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Allers & Minkoff: The Legacy of The Lion King
…in 2,552 theaters and collected $40.9 million, achieving the record for biggest opening of an animation film. By the end of its run in spring 1995, the film had earned… |
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The Sword In The Stone: Gold Classic Collection
…in the animation department, an expensive operation to run. “You know,” he once said jokingly to his animators, “with live action I can go out with the actors and film… |
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Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…sets up its story and runs with it, providing economic storytelling coupled with quality animated slapstick and wit. The animation has clearly been advanced from what was achievable when the… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Vista Series Special Edition
…of the factory that supplies every one of Wile E Coyote’s Road Runner contraptions) is found murdered. The bunny goes on the run, turning to down-on-his-luck gumshoe Eddie Valiant, known… |
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The Puppetoon Movie: Volume 2
…ancestor to the Abominable Snowman in Rankin-Bass’s Rudolph Christmas special – further evidence of Pal’s influence on future animators. Puppetoons B Two Gun Rusty (1944, 8:27) – Little red-haired Rusty… |
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Gay Purr-ee
…a smooth cat who suggests that Mewsette meets his “sister” Madame Rubens-Chatte and becomes a society cat. Unbeknown to her, Meowrice and his cronies have a plan up their paws… |
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\\Cars\\ move causes Pixar stock slump, but may help company in the long run
…up benefiting the company in the long run. Jessica Reif Cohen, an analyst with Merrill Lynch who downgraded Pixar’s rating and lowered her 2005 estimates for the company, said “We… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald Volume Four
…set and the ending provides a fun conclusion to the story. Chips Ahoy also runs in the same vein as Out of Scale. In this short, Chip and Dale see… |
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The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume One
…for itself with the issues of a collection of its earliest animated shorts, under the title MGM Cartoon Classics: Happy Harmonies (which contained many of the Hugh Harmon-Rudy Ising cartoons),… |
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Buzz Lightyear attraction up and running
In keeping with the Disneyland theme… The Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters Interactive Experience which allows players online to interact with the Disneyland attraction is now up and running… to infinity… |
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Batman & Mr. Freeze: Subzero / Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm
…the gangsters, Chuckie Sol, makes a run for it. He is confronted by a mysterious cloaked figure who tells him ‘[his] angel of death awaits.’ Chuckie tries to run over… |
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Finding Nemo: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition
…high point. As for the rest, well, how’s this: Willem Dafoe, Geoffrey Rush (making something of a Disney career for himself with this and Pirates Of The Caribbean), Barry Humphries… |
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Disneynature: Earth
…those original films running sporadically on TV for years afterwards. At the turn of the millennium, a short run of Disney’s New True Life Adventures all but came and went… |
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Tarzan II run time
Following the recent unveiling of the {{link http://www.dvdanswers.com/index.php?r=0&s=1&c=5815&n=1&burl= full size cover art}}, a trade industry advert reveals that Tarzan II, a mid-quel to Disney’s 1999 theatrical hit, will run for… |
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Ruby Spears Superman DVD in November
DVDActive reports that Warner has announced Ruby Spears Superman dvd on 3rd November. The 2-disc set will feature 13 episodes from 1988-89. Extras will include a “Corporation of the Corrupt:… |
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The AristoCats: Special Edition
…how to continue. The top brass, including Walt’s brother Roy O. Disney who was now effectively running the company, didn’t have a handle on how the animation unit worked. Walt… |
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Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 1
…was also the beginning of a legendary run for the cartoon industry. True, Saturday mornings came to later be regarded as a television “wasteland,” but to the kids growing up… |
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A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: The Complete 2nd, 3rd & 4th Seasons
…was one of the creators of A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Tom Ruegger (also of Snorks, Pound Puppies, and The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo fame) who would produce Tiny Toons and… |
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Spielberg settles Mary Poppins remake rumor
Dark Horizons points to Spielberg Films, where the rumor of Steven Spielberg hoping to shoot a Mary Poppins remake finally comes to rest. Steven Spielberg’s rep Marvin Levy responds, “I… |
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Clutch Cargo: The Complete Series – Volume One
…try to keep an open mind here… Back in 1959 your viewing options for cartoons on television, especially new ones, were pretty limited. Gumby had started in 1957, and Ruff… |
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Pixar’s rules of storytelling
io9 has a list of the 22 rules of storytelling compiled by Pixar storyboard artist Emma Coats — the “nuggets of narrative wisdom she’s received working for the animation studio… |
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Ruth Warrick, RIP
Song of the South.net reports the passing away January 15 of Ruth Warrick, who played Sally in Song of the South. Warrick also appeared in the movie classic Citizen Kane,… |
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2018 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…the forthcoming feature film. They also announced that the live stage musical is scheduled to be running around March 2019. Due to time, they could only get to two fan… |
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Runt, Fish take spotlight in Little character banner
Found at eBay is a two-sided character banner, featuring the characters Runt of the Litter and Fish out of Water, to promote Chicken Little, coming to theaters this November 4th…. |
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Frankenweenie: Cinematographer Peter Sorg’s shades of grey
…seemed to trust us enough to let us run with it. He watched the rushes every morning and if needed would leave comments and/or request changes. These notes were mainly… |
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Rush talks Pirates sequels; Fat gets a beard
Speaking exclusively to Dark Horizons, recent Golden Globe winner Geoffrey Rush comments concerning the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, “It is not an official announcement, but at the moment I… |
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Rurouni Kenshin In Live Action
Anime News Network has some news briefs on the new live-action Rurouni Kenshin film that will hit Japanese theater August 25. They have a nice film poster and the full… |
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Hero High: The Complete Series
…smug Rex Ruthless, a close approximation of Archie’s rival Reggie. Rex constantly schemes to make life miserable for Captain California, while at the same time showing varying levels of interest… |
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Schoolhouse Rock!: Special 30th Anniversary Edition
…The nine songs are: “Unpack Your Adjectives”, “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here”, “Conjunction Junction”, “Interjections!”, “Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla”, “Verb: That’s What’s Happening”, “A Noun Is A Person, Place… |
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Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 2
…Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote, and Sylvester vs. Tweeti and Speedy Gonzalez. However, Tom and Jerry always stood apart from the crowd due to the personalities of the two… |
