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DISNEY’S FRIGHTFULLY FUN FEATURE ON DVD AND VHS ON APRIL 20 THE HAUNTED MANSION DVD INCLUDES A FULL SLATE OF BONUS FEATURES… EXPLORED THEM IF YOU DARE! BURBANK, Calif., March 30, 2004 – Disney’s THE HAUNTED MANSION, starring Eddie Murphy, is waiting to welcome you… on Disney DVD and VHS on April 20 from Walt Disney Home Entertainment. An action-packed adventure filled with spectacular spirits and cool special effects, THE HAUNTED MANSION on DVD now includes a whole slew of bonus features that take viewers inside and behind the scenes of this hit feature film. On DVD fans can sneak around the mansion on a virtual ride, check out how ghosts and zombies are made, see a special deleted scene, watch Raven’s "Superstition" music video, play with hours of DVD-Rom content, and lots more! (Please see attached for DVD details). THE HAUNTED MANSION is available separately in both fullscreen and widescreen versions - from the Studio that brought you "Pirates of the Caribbean." THE HAUNTED MANSION is produced by Don Hahn and directed by Rob Minkoff, creators of "The Lion King." The film features stunning special effects and make-up design by six-time Academy Award® winner* Rick Baker ("Men In Black," "The Nutty Professor," "How The Grinch Stole Christmas"), and sets by Oscar®-winning production designer John Myhre (Winner Best Art Direction "Chicago," 2002). Screenplay by David Berenbaum. Executive Producers Barry Bernardi, Rob Minkoff. Produced by Don Hahn, Andrew Gunn. DVD S.R.P.: $29.99. VHS S.R.P.: $24.99. DVD BONUS MATERIALS FOR THE HAUNTED MANSION • •
• • Welcome, foolish mortals. Come inside and let Emma and Ezra give you the grand tour! As you ride along in your own scary movie, beware of the ghosts and goblins that you’ll see, hear, and almost feel flying around in 5.1 Surround Sound. Discover secret rooms and explore the Graveyard and Mausoleum from a spooky
perspective like never before, if you dare! • In this featurette you will see how the filmmakers brought The Haunted Mansion to life. Go behind-the-scenes with Producer Don Hahn, Director Rob Minkoff, Special Make-Up Effects wizard Rick Baker, Visual Effects Supervisor Jay Redd, and Production Designer John Myhre. You will discover "Rick Baker’s Zombie School Secrets Revealed," where
Rick Baker and Costume Designer Mona May reveal how to make real people look like scary zombies. Then, in "Visual Secrets Revealed," you’ll learn how the film’s amazing computer effects – such as Madame Leota’s floating head and the spinning room – are created. Jay Redd and Visual Effects Producer Lynda Thompson display the digital tools needed to do the job. Finally, find out from John Myhre how miniature models of the Mansion were created, how a miniature tour was envisioned, and then how the real-life sets
were built. THE HAUNTED MANSION/Page Three • Come visit the set of ‘The Haunted Mansion’ as the filmmakers show you how to make a scene with ghosts, graves and real-life actors. Here you’ll find how to create real-life ghosts and how ghost make-up is applied. You’ll see how motion control photography, matte painting, blue screen
photography and steady cam work all come together to make movie magic. • With Producer Don Hahn, Visual Effects Supervisor Jay Redd and Writer David Berenbaum • With Director Rob Minkoff and Costume Designer Mona May
• The History Of The Haunted Mansion Attraction Morphing Ghost Host Maker: Import your digital photo into the Effects Studio and become a Hitchhiking Ghost, a Zombie, a Singing Bust or
Ramsey himself. You can save your ghostly masterpiece or e-mail it to friends along with a custom quotation. You can also turn your portraits into animated desktops and screensavers! Photo Galleries Desktop Themes/Wallpaper/Screensavers
Enhanced Virtual Mansion Tour THE HAUNTED MANSION/Page Four
STREET DATE: April 20, 2004 Suggested retail price: $29.99 (DVD). $24.99 (VHS). Feature running time: Approximately 88 minutes Rated: "PG" For Frightening Images, Thematic Elements And Language. Bonus materials unrated. DVD aspect ratio: Widescreen version 2.35:1 formatted 16x9 or separate Fullscreen version 1.33:1 formatted 4x3 DVD Sound: Dolby® Digital 5.1 Surround Sound THX Certified French language track: Available on DVD Spanish language
track: Available on DVD Spanish subtitles: Available on DVD THE HAUNTED MANSION Professor mansion owner Edward Gracey (Nathaniel Parker, " is looking to sell his property and Jim, smelling the biggest deal of their career, takes his wife Sara (Marsha Thomason, " located on a remote bayou. THE HAUNTED MANSION/Page Five A torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands the Evers family in the old mansion with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler Ramsley (Terence
Stamp, "The Limey"), and a variety of residents both seen and unseen. At first, Jim scoffs at Gracey’s stories about ghosts and hauntings, until he unearths the mystery of the mansion and finds that his wife Sara has unexpected connections to its haunted past. Shrouded in fog and mystery, the mansion was once a stately antebellum palace that hosted New Orleans’ wealthiest. Now it’s the creepy and crumbling home to a love struck 19th century gentleman, 999 ghosts, and a hilarious and hair-raising battle for
"home rule." THE HAUNTED MANSION also stars Wallace Shawn ("Toy Story"), Jennifer Tilly ("Monsters, Inc.," "Home On The Range"), Dina Walters (TV’s "Six Feet Under Walt Disney Home Entertainment is distributed by Buena Vista Home
Entertainment, Inc., a recognized industry leader. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. is the marketing, sales and distribution company for Walt Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax, Dimension and Buena Vista videocassettes and DVDs. * Winner, Best Make Up Professor" (1996), "Ed Wood" (1994), "Harry And The Hendersons" (1987), "An
American Werewolf In London" (1981). © Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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