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August 21, 2006 - Retailers have been told to expect four volumes of Walt Disney's True-Life Adventures on December 5th, as the debut wave of a new line called Walt Disney's Legacy Collection. With featured content ranging from just under to well over 300 minutes, each volume will be a two-disc set carrying a $32.99 suggested retail price, much like the annual Walt Disney Treasures. UPDATE: UD has learned the contents of these sets. Read on...
Volume 1: Wonders of the World will hold the Oscar-winning 1958 feature White Wilderness; the Oscar-winning two-reel (roughly 30 minute) shorts Seal Island (1948), Beaver Valley (1950), Nature's Half Acre (1951), and Water Birds (1952); plus Nature's Strangest Creatures (1959) and more.
Volume 2: Lands of Exploration will contain a pair of Best Documentary Oscar winners in The Living Desert (1953) and The Vanishing Prairie (1954), in addition to Prowlers of the Everglades (1953), Islands of the Sea (1960), and the anthology episodes "Behind the True-Life Cameras" (1955), "The Crisler Story" (1957) and "Yellowstone Story" (1957).
Volume 3: Creatures of the Wild boasts feature-length flicks The African Lion (1955) and Jungle Cat (1960), as well as 1952's Olympic Elk, 1953's Bear Country, 1955's Emperor Penguins, and the "Disneyland" installment "Cameras in Africa" (1954) and more.
Finally, Volume 4: Nature's Mysteries will serve up 1956's feature-length Secrets of Life and the lone True-Life Fantasy Perri (1957), as well as Mysteries of the Deep (1959) and the anthology episodes "Searching for Nature's Mysteries" (1956) and "Adventure in Wildwood Heart" (1957).
Each set will include collectible packaging, an exclusive in-package keepsake, and introductions by Roy Disney. Like the Treasures, these will be available in limited quantities. It is not yet clear if this scheduling means the four titles expected to comprise Wave 6 of the Walt Disney Treasures are being delayed or if Buena Vista Home Entertainment is planning one mammoth release date for the first Tuesday of December, which is already supposed to bring the year's top-grossing film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and two virtual board game DVDs, and may now prove especially costly for fans of Walt-era fare.
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Here's a complete list of the TLAs:
Seal Island – 1949
In Beaver Valley – 1950
Nature’s Half Acre – 1951
The Olympic Elk – 1952
Water Birds – 1952
The Living Desert – 1953 (feature, first Buena Vista release)
Bear Country – 1953
Prowlers Of The Everglades – 1953
The Vanishing Prairie – 1954 (feature)
The Emperor Penguins – 1955 (unofficial, acquired for distribution)
The African Lion – 1955 (feature)
Secrets Of Life – 1956 (feature)
White Wilderness – 1958 (feature)
Grand Canyon – 1959 (unofficial)
Nature’s Strangest Creatures – 1959 (unofficial)
Mysteries Of The Deep – 1959 (unofficial)
Islands Of The Sea – 1960 (unofficial)
Jungle Cat – 1960 (final nature film)
The Best Of Walt Disney’s True Life Adventures – 1975 (unofficial)
...so they are including pretty much ALL of the titles that were and were not not official series releases, PLUS some cool DisneyLand shows.
The omission of Grand Canyon and The Best Of Walt Disney’s True Life Adventures is understandable. I'd expect Grand Canyon to turn up somewhere else (I think it's already on the Sleeping Beauty set?) and The Best Of... was a compilation film that wasn't actually part of the series. I'd expect a single disc separate release for this like we got with the Davy Crocketts.
Now, Perri was the only officially titled True Life Fantasy, but there WERE others. Unofficially counted in the same group by Disney are:
Stormy, The Thoroughbred With An Inferiority Complex – 1954 (unofficial)
Perri – 1957
Nikki, The Wild Dog Of The North – 1961
Chico, The Misunderstood Coyote – 1962
The Legend Of Lobo – 1962
Sammy, The Way-Out Seal – 1963
The Incredible Journey – 1963
Flash, The Teenage Otter – 1964
Sancho, The Homing Steer – 1964
A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood – 1965
Tiger, The Wahoo Bobcat – 1965
Greta, The Misfit Greyhound – 1966
Run, Appaloosa, Run! – 1966
The Legend Of The Boy And The Eagle – 1967
Charlie The Lonesome Cougar – 1967
Pablo And The Dancing Chihuahua – 1969
King Of The Grizzlies – 1969
Run, Cougar, Run – 1972
Verda, The Peregrine Falcon – 1973
The Bears And I – 1974
Return Of The Big Cat – 1975
The Best Of Walt Disney’s True Life Adventures – 1975
Since they're putting out Perri in this wave, it comes to reason that another wave could see more of these types of films emerge, and perhaps we'll get The Best Of TLA bundled in with these other films?
Of course the next wave might prefer to count the People And Places titles among their content, which would also be very cool.
Glad to see Roy flexing his legacy muscles!
