Monday, October 5, 2009

DVD News: WALT DISNEY TREASURES - ZORRO SEASONS 1 & 2 on DVD 11/3!



A Classic Television Show Makes its Digitally Restored DVD Debut in Its Original Black & White Presentation as Part of the Celebrated

Walt Disney Treasures
WAVE IX
Zorro: The First Complete Season
Zorro: The Second Complete Season

*Six-Disc DVD Sets *A Collectible Black Tin *Introduction from Leonard Maltin
*An Exclusive Zorro pin *Collectible Lithograph *Numbered Authenticity Certificate
Available in Limited Quantity on November 3, 2009



Walt Disney Home Entertainment is proud to release Zorro, one of the most popular television shows in history on DVD November 3, 2009. The latest addition to the celebrated Walt Disney Treasures, Zorro, makes its fully restored black & white DVD debut. All 78 episodes of the timeless classic will be included on two new six-disc sets--making up the ninth installment of the popular Walt Disney Treasures, and for the first time, will be housed in collectible black, numbered unique tin cases.

From 1957 to 1959, Disney’s Zorro was one of the most popular series on television starring Guy Williams, Henry Calvin, and Gene Sheldon. The show helped transform the literary character Don Diego de la Vega into
the ultimate iconic, beloved swashbuckling masked hero of the time. The adventures of Zorro and his trusty steed Tornado have captivated audiences since their inception, gaining new audiences when it was re-aired on the Disney Channel in 1983 and re-colorizing the episodes in the 1990s. After the series conclusion, the Zorro adventures lived on from 1960 to 1961 on Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color in the form of a four-episode anthology series of hour-long Zorro specials, all of which are also included in Walt Disney Treasures Wave IX.

Both debut Walt Disney Treasures sets are hosted by noted film historian, author and critic Leonard Maltin. Each limited edition, individually numbered volume includes a Zorro pin, an authenticity certificate, exclusive lithograph and comes in a unique, collectible black tin.

BONUS MATERIAL
Zorro: The Complete First Season
Zorro: El Bandido – Part 1 of a 2-part story shown as a 1-hour-special on the Disneyland television
show (original air date: October 30, 1960)
Zorro: Adios El Cuchillo - Part 2 of a 2-part story shown as a 1-hour-special on the Disneyland
television show (original air date: November 6, 1960)
Zorro: The Complete Second Season
Zorro: The Postponed Wedding – A 1-hour special that originally aired on the Disneyland television
show (original air date: January 1, 1961)
Zorro: Auld Acquaintance – A 1-hour special that originally aired on the Disneyland television show
(original air date: April 2, 1961)

Walt Disney Treasures Wave IX November 3, 2009
Direct Prebook: September 8, 2009
Prebook: September 22, 2009
Suggested Retail Price (each): U.S. $59.99, Canada $79.99

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