Word of warning...
Just got the Jungle Book deluxe edition from Amazon.co.uk, the one with the gift set packaging and book.
DON'T BOTHER!!
The 2-disc set is the exact same one as in stores (in the US and UK), which we knew anyway.
But the book is a major let down. The packaging is fair - not a big box like the other big box Platinums or even like in the picture, but basically a Lord Of The Rings book sized box (like the one they put out here for Snow While), that's shaped and printed like a "book". It worked for Snow White, being a fairytale storybook style, and works here, being the Jungle BOOK, right?
Inside, there's the promise of a 40th Anniversary book. In Snow White it was a pretty neat "making of" thing, with text, concept and completed art.
This one is crud, a BIG disappointment. It's essentially a DVD case sized book, but very narrow, with literally the film told on each right hand page using production stills and frame cel set ups. On the left hand pages, there is room for text (indeed there's a background pattern ready for printing over) but there <I>is</I> no text!
It's clean...nothing. There is no inside text at all, not even the title or any copyright info (except for a 2007 date on the back cover). All the book is is a series of stills from the finished movie...the movie I have on the DVD in the box too.
Don't waste your money on this. At least I can swap my R1 edition for the R2 here and give that away as a Christmas pressie. It'll look nice on the shelf, like Snow White, but there's nothing worth having inside.
What a wasted opportunity!
