From Ultimate Disney

September 16, 2005 - Disney has officially declared October 3, 2006 as the release date for The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition. The first preview for this much anticipated two-disc DVD reissue appears on the forthcoming Cinderella: Platinum Edition. The following four screencaps stem from this 80-second promo:

yaaaaaaaay!
Havent seen this movie in.. a while.

I just sold my banned cover VHS tape.. wooo.

Sweet! This is the one I've been waiting for.

I should probably prepare for the double-dip by selling off my current DVD before too long.

Can't wait for this one

Same here.

Its my wife's, but she'd never even know it was gone.

This is actually my most anticipated Platinum release. I think the songs are well above other Disney flicks.

Is it being released on Blu-Ray as well?

Awesome!

Good now I'm glad...this was one of my favs when I was a kid...this and Beauty and the Beast

great news!

i'll have to sell of my current DVD when this one drops.

Sick!!! My fingerprints will be all over this one. The only Platinum DVDs I have are Snow White and Bambi. Will be waiting for Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp and THE LITTLE MERMAID!

I can't wait!!! Thanks.

Looks good. I will be picking this one up.

Well, this time next year, I'll have it preordered and will be looking foward to picking it up.

Great News!!!

I sold my limited edition for this. Hope it comes out with the Giftset, I will be all over that. This is definitely my favorite Disney movie of all time. Next year seem so far away...

How much is the LE (used but mint) worth now? I'm comtemplating on selling mine too in anticipation for the nice Platinum Edition

Selling my LE or not, I'm going to get the PE anyway.

This is one of my less favourite Disney films. I wish Disney had chosen Jungle Book, Song of the South, The Three Caballeros, Dumbo, Lady and the Tramp, Pinnochio, Robin Hood or The Fox and the Hound for the 2 disc treatment long before this. On the other hand, Cinderella couldn't bemore welcome.

Sorry to disagree but I always thought The Three Caballeros, Robin Hood and The Fox and the Hound, while very entertaining, do not deserve the 2-disc treatment. A really nice 1-disc would be better.

The Little Mermaid has some historical significance because it brought Disney back from a box office slump. Without it's huge success (over $200 million worldwide) we might not have had Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin or The Lion King. For this reason alone it should be given the ultimate treatment.



Plus she's a total babe

Well The Three Caballeros has interest in mixing live action with animation in the lead up to Song of the South, and also having come from Disney's visit to South America during the artist's strike - so I'd say it definately has a lot of significance.

The Fox and the Hound has never been seen in its proper ratio, and Robin Hood was the studio's biggest animated hit of the seventies.

I agree The Little Mermaid was the one that really brought the studio into the nineties (to be honest, the huge success of Oliver and Company - whlst not on Mermaid's scale - had already convinced Eisner and co to badger ahead with more animated features) but it's a bit too kiddie-orientated for me, and hard to enjoy as an adult. A crime that the best Disney flicks are just not guilty of. In saying that, I also find The Lion King a tad overrated and think Beauty and the Beast was the true high point of the Eisner years.

about the price of a dvd. As soon as I saw this I hit half.com with mine. I put it up around 10pm for about $15(not bad for used), and sold it by the morning.

Another Limited Edition to replace.

I know it's not an LE, but I hope Disney replaces Hercules at some point like they did with Mulan.

Why was it banned?

I havent seen this since.. 1989 but I remember liking it The songs are tops - I love the calypso classic Under The Sea

Some people (probably sexually-repressed middle-age housewives) decided that one of the towers in the background looked like a penis. At least, that's what I remember.

EDIT: I found a link that tells more about it:

http://www.animatedbuzz.com/WB/39.html