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Peter Pan: Disney Characters
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The copyright status of Peter Pan varies from one jurisdiction to another, and is disputed in at least one of them. The question is complicated somewhat by the various versions in which the story has been published. For example, elements introduced in the earliest versions of the story by Barrie may be in public domain in a given jurisdiction, but elements introduced in later editions or adaptations might not. For example, Disney holds the copyright for the character designs, songs, etc. introduced in the 1953 animated film, but not for the characters themselves.
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Peter Pan appears in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.37:1 on this single-sided, single-layered DVD; the image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions. Although it's not perfect, this picture offers yet another terrific image for a Disney animated film.
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(Of partiicular note: The Walt Disney Company unsuccessfully attempted to sue Fox in preventing this show to be made, claiming the Peter Pan story, which they made into a movie in 1953, as their intellectual property. Disney filed a similar suit in 1987 trying to prevent Fillmation\'s Pinocchio And The Emperor Of The Night theatrical feature from being released.)
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Walt Disney first planned to do Peter Pan in 1935. By 1939 he had discussed the copyright with the Great Ormond Street Hospital, and began production in 1949. Since it’s release in 1953 the film has been released over and over again in cinemas, and was released on video in 1990, and later on DVD format.
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The character's name comes from two sources: Peter Llewelyn Davies, one of the boys, and Pan, the mischievous Greek god of the woodlands. Mrs. Llewelyn Davies' death from cancer came within a few years after the death of her husband. Barrie was named as co-guardian of the boys and unofficially adopted them.
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The standards for Disney DVD were quite a bit lower when the Peter Pan: Special Edition was released in early 2002 than they are today. That reissue offered a significant improvement over the Limited Issue and was generally received as rather impressive. In the current Platinum era...
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