Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2

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Pixar Shorts Vol. 2 Trailer - Available to Own November 13

Trailer

Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2 is a home video release that compiles 12 of Pixar's shorts, following the first short film collection. The release has a total runtime of around 75 minutes.

A German flyer from Disney confirmed that the second collection of Pixar shorts would be released in Germany in November 2012 on DVD and Blu-ray. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray November 13, 2012 alongside Brave, although it was said that it would be released in the United Kingdom almost a month earlier. On October 15, 2012, it had been confirmed that its UK release is November 12, 2012, a day earlier.

Shorts

The 12 shorts included are:

• Your Friend the Rat (2007)
• Presto (2008)
• BURN-E (2008)
• Partly Cloudy (2009)
• Dug's Special Mission (2009)
• George and A.J. (2009)
• Day & Night (2010)
• La Luna (2011)
• Hawaiian Vacation (2011)
• Air Mater (2011)
• Small Fry (2011)
• Time Travel Mater (2012)

Audio Commentaries

• "Your Friend the Rat" - Director / Writer Jim Capobianco & Production Designer Nate Wragg
• "Presto" - Director / Writer Doug Sweetland
• "BURN-E" - Director Angus MacLane
• "Partly Cloudy" - Director / Writer Peter Sohn
• "Dug’s Special Mission" - Director Ronnie del Carmen & Supervising Technical Director Brad Winemiller
• "George and A.J." - Director / Writer Josh Cooley & a narrator guy
• "Day & Night" - Director / Writer Teddy Newton & Camera Polish and Stereoscopic Artist Sandra Karpman
• "La Luna" - Director / Writer Enrico Casarosa & Producer Kevin Reher
• "Hawaiian Vacation" - Director / Writer Gary Rydstrom, Supervising Animator Angus MacLane & Story Supervisor / Writer Jason Katz
• "Air Mater" - Director Robert Gibbs, Producer Kimberly Adams & Production Designer Bob Pauley
• "Small Fry" - Director / Writer Angus MacLane
• "Time Travel Mater" - Director Robert Gibbs, Editor Torbin Xan Bullock & Production Designer Anthony Christov

Bonus Features

The bonus features include student films by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Pete Docter, titled Nitemare, Lady and the Lamp, Somewhere in the Arctic, A Story, Winter, Palm Springs, and Next Door.

Rating

The MPAA has given it a G rating, but due to the content (particually the once mild use of bad language) in one of the bonus features, Andrew Stanton's second student film A Story, the UK release has been classified PG by the BBFC.