While it's not the Golden Collection Volume 2, it's still good news if you're fond of the Gene Deitch shorts (like me) or wanting to finally complete your collection"
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TOM AND JERRY:
THE GENE DEITCH COLLECTION

ON DVD JUNE 2, 2015

Release Includes 13 Re-mastered Theatrical
Shorts and All-New Bonus Content



BURBANK, CA (February 5, 2015) - The work of popular animator Gene Deitch is the focus of Tom and Jerry: The Gene Deitch Collection, available on DVD June 2, 2015 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE). This compilation will present viewers with 13 fully re-mastered theatrical shorts, produced by Deitch, plus brand-new bonus features. It's a release that collectors of classic animation, won't want to miss! Tom and Jerry: The Gene Deitch Collection will retail for $26.99 SRP.

For decades, that tussling twosome Tom and Jerry have chased their way into the funny bones and hearts of moviegoers and television viewers in a variety of unforgettable cartoons. In the 1960s, acclaimed animation director Deitch, was selected to bring a new set of Tom and Jerry shorts to life. Adding his own distinctive style to the famous cartoon, Deitch worked with William L. Snyder's Prague-based animation studio, Rembrandt Films, to create 13 memorable shorts. This entertaining collection from WBHE brings Deitch's fun-filled cartoons together for the first time on DVD, completely re-mastered.

Tom and Jerry: The Gene Deitch Collection will include two bonus features: "Tom and Jerry...and Gene: The Rembrant Years" as well as "Much Ado About Tom and Jerry."

"Over the years, there have been many artists who have put their own unique touch on Tom and Jerry cartoons. This collection recognizes the work of long-time animator Gene Deitch, who directed over a dozen shorts," commented Mary Ellen Thomas, Vice President of Family and Animation Marketing. She added, "We're delighted to bring these beautifully remastered shorts to collectors. If you are a fan of classic Tom and Jerry shorts or just love animation, this is a must-own DVD for your home entertainment library."

Originally created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Tom and Jerry centers on the never-ending rivalry between Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse. The plots of each short usually center on Tom's attempts to capture Jerry. Jerry however, is clever and quick on his feet so Tom hardly ever manages to catch him. The original series is notable for having won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoon seven times. Academy Award(s) & Oscar(s) are registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Featured Shorts: 1.Switchin' Kitten
2.Down and Outing
3.It's Greek to Me-ow!
4.High Steaks
5.Mouse Into Space
6.Landing Stripling
7.Calypso Cat
8.Dicky Moe
9.The Tom & Jerry Cartoon Kit
10.Tall in the Trap
11.Sorry Safari
12.Buddies Thicker Than Water
13.Carmen Get It!

Enhanced Content: •Tom and Jerry...and Gene: The Rembrandt Years
•Much Ado About Tom and Jerry

About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, producing and developing both CG and traditionally animated projects for multiple platforms, both domestically and internationally. For TV, WBA produces series such as Teen Titans Go!, The Tom and Jerry Show and the upcoming Be Cool Scooby-Doo! and Wabbit - A Looney Tunes Production for Cartoon Network as well as Mike Tyson Mysteries for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. As the home of the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA also produces highly successful animated films - including the DC Universe Animated Original Movies - for DVD. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has won six Academy Awards, 35 Emmy Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents' Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).

About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution and interactive entertainment businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees, as well as directly to consumers through WBShop.com and WB Ultra."

Whoa.

This is definitely not the release I was expecting. Love how the cover reproduced the designs accurately, though!

I would have preferred that these cartoons show up on the Golden Collections, most likely divided between Volumes 3 and 4; then we'd have these on Blu-ray! Sadly, that seems out of the question at this point.

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Yahhhhooooooo! 😃

Didn't see this one coming.

I don't know about getting this one though, seeing that it dares to make light of animal cruelty.

I don't like these cartoons. (No offense to Gene Deitch.) However, I still plan on adding this to my collection, because I am a bit of a cartoon completist especially when it comes to the MGM shorts.

Dicky Moe! Dicky Moe!!!!!!!!!

I don't like these cartoons either.

Maybe I'll get this for kicks. After all, I've already got many of the Rudy Larriva Road Runner cartoons on DVD, and I find those to be the Looney Tunes equivalent to Gene Deitch's "Tom and Jerry" shorts.

Though I do wish those cartoons said "ENDUT! HOCH HECH!" at the end of them! XD

Not worth it for me, because I find these cartoons to be boring and not as good as the original Hanna and Barbera, and Chuck Jones directed Tom & Jerry cartoons.

I've never seen these. Do you compare them Larriva-era Looney Tunes because of cheap animation, weak writing, or both? Thanks.

It's more because both Gene Deitch's Tom and Jerrys and the Larriva Road-Runners tend to be downright bizarre; the very feeling you get from those cartoons can be truly unsettling.

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Yup, that's it! I remember in 2011, I saw "Highway Runnery" on Cartoon Network, the first time I've seen a Larriva Road Runner cartoon in years, and I found it to be rather ominous and unsettling compared to the Chuck Jones classics.

Yet, those are still shown from time to time on CN's Looney Tunes block, AND the Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry shorts are still played on a semi-regular basis on CN as well!

Wha'? Is this for real?! Sure there could be a market for the Gene Deitch Tom and Jerrys, but this is from a company that holds the rights to much, much, much more highly sought after cartoons. The mind boggles.

It's all about branding, and Tom & Jerry are one of the major "brands." That's cool though, however they get out, they get out.

Maybe the 1975 Hanna-Barbera made-for-TV Tom & Jerrys will follow, and the blurb can talk about how H&B were back at the helm. I'd like to see those as well as the Filmation ones. (I know they're not very good, but just goes to show how sometimes, having seen something as a kid will create a fondness that stays with you.)

By the way -- when Channel 32 in Chicago started running Tom & Jerry in 1978, the very first one they aired was "Calypso Cat." Way to kick things off![tom] [jerry]

It's sad that Gene Deitch's reputation is shot because of these Tom and Jerrys
They are not bad by all means
The best ones are
- Carmen Get It
- The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit
- Dicky Moe
- Switchin' Kitten
- High Steaks

The only Gene Deitch T&J cartoon I believe is half-decent is Carmen Get It. In my opinion, it's the closest Deitch has gotten to the classic T&J humor. Also, I'm a sucker for cartoons that focus on classical music as its subject.

One thing that bothers me about these cartoons are the eery sound effects and awkward sound editing. It's just so bizarre and not pleasant to listen to!

The characters are off model, the animation is quirky in an unsettling sort of way, and the sounds effects (mostly vocalizations I believe) are nightmare-inducing. These were animated and produced in Eastern Europe somewhere on the cheap by people who knew nothing about the characters or the original cartoons. They have their place I guess, but they are hardly anyone's favorites.

About time. I personally like the Deitch shorts. Too bad it's not gonna be released on Blu-Ray.

Gene Deitch mentioned that his crew has never seen a Tom and Jerry cartoon prior to the production of these cartoons. Also, he was never a fan of the T&J cartoons.

Chuck Jones wasn't a fan of Tom & Jerry either.

To clarify LuckyToon's point, here's an excerpt from Michael Barrier's 1969 interview with Jones:



...though he did prefer them over Woody Woodpecker:



Chuck Jones tried to add "personality" to a series that didn't require a lot of it. Hence a Grinch-like Tom, a cutesy Jerry, lots of poses (especially in "Cannery Rodent", the last Jones-directed Tom and Jerry), and gag routines that just didn't follow the "usual" Tom and Jerry formula. I personally like the Chuck Jones-directed cartoons, though, and they're definitely the best-looking cartoons of their time.

Jones did show disdain for his Tom and Jerry cartoons in later years.

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