Oliver and Company (20th Anniversary Edition)

Description

Experience a magical adventure, filled with friendship,
fun and “paws-itively” cool music in the new 20th Anniversary Edition DVD of
Walt Disney’s OLIVER AND COMPANY — featuring tail-wagging bonus and new
digital mastering! Oliver, a feisty young cat, explores New York in this
thrilling animated classic cleverly based on Charles Dickens’ timeless story,
OLIVER TWIST — featuring unforgettable songs performed by musical greats
Billy Joel, Huey Lewis and Bette Midler! Joined by a pack of hilarious
characters — dogs Dodger, Tito and their pals — Oliver knows he’s found a
lifelong friend and a real home. The new 20th Anniversary Edition includes the
all-new Oliver’s Big City Challenge Game, the Academy Award(R)-winning
animated short “Lend A Paw” (1941, Short Subject, Cartoon) and much more!
Hightail it to your home theater for a fun and exciting movie-watching
experience your family will enjoy again and again!|Disney presents an animated
version of the the Oliver Twist story with a twist -– the setting is New
York, Oliver is a kitten, and Fagin is the human master of a pack of
pickpocket dogs.|Six supervising animators and a team of more than 300 artists
and technicians worked for more than two and a half years to create this hand-
drawn feature film. More than a million story sketches and drawings were
required to produce the 119,275 hand-painted cels that comprise the finished
film.|Designers went to New York and photographed street scenes from a dog’s
perspective –- 18 inches off the ground -– getting stares from passersby
but providing excellent reference material for the layout artists.|To give the
backgrounds a contemporary and hard-edged look, animators used Xerox overlays
for the first time since 101 DALMATIANS.|Many of the inanimate objects in the
film were created and animated on the computer –- cars, cabs, buses, Sykes’
limousine, Fagin’s trike (part scooter and part shopping cart), a cement
mixer, a sewer pipe, a spiral staircase, a piano, subway tunnels and trains,
cityscapes, and even the Brooklyn Bridge. This was the first film to have its
own department set up expressly for the purpose of generating computer
animation. Based on Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist,” Disney’s
Oliver and Company was one of the first animated features to incorporate
computer images with traditional hand-drawn animation and features the music
and voice talents of pop-music giants like Billy Joel, Huey Lewis, and Bette
Midler. A traditional story set in the modern world, Oliver and Company is the
story of a stray kitten who wanders the streets of New York in search of a
loving family. When Oliver encounters a street-wise dog named Dodger, the dog
begins to teach him about life in the big city and takes him home to his
family of street dogs and their master Fagan. Fagan and his dogs Dodger, Tito,
Einstein, Francis, and Rita must often resort to thievery just to survive and
during a particularly daring caper, Oliver gets separated from the other dogs
and winds up meeting Jenny, a young rich girl with a big heart. As Oliver
revels in Jenny’s affection and begins to feel like part of her family, the
dogs set out to rescue Oliver thinking he’s been kidnapped. Eventually both
Oliver and Jenny end up in grave danger and the only way Fagan and his dogs
can save them is by doing what’s right. As fresh on its 20th anniversary as it
was when it premiered in 1988, this time-tested film appeals to children and
adults of all ages. Bonus features include the Mickey Mouse and Pluto shorts
“Lend a Paw” and “Puss Café” as well as a 5-1/2-minute making of featurette in
which director George Scribner and animator Glen Kean describe the then brand
new technique of blending computer and hand-drawn animation. Also included are
sing-along versions of “Why Should I Worry? and “Streets of Gold,” an
interactive game, fun film facts, and an Oliver and Company scrapbook
featuring concept art, storyboards, and publicity materials. –Tami Horiuchi

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Product Details:

• Genre: Animation
• Format: Multiple Formats, Animated, AC-3, Dubbed, Dolby, Color, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
• Contributor: Roscoe Lee Browne, Richard Mulligan, Joey Lawrence, Natalie Gregory, Bette Midler, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Cheech Marin, Taurean Blacque, Robert Loggia, Dom DeLuise, Dan Hansen, Billy Joel, William Glover, George Scribner, Carl Weintraub See more
• Language: English, Spanish, French
• Runtime: 1 hour and 14 minutes
• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.66:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ G (General Audience)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.6 x 5.4 x 7.5 inches; 2.4 Ounces
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ DV05788200
• Director ‏ : ‎ Dan Hansen, George Scribner
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Animated, AC-3, Dubbed, Dolby, Color, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 14 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ February 3, 2009
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Billy Joel, Joey Lawrence, Robert Loggia, Cheech Marin, Dom DeLuise