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The Animatrix

Some of Japan’s top animators and directors give their own take on The Matrix universe revealing and adding some great new dimensions to the film. The shorts include: Kid’s Story, Final Flight Of The Osiris, A Detective Story, The Second Renaissance Part I, The Second Renaissance Part II, World Record, Beyond, Matriculated, and Program.

Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy

Goofy, one of Disney’s most entertaining and popular cartoon stars finally gets the royal treatment with a complete collection of his greatest misadventures in one set.

Ice Age: 2 Disc Special Edition

A pack of mismatched ice age mammals must face ice, fire, a flock of dodos, and each other in order to deliver a human baby back to his family.

Beauty And The Beast: Platinum Edition

Belle, an intelligent young woman is forced to live in an enchanted castle with a hideous Beast. As they grow closer, they learn that true beauty lies within.

Cats Don’t Dance

First-time director Mark Dindal was given the difficult task of tackling a musical comedy called Cats Don’t Dance about a cat named Danny who tries to make it in Hollywood.

Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh/Spookable Pooh

Disney releases two popular Halloween Winnie the Pooh stories to DVD for the first time. Frankenpooh and Spookable Pooh have been bundled together as a double feature for the delight of little kids (and adults) everywhere this Halloween. Both stories feature a lighthearted and positive spin to scary stories and situations in a way that Winnie the Pooh has always managed to do. 2

Schoolhouse Rock!: Special 30th Anniversary Edition

Schoolhouse Rock! was a series of musical shorts that both entertained and educated children and adults ever since their creation in the 1970s. They focused on topics ranging from arithmetic to grammar and were wildly popular in both classrooms and living rooms across the country.

Fantasia 2000

Fantasia 2000 was finally released in IMAX theatres worldwide on January 1st 2000 after a series of live multimedia performances held around the world (New York City, London, Paris, Tokyo and Los Angeles). The IMAX experience really made it into an event for those in the audience. The DVD edition is still an experience and those who did not see it on IMAX one can only imagine what it looked like on the very big screen.

The Care Bears Movie

The success of the Care Bears toys and television specials finally led to a movie in 1985, which then led to a show aimed at toddlers around the world. The movie was so successful that it led to two sequels, as well as two different shows featuring the Care Bears.

Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies

Between 1929 and 1939, Disney released several cartoons as an experiment in the field of animation. The Silly Symphonies were created to experiment with music, animation, and color in cartoons. They were a suggestion made by Disney’s music director Carl W. Stalling to Walt Disney about cartoons without a central character and where the main focus would be on music.