Every Picture Tells a Story...One-Night-Only Gallery Event Celebrating Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition Blu-ray(TM) and DVD

Every Picture Tells a Story...One-Night-Only Gallery Event Celebrating Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition Blu-ray(TM) and DVD

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Rare Showing of Original Pinocchio Art and New 'Disney View' Panels Painted for the Blu-ray Widescreen Format by Animation Artist Toby Bluth

 LOS ANGELES, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --    WHO:     Toby Bluth, Disney animation artist    WHAT:    See rare original Pinocchio artwork from the Disney Animation            Research Library in a gallery setting in honor of the March            10th Blu-ray and DVD release of Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary            Platinum Edition.  This live glimpse of the timeless art is            a one-night-only occasion because of the delicate condition            of the artwork.  The original art housed and protected in the            Animation Research Library which is not open to the public,            is rarely available for public viewing.             Be the first to see a display of the newly created 'Disney            View' panels featured on the Pinocchio Blu-ray and meet panel            artist Toby Bluth.             Pinocchio, Walt Disney's second animated feature, debuted 70            years ago with vibrant hand drawn animation, universally            loved music like the Academy Award(R) winning original song            "When You Wish Upon a Star," and a touching story that made            it an instant classic. Introducing audiences to the magical            favorites of Pinocchio, Geppetto the puppet maker and the Blue            Fairy, Pinocchio also marks the screen debut of a character            who became one of Disney's signatures: the fast-talking,            wisecracking Jiminy Cricket.             Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition will be released            on Blu-ray and DVD March 10, 2009 from Walt Disney Studios            Home Entertainment.     WHEN:    Wednesday, March 4, 2009   WHERE: Every Picture Tells a Story...            6:00PM-9:00PM                     1311-C Montana Ave            YOUR COVERAGE IS INVITED -        Santa Monica, CA 90403                         ADVANCE CREDENTIALS REQUIRED  

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