Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Edge of Tomorrow, Sleeping Beauty: Diamond Edition, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Million Dollar Arm and Bates Motel: Season 2
Stinker of the week: Duck Dynasty: Season 6
Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 10/07/14
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This Week: As the summer season officially starts for most of humanity instead of on Hollywood’s calendar, Kevin spends some time telling which films he’s looking forward to in June, July and August. He also talks about some news, which includes much contemplation about Eva Green’s bewbs. Later, he reviews Maleficent, A Million Ways to Die in the West and Filth before moving into some in-depth box office analysis. After explaining why X-Men box office is good and why Adam Sandler has been rejected by the moviegoing public, he gets out his lasso for the DVD Round-Up!
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A Look at the Restoration of “Sleeping Beauty”
BY KEVIN CARR
Sara Duran-Singer is the Senior VP of Post Production at Walt Disney Studios and the Executive Sponsor In-Charge of restoration and preservation. She oversaw how Walt Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” was restored for the Platinum-Edition DVD and BluRay release.
Ever since DVDs became the home video standard, the Walt Disney Company has provided fans with incredible releases in the form of Platinum Editions. The platinum treatment is reserved for only the classic in the Disney library, and with each release, technology has allowed them to restore the film even more.
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A Conversation with Mary Costa of “Sleeping Beauty”
BY KEVIN CARR
This week, the Walt Disney Company is releasing the 2-disc Platinum Edition of Sleeping Beauty to commemorate the movie’s upcoming 50th anniversary. It’s also available for the first time on BluRay in a 3-disc set (which includes hi-def versions of the first two discs, along with a bonus standard DVD of the film).
Mary Costa, who provided the voice for Princess Aurora, as well as a life-action reference for the animator, saw the film this September in high definition at the El Capitan theater.
“I was absolutely enveloped in what I thought was a perfect film,” she said. “I’ve seen it through the years, and I thought Walt Disney must be smiling because he was a perfectionist, and for the first time, it was perfection.”
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