WISH [2023] [SteelBook] [Blu-ray] [2023 / 2024] [UK Release] When You WISH Upon A Star, Wondrous Things Might Happen!
In this Walt Disney Pictures animated musical comedy ‘WISH,’ Asha, a sharp-witted idealist in the kingdom of Rosas, makes a powerful wish that’s answered by Star, a ball of boundless energy. Soon, Asha and Star must face a formidable foe — the ruler of Rosas — to save her community and prove that when one brave human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things happen.
FILM FACT No.1: Awards and Nominations: 2023 North Texas Film Critics Association, USA: Nomination: NTFCA Award for Best Animated Film. 2023 Hollywood Music in Media Awards [HMMA]: Nomination: HMMA Award for the Best Original Song in an Animated Film for Julia Michaels, Benjamin Rice, JP Saxe and Ariana DeBose for the Song: “This Wish.” 2023 Phoenix Critics Circle: Nomination: PPC Award for Best Animated Film. 2024 Critics Choice Awards: Nomination: Best Animated Feature. Nomination: Best Song for “Wish.” 2024 Casting Society of America, USA: Nomination: Artois Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Animation Feature for Grace C. Kim. 2024 Golden Globes, USA: Nomination: Best Motion Picture, Animated. 2024 Image Awards [NAACP]: Nomination: Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance in a Motion Picture for Ariana DeBose. Nomination: Image Award for Outstanding Animated Motion Picture. 2024 Visual Effects Society Awards: Nomination: Emerging Technology Award for Brent Burley, Daniel Teece and Brian J. Green for their Dynamic Screen Space Textures for Coherent Stylization. 2024 Black Reel Awards: Nomination: Outstanding Voice Performance for Ariana DeBose. 2024 Alliance of Women Journalists: Nomination: EDA Female Focus Award for Best Animated Female for Ariana DeBose (Asha). 2024 CinEuhoria Awards: Nomination: Best Animated Film in an International Competition for Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn. Nomination: Best Animated Character in an International Competition for the character “Valentino.” 2024 Latino Entertainment Journalist Association Film: Nomination: LEJAF Award: Best Song for Julia Michaels, Benjamin Rice Ariana DeBose for the Song: “This Wish.” Nomination: LEJAF Award: Best Voice or Motion Capture Performance for Ariana DeBose. Nomination: LEJAF Award: Best Animated Feature for Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn. 2024 ReFrame: Win: ReFrame Stamp for the Feature Film ‘WISH.’ 2024 Astra Film Awards: Nomination: Astra Award for Best Voice-Over Performance for Ariana DeBose. 2024 Astra Creative Arts Award: Nomination: Astra Award for Best Original Song for Julia Michaels, Benjamin Rice, JP Saxe and Ariana DeBose for the Song “This Wish.”
FILM FACT No.2: ‘WISH’ is a 2023 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It was directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn in her feature directorial debut from a screenplay by Jennifer Lee and Allison Moore, based on a story conceived by Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, Veerasunthorn, and Moore, and produced by Peter Del Vecho and Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones, with Jennifer Lee and Don Hall serving as executive producers. The art style combines computer animation with the look of traditional animation. Development of ‘WISH’ began in 2018 but was not publicly disclosed until January 2022, when it was revealed that Jennifer Lee was writing an original film at Disney Animation. In September 2022, the project was officially announced, with the title being revealed alongside the involvement of Ariana DeBose and Alan Tudyk. Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn, who had worked with Jennifer Lee on ‘Frozen’ [2013]. ‘WISH’ premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on the 8th November, 2023, and was theatrically released in the United States on the 22nd November, 2023. The film ‘WISH’ received mixed reviews, with praise directed towards the vocal performances, the animation and references to the wider Disney canon, but criticism towards the plot, songs, and screenplay.
Voice Cast: Ariana DeBose (Asha), Chris Pine (King Magnifico), Alan Tudyk (Valentino), Angelique Cabral (Amaya), Victor Garber (Sabino), Natasha Rothwell (Sakina), Jennifer Kumiyama (Dahlia), Harvey Guillén (Gabo), Niko Vargas (Hal), Evan Peters (Simon), Ramy Youssef (Safi), Jon Rudnitsky (Dario), Della Saba (Bazeema), Keone Young (Mountain Climber / Tall Man Tourist / Guard 1), Lucas Sigler (Bunny / Baby Mushroom), Holland Watkins (Mouse / Mountain Climber Wife), Woody Buck (The Stag / Guard 2 / Citizen 5), Efé (Ship Captain / Fan Tourist), Nicole Lynn Evans (Mountain Climber's Wife / Mother Tourist), Heather Matarazzo (Flying Woman), Nasim Pedrad (Sania) and Abraham Sigler (Tourist Boy)
Directors: Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn
Producers: Don Hall, James E. Hasman, Jennifer Lee, Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones p.g.a., and Peter Del Vecho p.g.a.
Screenplay: Allison Moore (screenplay/ story), Jennifer Lee (screenplay/ story), Chris Buck (story), Fawn Veerasunthorn (story), Andrew Rothschild (additional story material) and Carlos López Estrada (additional story material)
Composer: Dave Metzger
Camera and Electrical Department: Gregory Culp (Associate Director of Cinematography: lighting), Rob Dressel (Director of Cinematography: layout) and Thomas Baker (Stereographer)
Animation Department: Abby Boyce (Animator), Adam Green (Animator), Adam Levy (Technical Animation Artist), Alan Yang (Look Development Artist), Albert Rubio Colomer (Animator), Alexander Snow (Animator), Amanda Blettner (Look Development Artist), Andi Nakasone (Layout Artist), Andre Stuppert (Character Technical Director), Andrew Ford (Animation Supervisor), Andrew Jennings (Technical Animation Supervisor), Andrew Lawson (Animator), Avneet Kaur (Head of Characters and Technical Animation), Bernard Lizon (Final Layout), Brendan Baker (Animation Research Library), Bret Bays (Technical Animation Supervisor). Cameron Hicks (Animator), Chad Sellers (Animator), Chatrasal Singh (Animator), Cheryl Davis (Lighting and Compositing Artist), Chris Ure (Story Artist), Cory Rocco Florimonte (Animation Supervisor), Dave Hardin (Animator), David Badgerow (Animator), Dave Hardin (Animator), David Hill (Animator), David Stodolny (Animator), Doug Engalla (Animation Research Library), Dorian Bustamante (Layout Artist), Elena Fazio (Animator), Emily Kalish (Layout Artist), Eric Goldberg (Additional 2d Animation), Eric Provan (Head of Environments), Erik Eulen (Simulation Supervisor), Glen Claybrook (Character Technical Director), Haengsook Oh (Modeller), Jackie Koehler (Animation Supervisor), Jason M. Robinson (Character Rigger), Jennifer Hager (Animation Supervisor), Jennifer Stratton (Look Development Supervisor: Characters), Jessica Bartoshewski (Animator), John Hasbrook (Layout Artist), Jonathan Muller (Animator), Joon Soo Song (Animator), José René Bolaños (Layout Production Assistant), Kathleen Shugrue (Animator), Katie Olson (Animator), Ken Kaiser (Animator), Kennedy Tarrell (Story Artist), Kenny Wong (Animator), Kendra Vander Vliet (Layout Artist), Kevin Lee (Layout Artist), Kevin MacLean (Animator), Kira Lehtomaki (Animation Supervisor), Laura H. Han (Animator), Ling Han (Animator), Malcon Pierce (Animator), Manar Al Tawam (Animator), Mark Henn (Additional 2d Animation), Matt Lee (Layout Artist), Megan Kreiner (Animator), Michael Anthony Navarro (Rigging Supervisor), Michael Stieber (Character Technical Director), Michael Talarico (Layout Finaling Supervisor), Michael Woodside (Animator), Mitchell Jao (Animator), Mitja Rabar (Animator), Morgan Greene (Animator), Naoko Mizutori (Animator), Nara Youn (Animator), Nataliia Alekseieva (Animator), Nathan Dillow (Animator), Nathan Engelhardt (Animator), Nikolaos Makris (Voice Director), Owen Dennis (Additional Animator) (uncredited), Ozan Basaldi (Animator), Pedro Daniel García Pérez (Animator), Philip To (Animator), Rachel R. Bibb (Additional 2d Animation), Randy Haycock (2d Animation), Rebecca Wilson Bresee (Head of Animation), Renato Dos Anjos (Animation Supervisor), Richard Van As (Animator), Rick Moore (Layout Artist), Ricky Renna (Animator), Samar Mingshan Chen (Layout Artist), Sergi Caballer (Character Modelling Supervisor), Stephen Dahler (Animator), Svetla Radivoeva (Animator), Tamara Khalaf (Animation Research Library), Taylor Gessler Lanning (Animator), Teal Owyang (Technical Director), Theresa Adolph (Animator), Tony Bonilla (Animator), Tony Smeed (Animation Supervisor), Tyler Kupferer (Layout Supervisor), Tyler Mahn (Animator), Wayne Unten (Head of Animation), Yaoyao Ma Van As (Animator), Yolanda Cheng (Look Development Artist), Youngjae Choi (Animator) and Zachary Rahman (Animator)
Image Resolution: 1080p (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio: 2.55:1
Audio: English: 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
English: 2.0 Dolby Digital Descriptive Audio
Castilian Española: 5.1 DTS Digital Audio Surround Audio
Catalàn Española: 5.1 DTS Digital Surround Audio
Subtitles: English SDGH, Castilian Española and Catalàn Española
Running Time: 95 minutes
Region: Region Free
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures / Walt Disney Animation Studios / Walt Disney Studios
Andrew’s Blu-ray Review: In the animated ‘WISH’ [2023] we are informed, that once upon a time, there was a young man who believed there was nothing more important than a wish. Not just a wish of course, the one that drives your heart. The one that makes you who you are . . . . . . .
But he also understood just how impossible it can be to make that wish come true . . . . . . . . . .
How easily dreams can be destroyed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
And so he set out to do something about it . . . . . . .
He studied magic of the world tirelessly, and became a mighty sorcerer, able to protect from harm or ill will, any wish given to him. And, for the good and the worthy, even grant that wish . . . . . . . .
The sorcerer didn’t know if the world would want his gift. But he and his loyal wife found the most perfect island deep in the Mediterranean Sea.
And there they built a Kingdom like no other, where anyone, any family, no matter where they came from, were welcome.
In this Disney animated musical-comedy ‘WISH,’ Asha (voiced by Ariana DeBose), who is a sharp-witted idealist in the kingdom of Rosas, makes a powerful wish that’s answered by Star, a ball of boundless energy. Soon, Asha and Star must face a formidable foe — the ruler of Rosas — to save her community and prove that when one brave human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things happen, and here is a more in-depth look at the characters in the animated film ‘WISH’ and they are as follows:
ASHA: She’s driven to do what is right for Rosas, which really kicks in when she learns the king’s real plans for most of the wishes in his possession.
KING MAGNIFICO: He's the most powerful person in the kingdom of Rosas, where wishes really do come true. People come from everywhere to give their wishes to King Magnifico.
VALENTINO: Is a confident and opinionated goat that follows Asha wherever she goes.
STAR: It's a cosmic force — a little ball of boundless energy that inspires people to pursue their deepest wishes.
The animated film ‘WISH’ is co-written by Jennifer Lee, and follows the story of 17-year-old Asha who lives in a land where residents share their greatest wish with King Magnifico (voiced by Chris Pine) in the hope it will come true. However, over the course of an hour and a half, Asha realises she must save her kingdom from the king's sinister purpose of wish gathering and granting.
The animated film ‘WISH’ is set in the magic kingdom of Rosas, a tropical island whose residents lead a life of utopian serenity, though for a reason that’s rather suspect: Every one of them has a wish — the thing they’d want most in the world — but they’ve given their wishes to King Magnifico, the devilishly handsome, outwardly benevolent sorcerer who rules the island, and apparently rules their dreams as well.
A twig with a point of light on it becomes Asha’s magic wand. And all of this will give her what she needs to take on King Magnifico, who becomes a light show all his own when he digs into his book of black magic, which gives him extraordinary power. The animated movie turns into Asha and her cute angelic Star vs. King Magnifico and his green phosphorescent demonic light, with the fate of the island residents — and their wishes — hanging in the balance.
The film’s 17-year-old heroine, Asha is a spunky, sharp-tongued idealist who learned, from her late father, that a wish is something you make upon a star, and then carry around with you. It’s the deepest part of who you are. Asha has applied to be the emperor’s new apprentice, and when she arrives for her interview with King Magnifico, who’s a coiffed goateed smoothie, she wants to impress him. But Asha can’t help but question how the whole “Your wish is mine until I decide to give it back to you” thing works. Her bold stance ticks off King Magnifico, revealing his true nature. He’s a kind leader until his authority is questioned, at which point his inner authoritarian comes out. We’re talking a ruthless corporate overlord crossed with Maleficent, as well as the first Disney villain who looks like he uses serious hair product.
Out on her own, Asha, inspired by her father, makes a wish so powerful that it lights up the night sky and makes every citizen of Rosas glow with warmth. The wish arrives. It is…a star! A glowing yellow one, who darts around like Tinkerbell crossed with a cuddly emoji, throwing off fairy dust and talking in high-pitched cuddly coos. The star’s name is… Star. And though he/she looks like something that could be hanging on a mobile over a baby’s crib, Star’s magic is real. With one quick gesture, all the local animals start talking — one of them, Asha’s three-week-old pet goat, Valentino (voiced by Alan Tudyk), in droll Disney-sidekick absurdities.
In the vein of most classic Disney films, ‘WISH’ transports us to an enchanted kingdom. This one is Rosas, a prosperous city in the Mediterranean ruled by King Magnifico who is no ordinary king. Aside from his star-patterned cloak and a glorious head of salt and pepper hair, King Magnifico is a powerful sorcerer who is able to grant anyone's deepest desire. However, like with all magic, this wish-granting comes with a catch.
With her headstrong idealism and genuine care for everyone around her, Asha makes for a wonderful addition to the Disney princess canon. The strategy behind the animated film ‘WISH’ seems to be: If we do homage to enchantment, the audience will be enchanted. True magic, however, it can’t be recycled.
Of course, from the moment the first cartoon princess in 1937 debuted on our screens, Disney knew it had created a winning formula, and almost 100 years later these timeless tales and enchanting characters still captivate the minds of the audience.
The animated film ‘WISH’ has been released in the year Disney celebrates its centenary. In October 1923, Walt Disney and his brother Roy Disney officially founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio.
In a nod to Disney's past and present, ‘WISH’ combines modern-day 3D computer animation with Disney's older watercolour animation. The latter is mostly used in background art, bringing lush forests and soaring castle rooms to life. 3D animation comes into play more for character art, as well as the luminescent bubbles that hold everyone's wishes.
Here is a point of interest, “When You Wish Upon a Star” is one of those songs, like “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” that’s bigger than a song. It was first heard, of course, in the 1940 Walt Disney animated classic ‘Pinocchio,’ where it was sung by Jiminy Cricket. Disney made it the company theme song in the ’50s, and since the early 1980’s it has been featured in the studio’s motion-picture logo. “When You Wish Upon a Star” is more than an anthem — it’s a totem of corporate magic, a statement of everything the company represents and holds so dear to our hearts.
WISH MUSIC TRACK LIST
WELCOME TO ROSAS (Music by Julia Michaels and Benjamin Rice) (Lyrics by Julia Michaels) [Performed by Ariana DeBose and Cast]
AT ALL COSTS (Music by Julia Michaels and Benjamin Rice) (Lyrics by Julia Michaels) [Performed by Chris Pine and Ariana DeBose]
THIS WISH (Music by Julia Michaels, Benjamin Rice, and JP Saxe) (Lyrics by Julia Michaels) [Performed by Ariana DeBose]
I’M A STAR (Music by Julia Michaels and Benjamin Rice) (Lyrics by Julia Michaels) [Performed by the Cast]
THIS IS THE THANKS I GET? (Music by Julia Michaels and Benjamin Rice) (Lyrics by Julia Michaels [Performed by Chris Pine]
KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW (Music by Julia Michaels and Benjamin Rice) (Lyrics by Julia Michaels) [Performed by Ariana DeBose, Angelique Cabral, Niko Vargas, Harvey Guillén, Jennifer Kumiyama, Jon Rudnitsky, Della Saba, Ramy Youssef, and Cast]
THIS WISH (Reprise) Music by Julia Michaels, Benjamin Rice, and JP Saxe) (Lyrics by Julia Michaels) [Performed by Ariana DeBose, Jennifer Kumiyama, Angelique Cabral, Natasha Rothwell, Victor Garber, Harvey Guillén, Jon Rudnitsky, Della Saba, Niko Vargas, Ramy Youssef, and Cast]
A WISH WORTH MAKING (Music by Julia Michaels and Benjamin Rice) (Lyrics by Julia Michaels) [Performed by Julia Michaels]
WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR (Music by Leigh Harline) (Lyrics by Ned Washington)
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Blu-ray Image Quality – Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Studios present us this amazing animated film ‘WISH’ and truly has a 1080p sparkle and of course it is presented in the 2.55:1 aspect ratio which of course is in a very widescreen aspect ratio, so yes, your black bars are bigger than normal. The overall picture quality is on par with the best animated presentations on the Blu-ray format, with bright colours and deep blacks. Gorgeous through and through and the HDR Highlights are blindingly bright at times. Animation can sometimes be a mixed bag with foreground and background, but Wish is faithful to the digital source. The charm of the film and animation is that it carries an old school feel that is very pleasing to the eye. Crowds and interiors are drawn with a lot of thought going into how they’ll look in and out of focus. Everything looks like singular perfection to my eyes! Colours come alive throughout the animated film, and the colours tend to lean towards cool blues and bright greens and they look fabulous on this Blu-ray disc. Overall, it is a wonderful clean image.
Blu-ray Audio Quality – Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Studios brings us this amazing animated film ‘WISH’ with a 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio experience. Surround channels also highlight what the height channels do, but they don’t move around the room as much as the heights do. They stay in their place and they deliver exactly how they should sound, which is another shining highlight of this a great audio mix. The dialogue reproduction gives us a really excellent dialogue performance throughout the animated film ‘WISH.’ On top of all that, the bass notes helps lift the songs, giving them weight and bounce. It’s not particularly special or notable, but a mild accentuation.
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Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:
Special Feature: Sing Along With The Movie ‘WISH’ [2023] [1080p] [2.55:1] [95:02] With this featurette, while watching the Disney animated film ‘WISH’ you can sing-a-long with all of the wonderful magical songs at the same time with the voice cast, because you get to view the exact yellow words that appear at the bottom of the screen over the black background below the 2.55:1 aspect ratio of the film, and I hope you find it a wonderful enjoyable magical experience and here are the songs you get to sing-a-along with the voice cast: WELCOME TO ROSAS; AT ALL COSTS; THIS WISH; I’M A STAR; THIS IS THE THANKS I GET?; KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW; THIS WISH (Reprise) and A WISH WORTH MAKING.
Special Feature: Once Upon A Studio [2023] [1080p] [2.55:1] [8:48] With this featurette, we get to view the Roy E. Disney Animation Building that is the current home of Walt Disney Animation Studios, which sits to the south across Riverside Drive where the magical dreams have been produced in that building, and we get to see the beloved Walt Disney cartoon characters from the Disney Animation's 100 Years come together for an unforgettable reunion that run amok throughout the building and eventually all gather outside in front of the building and they all get to sing the magical famous and iconic song When You Wish Upon a Star and it is an absolutely lovely homage to the incredible 100 year Disney animated legacy. At the end of the featurette, it signs off with a wonderful Disney quote “To all who have imagined with us, laugh with us, and dreamed with us, Thank You.” They also dedicate this short featurette for their pal Burny Mattinson and his 70 years of legendary storytelling at the Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Special Feature: 100 years in the Making: The Story of ‘WISH’ [2023] [1080p] [1.78:1 / 2.55:1] [100:14] With this featurette, we get to view the inside story of the making of the animated film ‘WISH’ and it features Nine separate special featurettes and you have a choice if either watching them separately or watching them in one long featurette and they are as follows: What Makes Disney, Disney; The ‘WISH’ Equation; Looking Backward To Go Forward; Where Dreams and Reality Collide; Asha Means ‘WISH;’ The Return of the Disney Villain; Star Is Born; Those Who Stand Beside Me and When Wishes Come True. As an added bonus, we get lots of clips from very iconic Disney animation characters that have been produced by the Walt Disney Studios over a 100 year period. At the end of this featurette, we get to hear a very rare audio recording of prophetic words said by the forward thinking Walt Disney, where he says, “But there is really no secret about our approach, we keep moving forward, opening up new doors, doing new things because we are curious. When we consider a new project, we have confidence in our ability to do it right, and we work hard to do the best possible job.” Contributors include: Fawn Veerasunthorn [Director], Juan Pablo Reyes Lancaster-Jones [Film Producer], Jennifer Lee [Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios], Chris Buck [American Film Director and Animator], Peter Del Vecho [American Film Producer], Jacqueline Koehler [Animation Supervisor], Jennifer Hager [Animation Supervisor], Wayne Unten [Head of Animation], Rebecca Wilson Bresee [Head of Animation], Renato Dos Anjos [Animation Supervisor], Andrew Ford [Animation Supervisor], Kira Lehtomaki [Animation Supervisor], Mark Kennedy [Head of Story], Allison Moore [Writer], Tom Caulfield [Storyboard Artist], Erin V. Ramos [Head of Visual Effects Animation], Rob Dressel [Director of Cinematography, Layout], Avneet Kaur [Head of Character and Technical Animation], Adolph Lusinsky [Director of Cinematography, Lighting], Eric Provan [Head of Environments], Michael Giaimo [Art Director and Production Designer], Lisa Keene [Artist and Production Designer], Bill Schwab [Art Director pf Characters], Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay [Associate Production Designer], Dan Lund [Visual Effects Designer], David Womersley [Art Director Environments], Tony Smeed [Animation Supervisor], Dave Metzger [American Composer and Conductor], Julia Michaels [American Singer-Songwriter], Benjamin Rice [American Record Producer, Sound Engineer, Mixer, Songwriter and Musician], Dale Mayeda [Head of Effects Animation], Fox Carney [Manager of Research] and Kyle Odermatt [Head of Visual Effects Animation].
Special Feature: ‘WISH’ D-classified [2023] [1080p] [2.55:1] [1.78:1] [1.37:1] [6:27] With this featurette, we get to hear this audio presenter, who informs us that in the celebration of Disney’s 100 anniversary, and pay homage to Walt Disney Animation Studio long lasting legacy, the filmmakers and artists who created ‘WISH,’ that filled the movie with unique references and nods to other Disney animated films created over the last century, while some of these unique Disney animated film references you may have seen watching throughout the animated movie ‘WISH’ the first time round and some of the unique Disney animated film references might be a little tricky to identify and the audio presenter starts to reveal the unique Disney animated film references throughout this featurette and of course will have to watch this featurette to find out what the unique Disney animated film references are, and the audio presenter welcomes us to the ‘WISH’ D-classified, and as we come to the end of this unique featurette, the audio presenter says, “so the next time you watch the animated movie ‘WISH,’ see if you can find the other unique Disney animated film references and nods in the animated movie ‘WISH,’ and thanks for joining e, and see you real soon,” and at that point this unique featurette come to an end.
Special Feature: ‘WISH’ Outtakes [2023] [1080p] [1.78:1] [2.55:1] [2:44] With this featurette, step inside the recording booth studio and witness the voice cast being totally ridiculous and totally foolish in the recording booth studio and to me I feel this featurette was a complete waste of time.
Special Feature: ‘WISH’ Deleted Song [2023] [1080p] [2:55.1] [2:54] With this featurette, we get to view the deleted song “A Wish Worth Making” plus an introduction by Chris Buck [Director] and Fawn Veerasunthorn [Director] who introduce this poignant song sung by Saba Sabino expressing what it’s like to be reunited with your one true wish. But of course Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn informs us in detail why they felt the song was not really quite suitable to be featured in the animate movie ‘WISH’ and what we get to view is the song sung by Victor Garber as it would have been seen if it had been excepted to appear in the animate movie ‘WISH,’ but Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn informs us that you actually get to hear the song sung by Victor Garber when the end credits appear and Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn hope you enjoy what you view.
Special Feature: ‘WISH’ Deleted Scenes – with introduction by Head of Story Mark Kennedy [2023] [1080p] [1,78:1] [2:55.1] [22:02] With this featurette, we get to meet Mark Kennedy and explains in great detail why these exclusive five deleted scenes did not make it into the animated film ‘WISH’ and the five deleted scenes we get to view are as follows: Magnifico’s Secret; The Wishing Tree; To Rosas; Finding Flazino and Valentino Is A Star.
Special Feature: ‘WISH’ Song Selection [2023] [1080p] [2:55.1] [21:23] With this featurette, while watching the animated movie ‘WISH’ and you get certain selected wonderful magical songs happen, because below the 2.55:1 aspect ratio screen you get to view the exact joyful words of the songs in yellow in the black section of the screen so that you can sing-a-long with the voice cast at the same time and I hope you find it a wonderful enjoyable magical experience and d here is what you get to sing along with the voice cast: WELCOME TO ROSAS; AT ALL COSTS; THIS WISH; I’M A STAR; THIS IS THE THANKS I GET?; KNOWING WHAT I KNOW NOW and THIS WISH (Reprise). As an added bonus, you can either sing along with each song separately or alternatively you can Play All the songs in one session, and on top of all that, at the bottom of the 2.55:1 aspect ratio of the animated film, you get to view the yellow words that appear on the black part of the screen, and I hope you enjoy this wonderful and magical moment featurette.
Finally, 100 years of Walt Disney Studios, where the magic of the past has not diminished. ‘WISH’ is a nice animated film, and it is a fine magical animated film, and it has its moments. ‘WISH’ is a heartfelt celebration of the magic of the Walt Disney Studios, and is a joyful new entry to the Walt Disney Studios animated film legacy, and now the whole family can enjoy watching this wonderful magical animated film ‘WISH’ at tour pleasure in your home. Disney fans can also enjoy a sing-along movie session, never-before-seen bonus features and deleted scenes. But with the Blu-ray release of ‘WISH’ the animated film looks really lovely and really worth checking it out, and it was also a very entertaining animated film and is a very technically solid Blu-ray disc that is well worth purchasing. ‘WISH’ is also a very heart-warming and magical story; on top of all that ‘WISH’ has been described as “Wondrous” (Film/TV reporter Sabina Graves, Gizmodo), Enchanting” (Film Editor Kristen Lopez, The Wrap) and “more than a film, it’s a love letter to the art of dreaming and the power of hope” (Kevin Fenix, Managing Editor at The Illuminerdi). Highly Recommended!
Andrew C. Miller – Your Ultimate No.1 Film Aficionado
Le Cinema Paradiso
United Kingdom
