Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (50th Birthday Deluxe Remastered Edition)

Every who down in Who-ville likes Christmas a lot, but the Grinch who lived just north of Who-ville did NOT! So the cuddly as a cactus Grinch (with termites in his smile and garlic in his soul) tries to wipe out Christmas for the cheerful Who-villains, only to discover: maybe Christmas, he thought doesn't come from as store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more! Magnificently narrated by Boris Karloff and animated by cartoon legend Chuck Jones, it's an award-winning Who-roast-beast-feast of a holiday classic!

Accept no substitutes. The 1966 television adaptation of Dr. Seuss' timeless book How the Grinch Stole Christmas!--about an anti-Santa who tries to heist the holiday only to learn a powerful lesson--is a classic in its own right, and looking better than ever in its 50th Birthday Deluxe Edition. (For those doing the math, the 50 years is counting from the book's 1957 publishing date rather than the show's broadcast date.) The most significant improvement is in the digital transfer, cleaning up fuzz and specks and restoring the proper colors to the program. While the awful earlier DVDs showed the Grinch in a mustard-yellow color, this edition restores his proper green gleam. Special features are mostly ported over from the previous DVD--the Horton Hears a Who program, a featurette on the songs, Phil Hartman's special edition version, pencil tests, etc. minus the commentary track--but there is a new 15-minute featurette, "Dr. Seuss and the Grinch: From Whoville to Hollywood." While it starts out as a fluff piece aimed at the younger set (interviews with kids, some rapping), it does provide some interesting information, including interviews with the widows of Theodore Geisel and Chuck Jones and clips of Geisel and Jones' Private Snafu. (No mention of Jim Carrey, however.) --David Horiuchi

This DVD is wonderful. I was looking to replace my old VHS copy. Totally thrilled with the color that the dvd has. It is exactly the same as the original, just in wonderful color!

In the peaceful town of Whoville, the Whos young and old love christmas with all their hearts except one furry green yet very cold hearted miser named The Grinch (Voiced by Boris Karloff) who loathed Christmas the most. He decides that he must stop christmas from coming as he uses his dog Max to help him impersonate Santa Claus for on Christmas eve he begins to rob everything of the Whos including the Roast Beast but later he discovers there's more to Christmas then just gifts and something more.

One of the most beloved animated specials of all time! ever since it's debut in 1966, it has became an annual holiday tradition over the years for TV networks. Boris Karloff both narrates the special and even voices the Grinch as he was perfectly casted for the role, June Foray whom you all know as Rocky from "Rocky and Bullwinkle" voices Little Cindy Lou Who. The animation from Chuck Jones is incredible even today as this special is timeless all the way even with it's message that it gives out to the viewer.

This DVD contains briliant picture and sound thanks to the remastering! it also includes the original 1970 "Horton Hears a Who" and extras include Featurettes, Biography gallery, song selection, "TNT's How the Grinch Stole Christmas" documentary with Phil Hartman, and Grinch Pencil Test.

This is one of the great classics of all time! The video quality has been restored on this version and it looks and sounds great! This is a show that we like to watch a couple times each holiday season.

The boys love this silly fun movie and puts us in a christmas spirit- A great addition to our christmas movie collection!

The color on this version is terrible. Completely oversaturated to the point where much detail is lost. It is so bright that it is distracting. Yes, the Grinch is green - an unpleasant, over-the-top shade of green. They have also tried to justify the "50th Birthday Deluxe" title by creating some weird panning effects that are not on the original version. I was so distracted by the color and 'effects' that I found myself cringing rather than smiling nostalgically. I would not recommend this for those of us who grew up loving the original TV version. Cleaned up of dust etc. is one thing, but a reinterpretation is another. That is what you are buying here. A kindler, gentler, less heavy-handed approach to remastering is what I was expecting and sadly did not get. Now I have to find a different version. This one is going in the dustbin.