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Disneynature African Cats – See It and Help Save the Savanna

April 8, 2011 By
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Following up on it's two previous smash hits "Earth" and "Oceans", Disney is releasing "African Cats" on April 22nd 2011, which is also Earth Day. "African Cats" features the real-life love, humor and determination of the kings of the African savanna: Mara, an endearing lion cub who strives to grow up with her mother’s strength, spirit and wisdom; Sita, a fearless cheetah and single mother of five mischievous newborns; and Fang, a proud leader of the pride who must defend his family from a rival lion. SEE IT OPENING WEEK AND HELP SAVE THE AFRICAN SAVANNA During the film’s opening week (April 22-28), a portion of the proceeds from that week’s ticket sales will be donated to the African Wildlife Foundation through the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund to protect the Amboseli Wildlife Corridor, a passage between the Amboseli, Tsavo West and Chyulu Hills National Parks that is frequently used by lions, cheetahs, elephants, zebras, giraffes and a host of other animals in … [Read more...]

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Sleeping Beauty on DVD

October 11, 2008 By
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Are you going to be hanging around the house today like I am? Maybe catching up on emails or work or doing much-need housecleaning (I'm doing all three)? If so, run down to a store and grab Sleeping Beauty on DVD for a movie break! This Walt Disney classic has been completely restored as Sleeping Beauty 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition, and it looks amazing. You'd think it was a new movie it looks so good. Don't remember the movie? David Kronke wrote this on Amazon.com: Disney's 1959 animated effort was the studio's most ambitious to date, a widescreen spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapting Tchaikovsky. In the 14th century, the malevolent Maleficent (not dissimilar to the wicked Queen in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs taunts a king that his infant Aurora will fatally prick her finger on a spinning wheel before sundown on her 16th birthday. This, of course, would deny her a happily-ever-after with her true love. Things almost but not quite turn out that … [Read more...]

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Win Disney’s Classic Caballeros Collection DVD

May 1, 2008 By
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Disney has released the Classic Caballeros Collection, a new DVD containing two classics, "Saludos Amigos" and "The Three Caballeros". I have three copies to give away, but first, let me tell you a little about these two movies. "Saludos Amigos" is a travelogue produced in 1942 that combines live-action footage with four cartoons. The live-action sequences show Walt Disney and a team of Disney artists traveling to South America to get ideas and sketch images. The footage has not been restored so it looks a lot like an old home movie. But for Disney collectors, this is WALT DISNEY himself! The four cartoons are: "Lake Titicaca" starring Donald Duck as a tourist in the Bolivian Andes, getting into trouble as he attempts to sail a boat, take photos, and ride a llama across a suspended bridge. "Pedro" is a twist on the classic story "The Little Engine That Could", with a little boy airplane replacing his father on the mail run between Chile and Argentina. If you remember the "How-To" … [Read more...]

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