Disney DVD site announces Freaky Friday release (1 Viewer)

[David Burke]

No release date is given, but the following information on a DVD release of the original Freaky Friday is given at DisneyDVD.com:

"This hilarious, magical classic starring Academy Award®-winning actress Jodie Foster (1992 Best Actress, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) is back and on DVD for the first time ever, with hours of all-new, never-before-seen bonus footage."

http://disneyvideos.disney.go.com/mo...s/0005603.html

 

[MatthewA]

I might buy it.

Luckily the film is already in color.

 

[Chris Lockwood]

> Luckily the film is already in color.

Huh? Has Disney been colorizing films or something?

 

[soop.spoon]

Luckily the film is already in color.

Huh? Has Disney been colorizing films or something?

Yes.
They recently released The Absent Minded Professor in a colorized form... and 4:3 to boot!

 

[Gabe D]

Yes, Disney recently released a colorized DVD of The Absent Minded Professor, in conjunction with several other live action catalog titles from the 60s and 70s in full-screen only format.

I would be excited about a Freaky Friday DVD, but I'm sure it will be modified to fit the screen of my old TV.

 

[Jeff Ulmer]

Has Disney been colorizing films or something?

Yes, The Absent Minded Professor.

This sounds like another title that was a candidate for a Vault Disney release. I hope they got Foster to participate, and that this is only the first of the Foster Disney titles to get decent treatment (give me an SE of Candleshoe).

 

[CraigF]

Any new info on this?

I am especially interested in what the 2-pack of the 76/03 versions will be like in Canada, as the 03 version was P&S only here. Thanks.

 

[george kaplan]

It's coming June 1.