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#1091929
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Info: Recommended Editions of Disney Animated (and Partially Animated) Features
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titanic said:

I wonder, is this 2002 PAL DVD for Cinderella, pre-restoration?

http://www.disneyinfo.nl/dvddetail.php?film=89

No, it contains the direct-to-video sequel “Dreams Come True”.

There hasn’t been any DVD release of the original “Cinderella” before 2005, although the 1997 pre-restoration master (used on international 1997-98 VHS releases at the time, including the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Germany and Hungary) was released on VCD in some countries. (It was also released on laserdisc in France and Germany). I actually have a copy of it, along with the 1987 re-release/1988 USA Classics master (ripped by a friend of mine from laserdisc), the 1992 international print used on non-USA releases, and the 1995 Masterpiece Collection edition (also sent to me from a laserdisc by SilverWook). I can send you whatever you don’t have for comparison with the 2005 Platinum Edition and 2012 Diamond Edition restorations. (I can even post comparison screenshots on here later on.)

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#1066864
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Info & Help Wanted: looking for... Charlotte's Web (1973) - Deleted scene with Jeffery...
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I literally just discovered this today, but here’s a deleted scene shown on the Swedish VHS release of the animated “Charlotte’s Web” film (1973).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN7U0OQMA0k

This is shown right after we see Avery and Lurvy spot Jeffery trying to get into Wilbur’s crate. The truck stops so Avery can put Jeffery on the ground, and the latter tries to catch up with the truck, but to no avail. His mother then proceeds to lead him and his siblings to the pond.

I don’t know if this scene was originally shown during the film’s original theatrical release, but for some reason, this has been removed from subsequent releases on VHS and DVD. If anybody has the English version of this particular scene (that is, if it appears on the 1979 or 1988 VHS tapes), PLEASE let me know.

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#979310
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Idea & Info: The Brave Little Toaster DVD - Ideas on how to restore?
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togedu said:

GoboFraggle1983 said:

Any update on this? I thought this restoration was supposed to be done in April and now it’s July 😕

I had originally estimated it to be complete in the spring. It was at about 80-90% complete, but then I went through a seperation, was forced to move out, purchased my first home, which ended up making me seriously ill because we found out the home had massive mold problems. The home had to be abated for the mold issue and while all this was happening I developed mono, lost my job suddenly and had to find a new job, which I just started in the late spring, and the new job has really sapped my time. I plan on reconnecting the computer I use for restoration within the next couple of months. But I couldn’t even tell you when it will be done. I will update you when it I have restarted, as it nears completion and when it is complete.

I am SO sorry! 😦 I really hope things work out for you.

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#966576
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Info: Recommended Editions of Disney Animated (and Partially Animated) Features
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franko said:

Hello,

does anyone know are DVD editions of these Disney’s classics have new transfer/restoration:
*Pocahontas 2012 DVD
*Mulan 2013 DVD
*Peter Pan 2013 DVD
*The Jungle Book 2014 DVD

I know “The Jungle Book” definitely has the same cropped widescreen transfer from the 2007 Platinum Edition. I don’t know about the others.

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#940072
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Info: Recommended Editions of Disney Animated (and Partially Animated) Features
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cms382 said:

The Blu-ray is 1.66:1

The red line is the video/TV/DVD framing, the cyan line is the 1.66:1 framing on the Blu-ray (ignore Tigger’s tail, they’re different frames). The grey area represents the 4:3 frame that would have to be filled out to accommodate the width of the 1.66:1 framing, note that that doesn’t mean that the 4:3 version isn’t hitting the top or bottom of the open matte, it’s just a centered guess.

Here is a section of TFatH that uses a completely different matting than the problematic one from earlier in the film:

I actually found a few rare open matte fullscreen clips of the 2013 Blu-Ray master for “The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh”, as seen here.

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#933455
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Info & Help Wanted: Any interest in a 'The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' Preservation Project - Original Featurette Versions + Fullscreen Open Matte Version
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FrankT said:

He told me.

Ah, OK. Well anyways, I was going to mention this, but I found some Japanese laserdisc releases of “Honey Tree” and “Tigger Too” below:

http://i.imgur.com/EOSox9q.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lBr1Jrd.jpg

These are the only other digital releases of those two shorts, aside from the 1987 “Double Feature” laserdisc here in the USA.

I don’t which transfers were used for those releases, but I am sure that “Tigger Too” uses an unedited copy.

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#933432
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Info & Help Wanted: Any interest in a 'The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' Preservation Project - Original Featurette Versions + Fullscreen Open Matte Version
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Molly said:

Some years ago I released laserdisc rips of the two shorts that weren’t on DVD, but they were done on shoddy equipment.

Yes, I recently downloaded that torrent a few months. Both of those shorts (“Honey Tree” and “Tigger Too”) are the original 1986 home video transfers (later re-used for the 1990 Mini Classics VHS releases), with the Buena Vista opening logos omitted; whereas the “Blustery Day” transfer on the “Pooh’s Grand Adventure” DVD is 1994-2000 Storybook Classics version, which restored the original Buena Vista opening. (I also recently got the 1990s Storybook Classics transfer of “The Honey Tree” from a YouTube user.)

One thing to note about “Tigger Too” by the why (HEADACHE ALERT): I don’t know why, but the 1986 video transfer is carried over from a 1970s TV edit, with a condensed version of the opening credits and theme, along with a fade-to-black transition before the scene with Rabbit getting lost in the forest.

A special note about the opening credits (before the theme and narration): the 1986 release uses a slightly shortened and sped-up version, along with two odd (and somewhat unnecessary) fade-to-blacks and a voice-over announcing the title. The 1990 Mini-Classics VHS of course uses the same previous transfer, but interestingly, with the complete unedited version of the opening credits, carried over from a much older 1980s transfer as used for international VHS releases (i.e. Spain, Germany, and Italy).

Here are the two VHS openings for comparison:
*1986
*1990

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#933401
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Info & Help Wanted: Any interest in a 'The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' Preservation Project - Original Featurette Versions + Fullscreen Open Matte Version
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Is anyone interested in preserving the original featurette versions of “The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” (“Honey Tree”, “Blustery Day”, and “Tigger Too”)?

The original half-hour shorts were released on VHS several times in the 1990s and were last put out in 2000. Since then, the only version to currently exist on home media is the 1977 compilation film version (though “The Blustery Day” was included as a bonus feature on the 2006 DVD of “Pooh’s Grand Adventure”; unfortunate for those living outside of the USA). I feel like these versions definitely deserve to be released and restored on DVD (and at least included alongside “The Many Adventures”).

Interestingly, I did hear that “Blustery Day” and “Tigger Too” were recently restored and aired on Disney Junior last year. (Did anybody manage to record those airings by the way?) Also, I found these remastered screenshots of the original title card scenes, as shown on the “A Tigger Tale” bonus feature from the “Tigger Movie” Blu-Ray:

http://i.imgur.com/YcxYE7b.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ghqqbNi.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/sOb5rVr.jpg

In terms of a fan-made restoration of the short versions, the only elements to really worry about would be two things:

  1. The original opening and closing credits
  2. Bruce Reitherman’s original dialogue as Christopher Robin in “The Honey Tree” (for “The Many Adventures”, he was re-dubbed by Jon Walmsley, who originally voiced the character in the “Blustery Day” segment and later in the epilogue of the movie. For some reason, Timothy Turner’s dialogue as the character in the “Tigger Too” segment is left intact.)

Another concerning issue is the widescreen cropping of the compilation film version, when it was released to Blu-Ray in 2013. This is actually something that’s been recently occurring to almost all of the 1960s-70s Disney movies (ex. “Jungle Book”, “Robin Hood”).

Oddly, I did find a few rare open matte clips of the 2013 Blu-Ray master, as seen here, but otherwise, there’s really not much else I can say, except that the cropping really bites.

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#933317
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Info: Recommended Editions of Disney Animated (and Partially Animated) Features
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Here’s my recent restoration comparison to the Winnie the Pooh shorts “The Honey Tree” and “The Blustery Day”

Versions Compared:
-1981 (“The Many Adventures”; original VHS/laserdisc)
-1986 (“Honey Tree” and “Blustery Day”; original VHS/laserdisc + 1990 Mini Classics VHS)
-1993 (“Honey Tree” and “Blustery Day”; Mini-Classics VHS re-release + 1994-2000 Storybook Classics VHS)
-1996 (“The Many Adventures”; Special Commemorative Edition VHS/laserdisc)
-2002 (“The Many Adventures”; 25th Anniversary Edition VHS/DVD)
-2013 (“The Many Adventures”; DVD/Blu-Ray remaster, cropped into widescreen)

http://i.imgur.com/H4GtkjS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/oZGEOSK.png
http://i.imgur.com/8WXU2qv.png
http://i.imgur.com/7knI4Pq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/jZhFEZw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JPVaRgs.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/tfZ1gH2.png
http://i.imgur.com/U3WViJ6.jpg

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#922851
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Info: Recommended Editions of Disney Animated (and Partially Animated) Features
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Doctor M said:

Actually, I found two that might be different releases (one in a bundle of several Disney films), but this one had full sized screenshots.  (You can check them out on RuTracker if you want.)

picpicpic

I could be wrong, but I think the screenshots are from an entirely different transfer, compared to the 1988 and 1995 editions of “Cinderella”. It was also used in the 1992 UK VHS; because they both use the 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo (like the 1995 master), but cut out the Buena Vista logo and opening music (like the 1988 master).

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#913767
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Info: Recommended Editions of Disney Animated (and Partially Animated) Features
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I was able to at least make a few restoration comparison photos for “Dumbo” and “Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree” (even though I still don’t have any of the mentioned tape masters I’m missing in order to create an actual video comparison; the ones listed with a star are the ones I’m missing):

Dumbo:
http://i.imgur.com/hYuUdul.jpg

Versions Compared:
*1981/1982 (original VHS/laserdisc release; correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the 1985-1989 VHS editions used the same transfer as well)
*1991 (Walt Disney Classics VHS/laserdisc re-issue)
-1994/1995 (Masterpiece Collection edition, also used for the 1999 UK/Australian DVDs)
-2001 (60th Anniversary Edition)
-2006 (Big Top Edition)
-2011 (70th Anniversary Blu-Ray remaster)

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree:
http://i.imgur.com/Srk2nMn.jpg

Versions Compared:
*1981/1982? (original VHS/laserdisc release of “The Many Adventures”; correct me if I’m wrong, because I got the screenshot from “The Story Behind The Masterpiece”)
-1986 (original VHS/laserdisc release of “The Honey Tree”)
*1996 (Special Commemorative Edition)
-2002 (25th Anniversary Edition)
-2013 (Blu-Ray remaster; cropped into widescreen)

Missing from the photo above is the 1994-2000 video transfer used on the Storybook Classics VHS releases of the “Honey Tree”)

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#906367
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Idea & Info: The Brave Little Toaster DVD - Ideas on how to restore?
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MKtheinstrumentalist said:

I had the sequels to this on VHS when I was a young 'un - “Mars” got it’s tape in a knot early on so I grew up on “Rescue”. Only saw the original last year - Glad I discovered it then, brilliant film but I would’ve been thoroughly ‘twamatised’ by it if I’d seen it when I had the others… I’m glad it’s finally getting the restoration treatment it deserves, looking superb so far! 😉

Where did you get the 5.1 audio from? I’ve spent the last month editing the dreadful Serbian dub of Worthless into a full HQ instrumental version, but I think I’ll need the original surround tracks to get the “interruption” segments (as I’ve seen them called) much more cleanly - you’ve probably noticed if you’re used the soundtrack version in your 6.1, but the OST release of Worthless is pretty true to it’s name - low-bitrate compression and missing a distressingly large amount of the Interruptions backings, not to mention the panning of some of the instruments is different…

Also, I’m new to this site’s mechanics - how will we be able to bask in the glory of your hard work when it’s done? Will there be a download link or torrent etc?

Yours,

MK

Well, the thing is, regarding download (and torrent) links, you can only send them through private messages on this website. Plus, the Serbian is actually Croatian.

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#901059
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Info: my collection of Foreign Disney Dubs...
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I’ve been recently collecting international dubs for certain Disney films; in particular, “Dumbo” and “The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” (and its original featurette versions) and right now, these are the ones I’m missing:

Dumbo:
-Czech 1970
-Czech 1994
-German 1952
-Japanese 1974
-Japanese 1981 (NHK TV dub)
-Japanese (VHS/DVD)
-Slovak
-Swedish 1946

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree:
-Danish - original dub (“Peter plys og honningtræet”)
-Dutch 1986 (“Winnie de Poeh en de Honingboom”)
-Finnish 1966 (“Nalle Puh ja Hunajapuu”)
-German 1967 (“Winnie Puuh und der Honigbaum”)
-German 1971 (“Winnie Puuh und der Honigbaum”) - same as the 1967 dub; only Pooh and Christopher Robin’s voices are replaced
-Hebrew VHS ending
-Japanese 1970
-Swedish 1967 (“Nalle Puh på honungsjakt”)

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day:
-Dutch 1986 (“Winnie de Poeh en de Waaibomendag”)
-Finnish 1970s (“Nalle Puh ja tuulinen päivä”)
-German 1971 (“Winnie Puuh und das Hundewetter”)
-Swedish 1969 (“Nalle Puh och den stormiga dagen”)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh:
-Arabic Standard
-Japanese 1984
-Japanese 1993
-Turkish

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#898234
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Idea & Info: The Brave Little Toaster DVD - Ideas on how to restore?
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togedu said:

I’m so excited. The restoration is almost finished everyone!

First off: The Sound. I got the Dolby Digital 5.1 DVD mix loaded up and cleaned up and synced with the 25fps version corrected to 24, then did some re-mixing into 6.1 DTS ES. I have done a few sound effect pans into the surrounds when appropriate and re-mixed thunder and lightning for the nightmare scene/rain sequence. There were also some vocal issues on the musical number so I did some tweaking to make the vocals easier to hear. I have also of course included the original 5.1 DVD mix and the original stereo mix for those who don’t like revisions. (This is Original Trilogy after all.)

I digitally rotoscoped and cleaned nearly 600 separate shots in the movie, and also completely digitally redid the opening and closing titles. The final result is a pretty big difference. (The PAL transfer itself is a pretty big jump to begin with.)

I also added a title card for myself to the end credits for restoration work, and added the blue Disney castle logo from that era to the beginning and end. (I know Disney treated this film like crap upon release, so it’s my way of pretending they didn’t.)

I know some of you may not like the “revisions” to the film, but outside of the opening and closing logos, I just did a heck of a lot of dirt and spot removal. I did use some noise reduction in shots but I am very selective in my use of it. I hope you will be pleased with the results. I also have been working on a short 5 minute video documentary about the restoration of the movie… Which I will premiere here when it is complete. I expect to be done with it in April. I also have finished the cover art and will share it at a later time. Next time I’ll post some before and after video samples.

I was wondering, though you’re almost done with the restoration, is there any way you can possibly create and include an instrumental “music-and-sound-effects-only” track as well?