtrack in PCM uncommpressed stereo anyway

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:11 pm

We now have artwork for the Lilo & Stitch Special Edition:

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/228909

A tiny one of the Mulan SE:

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:59 pm

In what might be a first from BVHE Australia, they've sent me a press release for October!

http://www.dvdbits.com/press/bvhe102004.htm

Aladdin remains the flagship title for the month (for October 13), along with the Aladdin Trilogy Digipack (which I reported Wednesday, and is now pictured to the below). No word on if the two Aladdin sequels will be available separately).

Also confirmed is the Lion King Trilogy Box Set for October 27, which will presumably be a 5-disc set containing the existing 2-disc The Lion King, the single Lion King 2: Simba's Pride and the 2-disc Lion King 3 (all are currently available separately in Australia).

I've updated the main list at the top of this thread to reflect this.

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