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Limited to 40,000.
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18 more cartoons on the bonus disc! according to toonzone.net's forums
Limited to 40,000.
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Warner Bros. Press Release said:LOONEY TUNES PLATINUM COLLECTION VOLUME 1
AN ULTIMATE COLLECTORS EDITION BOX SET
FEATURING FIFTY OF SOME OF THE ALL TIME GREATEST
LOONEY TUNES THEATRICAL SHORTS RELEASED ON BLU-RAY
IS AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 15, 2011
FROM WARNER HOME VIDEO
Available in a Limited & Numbered Run Ultimate Collectors Edition Box Set
Featuring Must-Have Looney Tunes Memorabilia Including a Character Collectible Glass, Souvenir Tin Sign Magnet and Litho Cel with Certificate of Authenticity
Release is also available in a Three-Disc Blu-ray
Blu-ray Book without Collectibles
Both Sets Include a Blu-ray Book with Rare Sketches and Cartoon Guide as well as Hours of Bonus Features
BURBANK, CA., (August 17, 2011) -- Warner Home Video (WHV) unveils the first ever Looney Tunes collection on Blu-ray with the release of Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 1. Available in stores November 15, 2011, this set features 50 of some of the greatest Looney Tunes shorts the studio has ever made, all of which have been remastered. Just in time for the holiday gift-giving season, this release will be available in two different packaging styles including a limited & numbered collectors edition box set with memorabilia or a standard sized Blu-ray Book without collectibles. Both releases will feature a Blu-ray Book with rare images and a cartoon guide by animation historian Jerry Beck. Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 1 Ultimate Collectors Edition will retail for $79.98 SRP and Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 1 will retail for $59.96 SRP.
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 1 contains some of Looney Tunes most beloved theatrical shorts. Together, these three discs contain 50 of the most enduring and some of the best theatrical shorts from the Looney Tunes franchise. The selection features works by some of the most renowned directors in animation history including Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett, Tex Avery, Robert McKimson and others. The featured lineup showcases a delightful mix everyones favorite characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, Sylvester, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Marvin the Martian, Tasmanian Devil, Witch Hazel, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepé Le Pew and many more. Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 1 is aimed at adult collectors of animation.
Disc one is comprised of 25 shorts that feature some of the best-known Looney Tunes characters. This disc features three Academy Award® -winning cartoons including Tweetie Pie, which united a famous cat and canary duo that would appear in more than 40 Warner Bros. shorts and would go on to earn several other Oscar® nominations through the years. For Scent-imental Reasons, the second Looney Tunes cartoon to win an Oscar®, stars the beloved French skunk Pepé Le Pew who tries to seduce a reluctant feline in an upscale perfume shop. Also featured is Speedy Gonzales, an award-winning short featuring the fastest mouse in all of Mexico.
Disc two, which showcases several Looney Tunes supporting players in their complete collection and classic one-shot shorts, includes some of the funniest, most memorable cartoons in animation history. One Froggy Evening, introduces us to Michigan J. Frog, the top hat-wearing-amphibian with the golden voice. Chow Hound, is the short about the dog who loves gravy. I Love to Singa tells the story about the little jazz-singing owl. The Three Little Bops, is a jazzy, modern-day update on the story of The Three Little Pigs. Marvin the Martian, Tasmanian Devil, Witch Hazel, Marc Anthony and Ralph Phillips are featured in their complete collection. Also included is the Academy Award® nominated From A to Z-Z-Z-Z, which focuses on a day in the life of an adorable, day-dreaming boy named Ralph Phillips, who escapes a mundane school day by use of his active imagination.
Disc three is entirely comprised of bonus content. Hours and hours of extras include several documentaries with expert commentary and behind-the-scenes information from popular animators, famous directors, animation historians and celebrated devotees. This disc features three-full-length documentaries about director Chuck Jones. Included are: Chuck Amuck: The Movie, Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens, a Life in Animation as well as Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood. Also featured is a set of bonus cartoons that include some of Jones previously locked-in-the-vault rarities and much more.
All three discs are stored inside a gorgeous, must-own, Blu-ray Book that contains pages and pages of rare sketches and breathtaking images that are sure to captivate even the most expert animation connoisseur. The book contains insightful commentary by renowned animation historian Jerry Beck as well as a guide with synopses of the shorts featured in the collection. The Blu-ray Book and discs are also available in a beautiful collectors box set edition that features Looney Tunes memorabilia, including framed Looney Tunes litho cel with a certificate of authenticity, souvenir tin sign magnet and character collectible glass featuring Bugs Bunny. For exclusivity, this Ultimate Collection is limited and numbered.
Animation fans have fervently been requesting classic Looney Tunes shorts on Blu-ray, said Mary Ellen Thomas, WHV Executive Marketing Director of Non-Theatrical Franchise. She added, We are pleased to have put together a gorgeous collection, with a carefully selected assortment of shorts. We know Looney Tunes fans are passionate, knowledgeable and discriminating viewers, and we think theyll be pleased with this collection.
LOONEY TUNES PLATINUM COLLECTION VOLUME ONE
(BOX SET AND BLU-RAY BOOK)
DISC 1
HARE TONIC
BASEBALL BUGS*
BUCCANEER BUNNY*
THE OLD GREY HARE*
RABBIT HOOD*
8 BALL BUNNY*
RABBIT OF SEVILLE*
WHAT'S OPERA, DOC?*^
THE GREAT PIGGY BANK ROBBERY*
A PEST IN THE HOUSE*
THE SCARLET PUMPERNICKEL*^
DUCK AMUCK*^
ROBIN HOOD DAFFY*^
BABY BOTTLENECK*
KITTY KORNERED*
SCAREDY CAT*
PORKY CHOPS
OLD GLORY*
A TALE OF TWO KITTIES*
TWEETIE PIE*
FAST AND FURRY-OUS*
BEEP, BEEP*
LOVELORN LEGHORN
FOR SCENT-IMENTAL REASONS*
SPEEDY GONZALES*^
+ 6 BEHIND THE TUNES (FEATURETTES)
Wagnerian Wabbit: The Making of What's Opera, Doc?
Twilight in Tunes: The Music of Raymond Scott
Powerhouse in Pictures
Putty Problems and Canary Rows
A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade
The Charm of Stink: On the Scent of Pepé le Pew
* Includes Commentaries ^ Includes Alternative Audio Tracks
DISC 2
ONE FROGGY EVENING*^
THREE LITTLE BOPS*^
I LOVE TO SINGA*
KATNIP KOLLEGE
THE DOVER BOYS AT PIMENTO UNIVERSITY*
CHOW HOUND*
HAREDEVIL HARE*
THE HASTY HARE
DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24½th CENTURY*
HARE-WAY TO THE STARS^
MAD AS A MARS HARE
DEVIL MAY HARE*
BEDEVILLED RABBIT
DUCKING THE DEVIL^
BILL OF HARE
DR. DEVIL AND MR. HARE
BEWITCHED BUNNY*^
BROOM-STICK BUNNY*^
A WITCH'S TANGLED HARE^
A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO
FEED THE KITTY*^
KISS ME KAT^
FELINE FRAME-UP^
FROM A TO Z-Z-Z-Z*^
BOYHOOD DAZE*^
+5 BEHIND THE TUNES (FEATURETTES)
It Hopped One Night: The Story Behind One Froggy Evening
Wacky Warner One-Shots
Mars Attacks! Life on the Red Planet with My Favorite Martian
Razzma-Taz: Giving the Tasmanian Devil His Due
The Ralph Phillips Story: Living the American Daydream
* Includes Commentaries ^ Includes Alternative Audio Tracks
DISC 3 (ALL SPECIAL FEATURES)
A GREETING FROM CHUCK JONES
CHUCK AMUCK: THE MOVIE
CHUCK JONES: EXTREMES & IN-BETWEENS, A LIFE IN ANIMATION
CHUCK JONES: MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD
THE ANIMATED WORLD OF CHUCK JONES (9 CARTOONS)
Point Rationing of Foods
Hell-Bent for Election
So Much for So Little
Orange Blossoms for Violet
A Hitch in Time
90 Day Wondering
Drafty, Isn't It?
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
The Bear That Wasn't
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! PENCIL TEST
THE DOOR
BONUS CARTOONS (9 CARTOONS)
Fright Before Christmas
Spaced-Out- Bunny
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24 1/2th Century
Another Froggy Evening
Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension
Superior Duck
From Hare to Eternity
Father of the Bird
Museum Scream
The Credits
About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, with an innovative and talent-rich roster boasting some of the most accomplished writers, producers and artists working today. The studio is on the cutting edge of animation technology, and has both CG and traditionally animated projects in current production and development. In 2010, WBA unveiled three new CG cartoon shorts that feature iconic Looney Tunes characters Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, rendered in stereoscopic 3D. The films have been released theatrically, attached to Warner Bros. Pictures releases. For television, WBA currently produces Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated and MAD for Cartoon Network, and will soon launch Green Lantern: The Animated Series, The Looney Tunes Show, ThunderCats, Young Justice and more. WBA also creates the highly successful series of DC Universe original animated movies for DVD. Producing for multiple platforms including TV, digital and home entertainment both domestically and internationally, WBA is highly respected for its creative and technical excellence, as well as for maintaining the Studio's rich cartoon heritage. It is also the home of the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has been honored with six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents' Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).
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18 more cartoons on the bonus disc! according to toonzone.net's forums
Duck Twacey said:Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension? That's the 3-D cartoon that was shown at the Warner Bros. stores and was never released in any other form!
