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Ron Clements

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Ronald Francis Clements (born April 25, 1953) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He often collaborates with fellow director John Musker. He is best known for writing and directing the Disney animated films The Great Mouse Detective (1986), The Little Mermaid (1989), Aladdin (1992), Hercules (1997), Treasure Planet (2002), The Princess and the Frog (2009), and Moana (2016). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Clements, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

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UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

The Little Mermaid (1989)

Co-director: John Musker

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Original Theatrical Version: Any of the Disney LaserDiscs or Disney Limited Issue DVD (caveat: Limited Issue DVD has compression issues)

Restored Versions: Disney Platinum Edition DVD or Disney Diamond Edition Blu-ray

3D Restored Version: Disney Diamond Edition 3D Blu-ray

Video Notes:

The 3D Blu-ray has most of the grain kept

The Disney 4K Blu-ray, while improving slightly on resolution, has significant DNR applied; see Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1990 Disney LaserDisc for OG stereo mix

1997 Disney LaserDisc for proper 5.1 mix (caveat: "Part of Your World" instrumental in the end credits is replaced with regular version)

3.7

Aladdin (1992)

Co-director: John Musker

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OG theatrical version: Disney Deluxe Edition LaserDisc

2004 restored version: Disney 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

OG theatrical version - uncensored: Pre-1993 35mm scans

OG theatrical version - censored: 1993+ 35mm scans or Disney Deluxe Edition LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

OG theatrical version has a racially insensitive lyric in opening "Agrabah" song replaced for re-releases, available on OG soundtrack CD and pre-1993 35mm prints only

Every release since the 2004 restored version on the OG Disney DVD has the line "Come on, good kitty, just take off and go" replaced with "Take off, good kitty" due to the 1992 line being misheard as "Come on, good teenagers, take off your clothes" (an occurrence called a "mondegreen")

Moana (2016)

Co-director: John Musker

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray

3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Disney+ 4K Streaming has Dolby Vision, while the 4K Blu-ray is HDR10

1 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Treasure Planet (2002)

Co-director: John Musker

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

2012 Disney Blu-ray

3.9

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