CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS comes to DVD and Blu-ray and MIGHTY MOUSE: THE NEW ADVENTURES -- THE COMPLETE SERIES takes a bow on DVD.
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS comes to DVD and Blu-ray and MIGHTY MOUSE: THE NEW ADVENTURES -- THE COMPLETE SERIES takes a bow on DVD.
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS on DVD and Blu-ray
* Read our feature interview with the directors.
* Editor's note: The Blu-ray version of this release offers "Splat Mode," in which the viewer is given the ability to virtually throw food with their remote while watching the film. Other bonus features includes a making of documentary and great progression reels about the making of the food (including the Jell-O mold) with introductions by Rob Bredow, visual effects supervisor and CTO of Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Press Release from Sony Pictures
CULVER CITY, CALIF. – Sony Pictures Animation’s smash hit Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs serves up a hilarious, mouth-watering food storm of epic portions on Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack, 2-Disc super-size DVD, 1-Disc DVD, and PSP January 5 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Based on the beloved bestselling children’s book, the CG animated film features the all-star voice talents of Bill Hader (Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian), Anna Faris (House Bunny, Scary Movie franchise), James Caan (Get Smart, TV’s “Las Vegas”), Andy Samberg (TV’s “SNL”), Mr. T (Rocky 3, TV’s “The A-Team”), and Neil Patrick Harris (TV’s “How I Met Your Mother”) in the story of Flint, an outcast inventor who creates a machine that rains down food on his hungry town.
The 1-Disc DVD includes both widescreen and full-frame presentations of the feature, plus director’s commentary with actor Bill Hader. The 2-Disc super-size DVD includes everything from the single disc, plus a second disc loaded with scrumptious bonus materials including the behind-the-scenes featurettes “How Food Falls: The Making of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” and “Voice Off,” a look at the voice cast and characters. Also included are a hilarious selection of deleted scenes with an introduction by the visual effects supervisor, a music video and interactive sing-a-long for “Raining Sunshine” performed by Miranda Cosgrove (TV’s “iCarly”) and an exciting “Food Fight” game, where players can help Flint battle against rogue food by navigating his spaceship and avoiding hits from flying pizzas and gummy bears.
The Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack includes all features from the 2-Disc DVD collection, plus a Blu-ray enhanced version of the “Food Fight” game, a DVD copy of the film and a unique “Splat Mode!” feature which allows viewers to throw food at the screen while they watch the film.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs will be available on Blu-ray for $39.95 SRP, on 2-Disc super-size DVD for $34.95 SRP, on 1-Disc DVD for $28.96 SRP, and on UMD for PSP for $24.94 SRP.
In addition, children and their parents will be able to go deeper into the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs experience by beginning their journey at www.sonywonder.com. Once there, they will have an opportunity to receive exciting special offers from Sony sister divisions including Sony Music, Free Realms, Sony Electronics, Little Big Planet and more!
Synopsis:
When Flint Lockwood's (Bill Hader) latest contraption accidentally destroys the town square and rockets up into the clouds, he thinks his inventing career is over. Then, something amazing happens as delicious cheeseburgers start raining from the sky. His machine actually works! But when people greedily ask for more and more food, the machine starts to run amok, unleashing spaghetti tornadoes and giant meatballs that threaten the world! Now it's up to Flint with the help of weather girl Sam Sparks (Anna Faris) and Steve, his talking monkey assistant, to find some way to shut down the machine before the world is covered in super-sized meatballs!
Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was based on the book by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett. The film was produced by Pam Marsden.
1-Disc DVD Bonus Features Include:
Full frame and Widescreen presentation of the feature
Commentary
Feeding America PSA
Trailers
2-Disc DVD Bonus Features Include:
All the material from the 1-Disc DVD, plus:
Featurette: “How Food Falls: The Making of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”
Featurette: “Voice Off”
Deleted Scenes
Miranda Cosgrove “Raining Sunshine: Music Video
Interactive “Raining Sunshine” Sing-a-Long
Food Fight Game
Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack Bonus Features Include:
All the material from the 1-Disc and 2-disc DVDs, plus:
A DVD of the film
PSP Digital Copy of the film included on the Blu-ray Disc, transferable exclusively via the PlayStation3
“Splat Mode!”
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
BD-Live Enabled
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs has a running time of approximately 90 minutes and is rated PG. Artwork and digital clips are available for download at www.sphepublicity.com. Visit Sony Home Entertainment on the Web atwww.SonyPictures.com.
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MIGHTY MOUSE: THE NEW ADVENTURES -- THE COMPLETE SERIES on DVD
Press Release from CBS Home Entertainment And Paramount Home Entertainment
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Television's smallest, yet most powerful, caped crusader is back to save the day when MIGHTY MOUSE: THE NEW ADVENTURES, THE COMPLETE SERIES soars onto DVD January 5 from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. Marking the first official DVD release, the three-disc collection features every digitally-remastered episode of the series; three original, beautifully restored Terrytoons Mighty Mouse cartoons from the vaults; episodic teasers; and all new audio commentaries and interviews with some of the biggest names in animation.
MIGHTY MOUSE: THE NEW ADVENTURES has been a cult favorite since its original airing in the late 1980s. Featuring some of animation's biggest and brightest including producer Ralph Bakshi (Fritz the Cat), John Kricfalusi (The Ren and Stimpy Show), Bruce Timm (Batman Animated) and Andrew Stanton (Wall-E), the collection includes all new interviews and commentaries from the animators about their time on the hilarious show.
A reimagined, updated version from the original character from the 1940s, MIGHTY MOUSE: THE NEW ADVENTURES is hilarious, campy and unforgettable, as the lead character finds himself as a factory worker named Mike Mouse who, along with his sidekick Scrappy and his love-interest Pearl Pureheart, protects Mouseville from evil villains and saves the day. This collection also includes the controversial, rarely seen episode, "The Littlest Tramp," which eventually led to the premature cancellation of the series.
MIGHTY MOUSE: THE NEW ADVENTURES, THE COMPLETE SERIES will be available for the suggested retail price of $46.99 US and $52.99 CAN. A three-disc set, the episodes are presented in the original 4:3 aspect ratio with English Original 2.0 Mono. The DVD is not rated in the U.S. and rated G in Canada. The total running time is approximately 455 minutes. The DVD disc breakdown is as follows:
*Season 1, Disc 1:
*Night On Bald Pate/ Mouse From Another House
*Me-Yowww!/ Witch Tricks
*Night Of The Bat-Bat/ Scrap-Happy with audio commentary by John Kricfalusi, Tom Minton, Mike Kazaleh, & Kent Butterworth
*Catastrophe Cat/ Scrappy's Field-Day
*The Bag Mouse/ The First Deadly Cheese
*This Island Mouseville/ Mighty's Musical Classics
*The Littlest Tramp/ Puffy Goes Berserk
*Special Features:
*Episodic Teasers
*Season 1, Disc 2:
*The League Of Super-Rodents/ Scrappy's Playhouse
*All You Need Is Glove/ It's Scrappy's Birthday
*Aqua-Guppy/ Animation Concerto
*The Ice Goose Cometh/ Pirates With Dirty Faces
*Mighty's Benefit Plan/ See You In The Funny Papers with audio commentary by John Kricfalusi, Tom Minton, Mike Kazaleh, & Kent Butterworth
*Heroes And Zeroes/ Stress For Success
*Special Features:
*Episodic Teasers
*Season 2, Disc 3:
*Day Of The Mice/ Still Oily After All These Years
*Mighty's Wedlock Whimsy/ Anatomy Of A Milquetoast
*Bat With A Golden Tongue/ Mundane Voyage
*Snow White And The Motor City Dwarfs/ Don't Touch That Dial
*Mouse And Supermouse/ The Bride Of Mighty Mouse
*A Star is Milked/ Mighty's Tone Poem
*Special features
*3 Original Terrytoons Cartoons - "He Dood It Again," Gypsy Life" and "Mysterious Package"
*Breaking the Mold: the Re-making of Mighty Mouse
*Episodic Teasers
CBS Home Entertainment manages the worldwide DVD business for the CBS Corporation across all lines of content including current hits and classic series from the vast CBS library, as well as new releases from Showtime Video. CBS Home Entertainment products are released on the CBS DVD label.
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. PHE is responsible for the worldwide sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment products on behalf of various parties including: Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Studios, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, CBS, PBS and Hasbro and for providing home entertainment fulfillment services for DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment.
Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures Complete Series
Street Date: January 5, 2009
Pricing: $46.99 US/ $52.99 CAN
Runtime: Approximately 455 minutes
