Warner Home
Video
Presents the
RE-MASTERED
Rankin and
Bass Holiday
Classic
The Easter
Bunny is
Comin’ to
Town Deluxe
Edition
Hop into the
Holidays
with this
Enchanting
Tale on DVD
February 19,
2008
BURBANK, CA
(January 23,
2008) – A
delightful,
lighthearted
tale of the
Easter Bunny
is hopping
your way
when The
Easter Bunny
is Comin’ to
Town, Deluxe
Edition
arrives on
DVD in an
all-new
fully
re-mastered
DVD on
February 19,
2008 from
Warner Home
Video. The
Rankin and
Bass classic
television
movie
features the
voice of the
legendary
Fred Astaire
as the
mailman
narrator who
has appeared
in similar
holiday
classics
such as The
Year Without
Santa Claus
and Santa
Claus Is
Comin’ To
Town. This
Easter tale
is a fun,
playful
50-minute
holiday
story with
an uplifting
message that
teaches kids
about the
origins of
Easter
traditions
such as
Easter Egg
Hunts and
Easter
Bonnets. The
Easter Bunny
is Comin’ to
Town, Deluxe
Edition
includes the
all new
never-before-seen
egg-cellent
bonus
feature,
“The Easter
Bunny is
Comin’ to
Town: The
Magic of
Stop Motion
- A Gallery
of Stop
Motion
Shorts”. The
bonus
feature
includes
three fully
produced
stop-motion
animated
shorts
intended for
the younger
audience.
Rankin and
Bass
Productions
is known for
its classic
family films
that have
become
synonymous
with the
holidays.
Breathing
life into
its
characters
with the use
of
stop-motion
animation,
children of
all ages
will be
delighted by
this
traditional
tale. Rankin
and Bass
Productions
has produced
original
films and
specials
that have
become a
holiday
family
tradition
such as
Frosty the
Snowman, The
Year Without
a Santa
Claus and
the
legendary
Rudolph the
Red-Nosed
Reindeer.
The Easter
Bunny Is
Comin’ to
Town is a
fanciful
tale of the
orphaned
bunny,
Sunny, who
grows up to
become the
Easter Bunny
and starts
some of the
Easter
traditions
we have come
to love so
well.
The Easter
Bunny is
Comin’ to
Town Deluxe
Edition DVD
Special
Features
Include:
· “The
Easter Bunny
is Comin’ to
Town: The
Magic of
Stop Motion
- A Gallery
of Stop
Motion
Shorts” -
three fully
produced
stop-motion
animated
shorts:
o “Breakfast
of
Magicians”
o “Floating
Through
Daydream
Garden”
o "Easter
Bunny is
Comin’ to
Town: The
Easter
Express"
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