How the Grinch Stole Christmas [Deluxe Edition] [2 Discs] [Blu-ray]

Overview

This made-for-TV Christmas special is a classic. Based on a Dr. Seuss book, it is about a Christmas-hating Grinch who wants to make everyone as miserable on Christmas as he is. The poor, small-hearted Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas through the loving Whos in Whoville.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/06/2009
UPC:	0883929075751
Original Release:	1966
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	0:26:00
Sales rank:	16,762

Special Features

Making animation and bringing it to life commentary with animator Phil Roman and June Rary, the voice of Cindy Lou Who ; Featurette Dr. Seuss and the Grinch - from Whoville to Hollywood: a rapping, rhyming chronicle of the original book and this beloved animated adaptation; Songs in the Key of Grinch interviews with composer Albert Hague and vocalist Thurl Ravenscroft; Who's Who in Whoville biography gallery ; Grinch song selections: Go right to your favorite songs ; TNT's How the Grinch Stole Christmas Special edition featurette with Phil Hartman; Grinch pencil test

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Boris Karloff	Narrator/The Grinch,Narrator
June Foray	Cindy Lou Who
Thurl Ravenscroft	Voices
Dal McKennon	Actor
Eugene Poddany	Conductor
Albert Hague	Composer
Dr. Seuss	Composer

Technical Credits

Chuck Jones	Director,Producer
Ben Washam	Director
Dr. Seuss	Producer

Editorial Reviews

For generations of children, Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the Grinch -- the annual viewing of this animated favorite, based on Dr. Seuss's children's book and narrated in inimitable style by Boris Karloff, has become as much a part of the holidays as trimming the tree. The grumpy old Grinch, an anti-Santa with "a heart two sizes too small," decides to steal Christmas from the cheerful little inhabitants of Whoville, but discovers to his surprise that to the Whos, Christmas means more than just presents and holiday trappings. Also included is Horton Hears a Who, in which Horton the elephant champions tolerance when he defends Whoville, the tiny, alternative universe he finds inside a daisy. Bringing Dr. Seuss's singular images to animated life is no mean feat. But Chuck Jones, animator of such cartoon legends as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and the Road Runner, renders Dr. Seuss's eye-catching, tongue-twisting stories perfectly, creating a pair of animated classics with the visual and thematic depth to endure many joyful annual visits from children and adults alike.