Toon Talk: Cinderella Platinum Edition DVD
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Cinderella - The Awards: And the nominees are … Academy Awards:
American Film Institute:
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Disc 1 Features:
The film is available with two audio options: an enhanced home theater mix
and the restored original theatrical soundtrack. What it does not offer is an
audio commentary, the only Platinum Edition so far to do so … come on; even
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure had an audio commentary. Of note:
additional credits, for the film’s restoration team, have been added to the end
of the feature.
“Music and More�? foists a new “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes�? Music Video on us, performed by the so-called “Disney Channel Circle of Stars�?. I only recognized Raven, the grand doyenne of such things, so their use of the term “stars�? is questionable at best. The gaggle of teeny-boopers does their best to out American Idol each other, destroying the classic song in the process. Inexplicably, there is also the Making of the Music Video feature … why, because the video was so esthetically important to humankind that its very creation needed to be documented for the ages? Note to the producers of these “special features�?: a “making of�? should not be the same length as the subject it is documenting.
Also included is another Music Video for the song “Every Girl Can Be a Princess�?, a little ditty sung by a Cinderella sound-alike with mousey back-up singers that offers this little couplet for you to swallow:
Putting aside the fact that such banality encourages little girls to embrace vacous materialism (“Mommy, buy me the Disney Princess Tiara now!�?), its presence here is merely a thinly-veiled ad for something called the Princess Tea Party album, no doubt on sale now at a record store near you.
Now, for the Award for the Most Shallow Attempt at Corporate Synergy at its Lowest goes to the 33-minute featurette Cinderella Stores - Presented by ESPN Classic. Hosted by a waxen, smarmy Joe Namath, this desperate attempt focuses on such famous sports icons as Pele and Lance Armstrong and the “Cinderella stories�? that enshrined them …like, who cares? What do sports have to do with fairy tales? Why is this on here? Who do they expect to watch this - dads trapped into watching their daughter’s DVDs? Do they expect little Johnny Little Leaguer to see the ad on the box and beg mom to buy it for him? Who thought this up? Someone who has seen Cinderella Man too much? Too much indeed …