Pinocchio 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition - Spring 2009
 

I got Sleeping Beauty today and there was a trailer for Pinocchio before the feature film. I am excited for another great Blu-Ray release..Sleeping Beauty is gorgeous!

Nice! Can't wait for this one as well.

Time to unload the oop version. Hopefully this will come out on Blu-Ray day and date.

Great. Always liked this one.

I LOVE Pinocchio. A no-brainer pick up.

Awesome. Keep 'em coming.

Huh!? HOW? It's not out until 10/7. Anyway, you lucky bastard (bitch?) ;) It's my favorite Disney animated film. And cannot wait to see it on Blu. How would you rate the PQ? The last SD was pretty damn great.

I think many of us already knew this was coming, but it's nice to see that it's official.

I wonder if there will be complaints about it not being widescreen.

But it's not a widescreen film (!?)

Of course, but I wonder if there are those who will say they want it to fill their HDTVs.

Well, they're just idiots.

This will be an instant upgrade for me. Great news! :)

I will be buying all of the Platinum Edition Blu-rays this time around... I made the mistake of not doing this with the DVDs, and am still missing Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, and Lady & the Tramp.

Yep. Let them stretch it if they want their screen filled so bad.

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Disney Announces Pinocchio Platinum Blu-ray
Posted October 17, 2008 06:32 PM by Josh Dreuth

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring 'Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition' to Blu-ray on March 10th, day-and-date with the DVD re-release. Video will be presented in 1080p AVC accompanied by a 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. This two-disc Blu-ray set will also feature a bonus DVD of the film, similar to the recent 'Sleeping Beauty' Blu-ray release, for those who want a standard definition copy for the bedroom or car.

Extras for this release include:

Disc 1
*Cine-Explore (BD Exclusive)
*Disney BD-Live Network – The Disney BD-Live Network is just one of the many ways movie lovers, families, and loved ones can continue to stay connected and engage in their favorite movies (BD Exclusive)
*Movie Chat – Communicate with your remote friends on-screen while in a synchronized viewing party using your remote control or any text enabled device such as a laptop, desk top or any PDA device such as a Blackberry, iPhone or most other regular cell phones. Your chat session will appear over the movie and occur in real-time while watching the movie together.
*Movie Mail – Blu-ray owners will be able to record a personalized video message of themselves, superimpose that capture onto one of many pre-selected clips of the movie, and send it off to a friend, colleague, or relative. This specific feature enables Pinocchio Blu-ray Disc owner to personalize a very special greeting as never before.
*Movie Challenge – Users will be able to test their skills against other players in a synchronized, real-time, online trivia game while watching Pinocchio with anyone online. Movie Challenge is always active no matter what time of the day it is, and there will always be a game in progress.
*Disney Movie Rewards Live – Pinocchio Blu-ray owners will be able to accumulate Disney Movie Reward Points by participating in many Disney BD-Live Network activities. In return, viewers can redeem points for exclusive content such as Avatars, downloadable extras and many more exciting possibilities.

Disc 2
*Pinocchio Knows Trivia Challenge (BD Exclusive)
*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
*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.

Re: Pinocchio 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition - Spring 2009
 

A poster on the Ultimate Disney Forums got a copy early.

Re: Pinocchio 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition - Spring 2009
 

Review copies should be arriving tomorrow for most people as well. The DisneyView is pretty neat.

Re: Pinocchio 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition - Spring 2009
 

This looks like a nice release. I haven't seen Pinocchio in at least a decade.

Re: Pinocchio 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition - Spring 2009
 

I havn't seen it in at least two decades! :)

Re: Pinocchio 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition - Spring 2009
 

I'm pretty excited for this one as well, Sleeping Beauty looked absolutley great, so i'm sure this will as well.

Re: Pinocchio 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition - Spring 2009
 

I havent seen it since at least last century.

Seriously though, as a kid, this was my favorite and I havent seen it since I was a kid back in the 80s when we had it on VHS.

Re: Pinocchio 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition - Spring 2009
 

on the scene captures - what's that on the side of the image?!? "wood" borders?

I was busy looking at the images, here's the explanation:

"A double wow i must give to the special art designed to fill the black bars on the right and left side of the screen, as this movie 's ratio is 4:3 - it adds so much and fits amazingly with the film (its a choice to view the art, you can play the film with the black bars as well if you wish) "

Re: Pinocchio 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition - Spring 2009
 

One of the posters on ultimate disney said it was 1978 when it was released then, and that has to be when I saw it. I never owned the vhs or the gold collection DVD. So it will be 31 years since I have seen it. Can't wait to watch this with my son.