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'Mary Poppins' Gets a Makeover in New DVD

Movie animation has come a long way since Julie Andrews ( search ) and Dick Van Dyke frolicked with cartoon penguins, sheep and carousel ponies in "Mary Poppins." ( search )Yet fresh off her voice work in the cutting-edge cartoon sequel "Shrek 2," Andrews thinks the blend of live-action and animation holds up splendidly in the 1964 musical fantasy, which gets elaborate new DVD treatment in a 40th anniversary two-disc set out Tuesday."I looked at it again, and I'd just come off 'Shrek,' and I know these days how animation has changed and how different it is, the tools they have today," Andrews told The Associated Press. "But you don't see a single crack in the work of `Poppins,' and they didn't have that technology in those days. It's brilliantly done."For the new DVD edition, Andrews and Van Dyke teamed up with co-composer Richard Sherman for a reunion segment to reminisce about the film. The set also has an extensive making-of documentary and a new cartoon short featuring Andrews in a...

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