Lilo & Stitch - Originally intended to have dual DVD releases like Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Lilo got the short-thrifted by a new management mandate enforcing a single-disc release. The result was a single-disc release, with more supplements than most single-discs, but far short of a 2-disc Collector's Edition. An audio commentary was supposedly recorded, and the terrific but short fly-on-the-wall documentary that appears on the current Lilo & Stitch DVD was surely trimmed down from a more significant running time. (Heck, even the A*Teens music video was trimmed down to 1 minute.)
In America, the double-disc Lilo & Stitch re-release is expected in the fall of 2005 to coincide with the release of the direct-to-video sequel Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch. Overseas, in France, Italy, and Australia, a 2-disc Special Edition was released last fall (2004)! The specs for these international DVDs appear below.
The new previously unreleased bonus features will include:
• Audio commentary • Full-length documentary, "The Making of Lilo & Stitch" with scene selections and notes • 2 Animator Conversations: "Andres Deja discusses Lilo" and "Alex Kupershmidt discusses Stitch" • Deleted scenes & Early Concepts • Chris Sanders' Photo gallery • 2 new music videos: "Your Ohana", "Suspicious Minds" by Gareth Gates • The Style Book of Chris Sanders • The Story of Stitch • A Conversation with Joe Grant and Dean DeBlois • Ric Sluiter Interviews Maurice Noble • Dean DeBlois pitches a New Sequence • Mulan: "Mulan's Decision" • Dumbo: "The Train Arrives"
In addition, the Italian Special Edition will include most of the previous DVD's bonus features:
• music videos: "Burning Love" with Wynonna, "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You" performed by the A*Teens • Disneypedia: Hawaii • "A Stitch in Time" • "Animating the Hula" • "How-To-Hula Lesson" • Theatrical Teasers and Trailers • "Gantu's Challenge" Game
from Ultimatedisney.com
