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                Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Living Color Volume Two

               
              Presenters: Leonard Maltin
              (introduction), Mark Henn and Andreas Deja (animators), Wayne              Allwine and Russi Taylor (voice)

               Title/Subtitle:
                Mickey Mouse In Living Color Volume Two : 1939-Today

              Publication: Disney

              Edition: Limited, Collector's
              Edition (Wave Three), May 2004 

              Tech Stuff;  DVD, Running Time 5
              Hours 45 Minutes, Color, Region 1, Digitally Mastered

              Description: A Sealed Mint 2 Disc
              Set of Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Living Color Volume              Two. "Includes rare and never-before-seen original Mickey Mouse
              animation...his ground-breaking performance in The Sorcerer's
                Apprentice and a commercial film created for the Standard
              Oil Company." It comes in an attractive sealed tin, complete with              a Serialized Certificate of Authenticity (COA) and a
              limited-edition collectible lithograph, wrapped with a              cardboard sleeve ("side strap") displaying the reproduced
              signatures of Leonard Maltin and Roy Disney.


        
This
              set picks up from where Mickey Mouse in Living Color,
                Volume One leaves off. This was one of the few
              "Treasures" sets released abroad, as well as in the United States,              on 4 April 2005. Like the first volume, it was retitled Mickey
                Mouse in Living Colour in the UK due
              to American and British English spelling
              differences.
175,000
              sets produced.
Disc one
·        
                  1939
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                Society Dog Show
o   
                The Pointer
·        
                  1940
o   
                Tugboat Mickey
o   
                Pluto's Dream House
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                Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
·        
                  1941
o   
                The Little Whirlwind
o   
                The Nifty Nineties
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                Orphan's Benefit
·        
                  1942
o   
                Mickey's Birthday Party
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                Symphony Hour
·        
                  1947
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                Mickey's Delayed Date
·        
                  1948
o   
                Mickey Down Under
o   
                Mickey and the Seal
·        
                  1951
o   
                Plutopia
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                R'Coon Dawg
·        
                  1952
o   
                Pluto's Party
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                Pluto's Christmas Tree
·        
                  1953
o   
                The Simple Things
·        
                  Bonus
              Features
o   
                The Sorcerer's Apprentice: This segment features not only the
              full cartoon from Fantasia (however, the closing segment
              of Mickey shaking hands with conductor Leopold
              Stokowski is
              cut here), but also a deleted scene, which showed (in pencil              tests) an alternate sequence of Mickey attacking the broom with an
              axe (whereas in the finished product, viewers only see the shadows              of the both of them, originally Mickey and the broom were supposed
              to be seen wholly).
o   
                Mickey and the Beanstalk: The entire sequence from Fun and Fancy Free, complete with the intertwined live
              action footage of Edgar Bergen, Luana
              Patten and
Bergen's              two ventriloquist dummies, Charlie
              McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd.
o   
                Walt Disney's Standard Parade For
                  1939: Easter
              egg bonus
              about a promotion made specifically for Standard
              Oil dealers.
              It starts with a whirlwind history of Disney's breakthroughs in              animation with Steamboat
                Willie, Flowers
                and Trees, The Three
                Little Pigs and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and the many honors bestowed upon
              the filmmaker. This is followed by a parade of numerous Disney              characters holding advertising signs, similar to Disney's 1932
              Academy Awards parade, which appeared as a bonus feature on the              "Mickey In Color, Volume One" set.
o   
                Walt Disney Performing the Voice of
                Mickey: Another Easter egg bonus feature,
              this black and white clip begins with Billy
              Bletcher,
              the voice of Black Pete, repeating a couple of lines. Then
              it shows Walt himself reading as Mickey Mouse with Bletcher. The              dialogue is for the short "Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip."
Disc two
·        
                  1983
o   
                Mickey's Christmas Carol
·        
                  1990
o   
                The Prince and the Pauper
·        
                  1995
o   
                Runaway Brain
·        
                  Bonus
              Features
o   
                Mickey's Cartoon Comeback: Maltin visits Disney's Animation
              Research Library to interview animators Mark
              Henn and Andreas Deja,
              who discuss their first exposure to animation and Mickey. Modern              animators are compared with the animators of the early Mickey
              Mouse shorts, who had no opportunity to study animation.
o   
                The Voice Behind the Mouse: Maltin meets the current voices of
              Mickey and Minnie, Wayne Allwine and Russi
              Taylor,
              who discuss the characteristics of Mickey and Minnie that they see              in themselves. They compare how Mickey's voice changed over the
              years, including Walt Disney's tenure. Allwine and Taylor consider              how Walt would probably embrace new technologies of today. Allwine
              shares anecdotes on Disney animation, while Taylor, his real-life              wife, recalls how she prepared for her Minnie audition.
o   
                Mouse Mania:
              A stop-motion segment from a 1978 prime time
              TV special celebrating Mickey's 50th anniversary, created by              animator Mike Jittlov.
              In a psychiatrist's office, Mickey figurines and other Disneyana join
              in a dance to "Baroque
              Hoedown",
the              tune used in the Main
Street              Electrical Parade at the
              Disney parks.
o   
                Mickey's Cartoon Physics: In this segment from a 1956 episode
              of the Walt Disney
              anthology series known
              as The Plausible Impossible (which is presented
              in its entirety on Wave 2's "Behind the Scenes" set), Walt              discusses how impossible action can seem real in animation if
              there is some factual basis. We see why it makes sense for a cow's              bell to ring when you pull its tail, how Mickey stretches and
              squishes when going up in an elevator, and other examples.
o   
                Tricks of Our Trade: In a 1957 segment from the
              anthology series, Walt discusses three-dimensionality in cel              animation, using the multi-plane camera. Like The
                Plausible Impossible, this episode is found in its entirety
              in the "Behind the Scenes" set.
o   
                Mickey Meets the Maestro: A behind-the-scenes featurette on
              the meeting of Mickey and conductor James
              Levine in Fantasia 2000.
o   
                Color Titles from Mickey Mouse Club: The original opening sequence
              of The Mickey Mouse Club is shown in color. There are
              five different 25-second openings, one for each day of the week,              each with a different theme.
o   
                The Making of Mickey's
                  Christmas Carol: A behind-the-scenes featurette from
              the 1980s that examines the filmmakers' approach to the material              as they determine which Disney character will portray which
              Dickens character, and match the right animator to each character.              Producer/director Burny Mattinson, animators Glen Keane and David Block, and some of
              the voice actors are interviewed. Also shown is a bit of a history              of Mickey and Donald.
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                Publicity and Memorabilia Gallery: This gallery shows posters and
              advertisements for the Mickey shorts on this set.
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                Story and Background Gallery: Sketches from some of Mickey's
              shorts, with notes on costumes, supporting characters, and              Mickey's evolution through the years.
 
(Courtesy
          Wikipedia) 

Why it is important:

"The celebration of Mickey's color capers continues in this second volume of shorts - from Society Dog Show in 1939 to his last short, The Simple Things in 1953- and feature film appearances, giving you a decidedly colorful history of the most famous mouse in the world."

Walt Disney Treasures was a series of two-disc DVD collection of Disney cartoons, television episodes and other material ("A Limited Series of Select Rare Material from the Disney Studio Vaults"). The series was conceived by film critic/historian Leonard Maltin, who appears in each set to introduce the DVDs and to provide historical context to some of the more dated works. The initial releases in the series were made in 2001 as part Walt Disney's 100th birthday commemorations. The DVDs cover material from the studio's earliest days to its more recent work. All content is presented uncensored and uncut with digitally restored picture and remastered sound.

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