Disney has announced DVD ($29.99) and Blu-ray ($35.99) releases of
Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition for the 10th March. Extras on the DVD will include a fact track, a commentary with Leonard Maltin, Eric Goldberg and J. B. Kaufman, deleted scenes (The Story of the Grandfather Tree, In The Belly Of The Whale), an alternate ending, deleted songs, Live Action Reference Footage, a No Strings Attached: The Making of Pinocchio featurette, The Sweat Box featurette, art galleries, and games. The Blu-ray release will include all of the above, plus a trivia challenge and additional BD-Live features.
Cover art, to follow.
Disc 1: Main Feature
# 1.33:1 Full Screen
# 5.1 Dolby Digital
# English, French and Spanish languages
# Pinocchio’s Matter of Facts - - Learn fun facts about Pinocchio and other related subjects as you watch the movie.
# Audio Commentary -- An all-new audio commentary with Leonard Maltin, Eric Goldberg and J. B. Kaufman.
# Disney Song Selection -- Select this option to sing along with favorite songs as the lyrics appear onscreen.
Disc 2: Extra Features# No Strings Attached: The Making of Pinocchio - - Witness the behind-the scenes magic that transformed Carlo Collodi’s popular book into a classic animated film.
# Deleted Scenes --
-- The Story of the Grandfather Tree - - Kindly Geppetto tells Pinocchio about the Great Pine Tree from which Pinocchio is descended.
-- In The Belly Of The Whale - - The most elaborate of Pinocchio’s deleted scenes that remain in the Disney Archives, these recently discovered storyboards reveal a different version of Geppetto inside Monstro.
# Alternate Ending - - A recently uncovered set of small storyboard panels reveal plans for a different version of Pinocchio becoming a real boy.
# The Sweat Box - - The Sweatbox was a small projection room at the Disney studio where Walt critiqued story reels, rough animation, and dailies of films in progress with his anxious artists. This piece traces the history of the Sweatbox and brings to life this important part of Walt Disney’s artistic process.
# Live Action Reference Footage
# Pinocchio Art Galleries
# Deleted Songs - - An audio collection of period “pop” recordings of songs that not used in the final film.
# Pinocchio Puzzles - - Hosted by Jiminy Cricket, Pinocchio’s Puzzles is a multi-tiered Puzzle game that contains six unique wooden puzzles for the viewer to assemble. Each puzzle forms an image from the film that comes to life once they are complete.
