The musical is far more entertaining, sticks with the characters more, and the chemistry between the actors works much better. While the VHS tape has been available for a while to rent, the DVD is priced to sell and was held back to make into a special edition. The disc itself is dual layered and the menus are somewhat animated with a golden look to them. They are easy to navigate and have the film's musical soundtrack in the background. There is no compression artifacts or grain.
Colors are bright and vibrant without any bleeding.
The soundtrack is also equally outstanding with great surround quality and effects delineation. English Dolby Digital 5.1 and English and French Dolby Surround 2.0 tracks with English Captions or Spanish Subtitles are provided for the viewer's pleasure. The extras include five short featurettes that cover production Design, Costume, Elephants, and other things. There is also a TV special that features on the set videotaped interviews with the cast and crew. All of the featurettes seem to crossover a bit and for the most part were made to promote the film more than anything else.