Horton Hears A Who!

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The latest Dr. Suess adaptation Horton Hears A Who is stampeding to DVD and Blu-ray on December 9th. There will be three versions, single flipper DVD, 2 disc DVD and Blu-ray, plus another 2 disc gift set that includes a plush toy of Horton. Aww how cute.  The two disc DVD and Blu-ray will be coming with a digital version as well, pricing has been set at $29.98 SRP for the single, $34.98 SRP the double, and $39.98 SRP for Blu-ray and the gift set. Here is more specific info on each release:

Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who! DVD is presented in a flipper disc featuring both full screen (1.31:1 aspect ratio) and widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 Dolby Surround, Spanish/French Dolby Surround with English and Spanish subtitles.  DVD bonus features will include:

Individual disc bonus materials include:

Single Disc Flipper – Widescreen and Pan & Scan Version

· Directors’ Audio Commentary w/ Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino

· Ice Age short “Surviving Sid”

o All-new animated short focusing on the Ice Age characters Sid and Scrat.

Two-Disc Special Edition Including Digital Copy

Includes all above single-disc content with the following extra material featured on the second disc:

· Deleted Footage and Animation Screen Tests (w/ Introductions and optional audio commentaries by the directors)

· That’s One Big Elephant: Animating Horton

o In an animation-focused featurette, learn how Blue Sky brought Horton to life.

·  Bringing the Characters to Life

o Watch the animators’ hilarious initial performances recorded as a reference to assist in animating the film.

· Meet Katie

o Discover how the character “Katie” was developed by Blue Sky

· Elephant Fun: The Facts

o Fun and informative featurette about elephants.

· Our Speck: Where Do We Fit In?

o Using interviews with everyday kids, we’ll learn how even small actions can help make the world a better place.

· A Person Is a Person: A Universal Message

· Featuring interviews w/ cast and crew, we will take a closer look at the characters, the story and interpret the meanings of Horton Hears a Who!

· Bringing Seuss to Screen

o Learn how Hayward and Martino maintained the authentic look and feel of Dr. Seuss’ world.

· The Elephant in the Room: Jim Carrey

o Profile on Jim Carrey voicing Horton

· We Are Here! Game

o Memory game in which you have to repeat the correct pattern of Who-noises.

Blu-ray Two-Disc Including Digital Copy

Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears A Who! BD release will be presented in widescreen format on a 25GB single-layer disc authored in AVC (MPEG 4) compression with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio, Spanish/French 5.1 Dolby Digital plus English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and French subtitles.  BD bonus content includes exclusive special feature:

“Watch Horton Hears a Who! with a Who!” and all above two-disc special edition content with the exception of the DVD-Rom Create Your Own Animation.

Blu-ray Disc features include the following:

· Bonus View technology “Watch Horton Hears a Who! with a Who!”

o Watch the movie with the smallest ‘Who’ of all – Jo Jo!

Gift Set With A Plush – Horton Plush, Two-Disc Special Edition With Digital Copy

Includes all above two-disc special edition content including Horton plush.