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Special Features
Making Animation and Bringing It to Life: Audio commentary by animator Phil Roman and June Foray, the voice of Cindy Lou Who
Dr. Seuss and the Grinch: From Whoville to Hollywood featurette
Songs in the Key of Grinch: Interviews with composer Albert Hague and vocalist Thurl Ravenscroft
Who's Who in Whoville biography gallery
Song selections
TNT's How the Grinch Stole Christmas special edition featurette with Phil Hartman
Grinch pencil test
Editorial Reviews
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Accept no substitutes. The 1966 television adaptation of Dr. Seuss' timeless book How the Grinch Stole Christmas!--about an anti-Santa who tries to heist the holiday only to learn a powerful lesson--is a classic in its own right, and looking better than ever in its 50th Birthday Deluxe Edition. (For those doing the math, the 50 years is counting from the book's 1957 publishing date rather than the show's broadcast date.) The most significant improvement is in the digital transfer, cleaning up fuzz and specks and restoring the proper colors to the program. While the awful earlier DVDs showed the Grinch in a mustard-yellow color, this edition restores his proper green gleam. Special features are mostly ported over from the previous DVD--the Horton Hears a Who program, a featurette on the songs, Phil Hartman's special edition version, pencil tests, etc. minus the commentary track--but there is a new 15-minute featurette, "Dr. Seuss and the Grinch: From Whoville to Hollywood." While it starts out as a fluff piece aimed at the younger set (interviews with kids, some rapping), it does provide some interesting information, including interviews with the widows of Theodore Geisel and Chuck Jones and clips of Geisel and Jones' Private Snafu. (No mention of Jim Carrey, however.) --David Horiuchi
Product Description
Every who down in Who-ville likes Christmas a lot, but the Grinch who lived just north of Who-ville did NOT! So the cuddly as a cactus Grinch (with termites in his smile and garlic in his soul) tries to wipe out Christmas for the cheerful Who-villains, only to discover: maybe Christmas, he thought doesn't come from as store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more! Magnificently narrated by Boris Karloff and animated by cartoon legend Chuck Jones, it's an award-winning Who-roast-beast-feast of a holiday classic!
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
86 of 94 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I recently purchased this DVD and was immensely disapointed with the quality of the transfer. The colors were all over he place with the Grinch appearing as a yellow, then brown and finally slightly green creature. The transfer is terrible. I would not recommend it to anyone based upon this poor quality.
83 of 93 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I agree with both Chicago, IL and Boston, Ma reviews. The crystal clear DVD viewing of 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'was great but, WHY is the grinch not in his true green color! There are other greens in the picture so why not the grinch! Very perplexing we thought and it made the viewing very disappointing. WHAT GIVES! I would highly recommend buying the VHS version due to this disturbing error on the DVD version. I suppose the people who like the DVD version don't realize that the grinch in this version is an impostor! Even when he's green on the DVD cover AND main menu screen!
115 of 131 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have always loved this classic Dr. Seuss animated film and awaited its arrival with great anticipation. And while the story is as endearing as ever, I am disappointed that the coloring on this transfer is terrible. The backgrounds are garish and too bright and the Grinch is the color of mustard instead of his true green color shown on the front of the case. In addition, the pencil tests are far too few and do not add any value to the disc. It is hard to focus on the splendid attributes of this title because of its few, yet glaring oversights. My advice is to wait for a better transfer to come out, or perhaps seek out the previous version on dvd which may be of better quality.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Great fun, especially since I tend to root for the Grinch! Actually, I have a lot of sympathy for him. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Barbara Frederick
DVD is better than the BluRay
This BluRay pack comes with a DVD version that has great clarity and an aspect ratio which filled the entire screen of my HD television. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Pam
Still the best
I read the book and watched the movie as a child. When I got older, I watched it with my younger sisters. As a Mom, I watched it with my daughter. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Roberta Karchner
Pricey because ordered just before Christmas
Delivery was fine, no complaints.
Show was shorter than i remembered (because of no commercials).
Nontheless, was pricey, probably due to ordered just before Christmas.
Show was shorter than i remembered (because of no commercials).
Nontheless, was pricey, probably due to ordered just before Christmas.
Published 3 months ago by Susan M. Few
Love it!
Little high in price for what it is, but love it non the less. We have enjoyed adding it to a collection that sits in a curio and is watched at Christmas time.
Published 3 months ago by Just Me
Classic Grinch is the best!
Excellent family Christmas DVD. Great story, great memories. This is a classic for every family. Feature is about 30 minutes plus many extras.
Published 4 months ago by Jim Olsen
classic christmas movie
love this movie and watch it every year at christmas! saw it at a good price on amazon so ordered it!
Published 4 months ago by beck1721
buffalo loved it!
Just recently absorbed a step granddaughter and she loved this! I have to admit the grandma also loved seeing these classics once again!!
Published 4 months ago by BMK
The Grinch Stole Christmas dvd
This was just as described. Still in the wrapper and works great. I couldn't ask for more. It was exactly as described and just what we wanted. My grandson loves the movie. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Candy Miller
no problems with the color
I saw other reviews complaining about the color of the Grinch - no problems with this version - the Grinch is the same green the entire movie - sound is good, color is good.
Published 4 months ago by bizzybee
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