Announcing the Return of the Puppetoons!
The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2 Blu-Ray+DVD (Collectors Limited Edition 2 Discs) is a second landmark collection of more dazzling George Pal Academy Award®-winning stop-motion and some all cel animated short subjects. Puppetoons not seen in generations are fully restored from their original Technicolor negatives. With special appearances by Bugs Bunny and Superman!
Producer-Director Arnold Leibovit - The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal, The Puppetoon Movie, The Time Machine 2002 remake - proudly presents 18 brilliant high definition Puppetoons never before released on any home video format*
In the 1930s and 1940s, before George Pal made classic features like The Time Machine (1960) and The War of the Worlds (1953), he created dozens of stop-motion animated marvels called Puppetoons™ which utilized an astonishing Pal invention called the replacement figure or series puppet where thousands of wood puppets were created and replaced as required for each advancing frame of film. Pal’s big Idea transformed the flat cartoon into three-dimensional Puppetoons often praised as some of the great works of stop-motion animation ever conceived.
In 1987, working with Mrs. George Pal, Leibovit made The Puppetoon Movie. In 2013 an acclaimed HD restoration Blu-ray of that film was re-released and now for the first time Leibovit presents added Puppetoon masterpieces sourced from their Original 35mm Technicolor Successive Exposure Negatives (SEN) or 35mm (IB) Imbibition Technicolor Nitrate Prints.
Puppetoons (High Definition)
- Dipsy Gypsy (1940)
- Radio Valve Revolution (1934)
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1935)
- A Hatful of Dreams (1944)
- Rescue Brigade (1937)
- In Lamp Light Land (1935)
- Jasper and the Choo-Choo (1942)
- Love On The Range (1938)
- The Gay Knighties (1941)
- Two Gun Rusty (1944)
- How An Advertising Poster Came About (1938)
- Jasper Goes Hunting (1944)
- Sky Pirates (1938)
- Jasper’s Close Shave (1945)
- The Ship of the Ether (1934)
- Good Night Rusty (1943)
- Wilbur the Lion (1946)
- Jasper Tell (1944)
Extras (Standard Definition)
This is Oil, No.1: Prospecting for Petroleum (1946) Shell Oil Company Inc.
Trailers From Hell: Arnold Leibovit on The Puppetoon Movie
Trailers From Hell: Arnold Leibovit on The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
The Puppetoon Movie Speedy Alka-Seltzer Promo Miles Laboratory
The Puppetoon Movie Montage
Full Production and Donor Credits
Includes 6-Panel Color Booklet, Liner Notes by Arnold Leibovit
Specs:
Blu-ray:
Digital Video: 1080p High-Definition Original Aspect Ratio 1.37:1
Audio: Dual Mono
Subtitles: Selected Subjects Optional English
Run Time: 186 minutes
Technicolor & Gasparcolor/Black & White
Disc Configuration BD Single Layer
Region Free Code "0" All Countries
Not Rated
DVD:
Digital Video: Standard Definition Original Aspect Ratio 1.37:1
Audio: Dual Mono
Subtitles: Selected Subjects Optional English
Run Time: 186 minutes
Technicolor & Gasparcolor/Black & White
Disc Configuration DVD-9 Duel Layer
Region Free Code "0" All Countries
Not Rated
Release date: December 4, 2020
Studio: Arnold Leibovit Entertainment/Puppetoon Productions
UPC: 051497168346
Package Dimensions : 0.7 x 6.3 x 5.4 inches; 4.0 Ounces
Director: George Pal
Animators: George Pal, Ray Harryhausen, Willis O’Brien, Wah Chang, Gene Warren Sr., Bob Baker, Fred Moore, Robert McKimson
Actors/Voice Talent: Mel Blanc, Pat McGeehan, Victor Jory, Glenn Leedy, Sara Berner, Roy Glenn, Alvin Childress, Eloise Rawitzer
Characters: Jim Dandy, Punchy and Judy, Rusty, Jasper
* The Ship of the Ether first time in HD
The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2 release has got everybody excited!
“George Pal took music, fantasy, and charm as their ingredients for entertainment. 'The Puppetoon Movie' reminds us of all of this great great talent”
- Leonard Maltin, Maltin on Movies
“Arnold Leibovit has rescued George Pal’s cinematic masterpieces so they will now live forever!”
- Jerry Beck, Animation Historian
“A bounteous, bigger collection of animated Gems…The Technicolor material looks near-perfect!"
- Glenn Erickson, CineSavant
“The historical importance of this release can't be overstated”
- Jeffrey Michael Kauffman, Blu-ray dot com
“A Brilliant Collection”
- Dan Sarto, Animation World Network
“An Absolute Joy”
- Randall Cyrenne, Animated Views
“Surpassed my expectations”
- Reg Hart, The Cineforum
“Grab this release quickly with both hands before it's gone.”
- Mike Hankin, Ray Harryhausen Biographer