From: ostrove@goofy.umd.edu (Steven M. Ostrove)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Those rotten liers - was: Re: SNOW WHITE VIDEO 4-$ale
Date: 14 Aug 92 13:13:22 GMT

In article <m0mIugh-0000j6C@juts.ccc.amdahl.com>  
rich.bellacera@amail.amdahl.com writes:

> In the meantime, Snow White WILL be released to the theaters this  
coming year.
> I assume it will *be* the refurbished version, too.  Disney has  
been secretly
> refurbishing it all along, but denying this to the public.  They  
once said
> they'd *N-E-V-E-R* release JUNGLE BOOK (Walt's last film before he  
died),
> FANTASIA (his brainchild and dream film), and SNOW WHITE (the first
> full-length animated feature -with sound, color and special  
effects).
> 
> But look, JUNGLE BOOK & FANTASIA were both released in a relatively  
short
> span of time....can SNOW WHITE be that far behind?
> 
> -Rich

Could someone please cite a source where anyone in the Disney  
organization actually
said something to the effect of "We will NEVER release <insert name  
here> on 
video".

I've been collecting Disneyana for the last 6 years of so and have  
been checking
all of my sources.  What I have found is that Disney spokespeople  
tend to say
things like "At this time we have no intentions to release <inser  
name here>
on video".  The only videos that I can remember being presented as  
"will only
be available for a short time... and then never again" are the Golden  
Edition
and Golden Edition II videos.  And in fact, these have never been  
released again.
Although, some of the shorts have been subsequently released on other  
videos.
I remember when Sleeping Beauty was first released, the marketing  
statement went
something like "Available for a limited time, then this video will be  
withdrawn
from the market".  At no time did they say that they would NEVER  
release it
some time again in the future. 

Anyone have any hard facts?
--
Steve Ostrove


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