It must have been surreal to go to work at Walt Disney Pictures in 1941, with the world at war outside the studio, while inside animators were working on a gentle animated movie about a baby deer.

The Platinum ... first Platinum Edition to be released on Blu-ray as well. When it was released in 1959, Sleeping Beauty was not a tremendous hit and nearly bankrupted the Disney studio.

While IGN's own Todd Gilchrist has jet off to London this week for a special sneak preview of Disney's Peter Pan: Platinum Edition DVD release (tough life there, Todd!), enjoy the following ...

Dalmatians' day; High-def 'Prison'; Busy '08 for Fox ; Marticorena upped By Empty, The Associated Press ‘Dalmatians’ day The next Disney animated film to get the Platinum Edition DVD treatment ...

The double-disc set is the second of Disney's now-annual "buy me for Christmas" Platinum Editions ... have become standard DVD fare. Then, halfway through the special-edition commentary track ...