The Tom and Jerry Deluxe Anniversary Collection is a two-disc DVD set, released byWarner Home Video.
2010 marked the 70th anniversary of the release of the firstTom and Jerry cartoon,Puss Gets the Boot. To mark the occasion, Warner Home Video released a new DVD featuring 30 shorts.
It was released in the UK on the June 1, 2010 and in the US on June 22, 2010.
All of Disc One have been released on previousTom and Jerry DVDs, especially the three previousSpotlight Collection and the sixClassic Collection volumes.
All cartoons were previously released on theTom and Jerry Spotlight Collection, and theTom and Jerry Classic Collection DVD sets.
1 denotes cartoons in the standard Academy ratio presented in remastered versions, as seen on the spotlight DVDs.2 denotes cartoons presented edited.3 denotes Widescreen/CinemaScope cartoons presented cropped to fullscreen.4 denotes cartoons presented in theCinemaScope aspect ratio using a non-anamorphicletterbox widescreen transfer.5 denotes cartoons who won anAcademy Award.
Much ado about Tom and Jerry (an 18-minute documentary about the history of Tom and Jerry)
Trailers (Not on theregion 2 version)
Gene Deitch'sDicky Moe (1962) is prominently featured on a Disc 1 menu screen, but is not available on the set.
Just as they were on the original release of the Spotlight Collection, Vol. 1, the shortsThe Milky Waif andThe Little Orphan have been edited to remove scenes where characters are seen inblackface. Likewise, as it had at one time been on Vol. 2, the shortThe Lonesome Mouse has redubbed dialogue to remove the stereotypical dialect of the African-American maid (Mammy Two Shoes).
1 denotes cartoons with their opening titles cut.2 denotes cartoons that are new to DVD.
The Mansion Cat (2001) is prominently featured on a Disc 2 menu screen but is not available on the set.
As well asCosmic Cat and Meteor Mouse, the premiere episode ofThe Tom & Jerry Show has been released as part of Warner Home Video'sSaturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s Volume 2 on October 27, 2009; it marked the first home video release of the 1975 made-for-TV version ofTom and Jerry.
The Chuck Jones cartoons are the widescreen restored versions fromthe Chuck Jones Collection.
DVD Talk was critical of the compilation and stated, "The quality of these shorts rapidly diminish once we move out of the Chuck Jones era and into the TV era. The most recent selection, "A Game of Mouse and Cat," is a little better than the '70s and '80s junk, but not by much. (And the less said about "Flippin' Fido," in which the characters are turned into kindergarteners, the better.) Anyone buying theDeluxe Anniversary Collection just for these "new" releases will be sorely disappointed in their purchase."[1] Another extensive and negative review, in Animated Views, concluded, "Poor old Tom & Jerry get it again: there’s just not much to recommend this collection for. A mishmash selection of cartoons that, while bringing together the pair’s seven Oscar wins, misses out many more true classics and notable titles, re-uses the same old prints (some still interlaced), and messes up the screen ratios on the widescreen theatrical offerings."[2] A review for Comics Worth Reading was also negative.[3] However, The Other View called the DVD set a must-have.[4]
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