'Snow White,' 'Fair Lady' top list

Published: Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009 7:31 p.m. MDT
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Here are some of the latest movies to be released on DVD, led by a Blu-ray release of Disney's very first feature.

"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition" (Disney/Blu-ray, 1937, G, three discs, $39.99). This is an unparalleled classic, of course, with memorable songs and humor, along with romance and chills. And it set the standard for every animated feature — by Disney and everyone else — that followed. (Quick! Name all seven dwarfs.)

Disney is packaging both a DVD and a Blu-ray disc of the film in this "combo pack," as well as a third disc that is jam-packed with bonus features, including everything from previous releases. (A standard DVD version will be released on Nov. 24, $29.99.)

As you might expect, the film has never looked better than it does in the Blu-ray transfer, showing off the incredible attention to detail captured by Disney's animators, and the film remains a highly entertaining movie.

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Extras: full frame, audio commentary (including archival comments by Walt Disney), featurettes, music video, games, trailers (other available editions: "Collector Book Set," with combo pack and collectible storybook, $59.99; "Plush Gift Set," with combo pack and plush dolls of the seven dwarfs, $79.99; "Limited Edition Diamond Collection Set" with combo pack, 160-page hardback book, collectible character pins and eight lithographs, $249 — and that last price is no typo)

"My Fair Lady" (Paramount, 1964, G, $19.99). One of the classiest, most delightful and certainly most hummable musical comedies ever made, with a first-rate performance by Audrey Hepburn as the London guttersnipe who is turned into a lady and foisted onto high society as a princess. Rex Harrison won a deserved Oscar as the language professor who takes on the task, a role Harrison perfected on Broadway. (Marni Nixon dubbed Hepburn's singing voice.)

Extras: widescreen, audio commentary, featurettes, radio interview with Harrison, poster/lobby card gallery, trailers

"Wolf" (Columbia/Blu-ray, 1994; R for violence, language; $24.95). Jack Nicholson is great as a werewolf in Manhattan and Mike Nichols' direction is subdued and creepy, as Nicholson gets revenge on his wife (Kate Nelligan), his boss (Christopher Plummer) and his best friend (James Spader), while taking up with the boss's daughter (Michelle Pfeiffer). (Look for David Hyde Pierce and a pre-"Friends" David Schwimmer.)

Extras: widescreen, trailers

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