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The Art of Princess and the Frog: Down in New Orleans with author Jeff Kurtti
…did you have access to? JK:Pretty much everything generated for the film. In most cases, I left the decisions about art to the filmmakers and the book designer, as their… |
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Frank Thomas has passed away…
…became president of his sophomore class, and wrote and directed a film spoofing college life for a school project. The film won much acclaim and was run in the local… |
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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
…fit into the 89 minute run time. The first problem with the film may be obvious just from my description. There are too many story lines competing for a limited… |
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Director Bergeron, actress Paradis talk A Monster in Paris
…are pleased to present more assets for this charming, critically-acclaimed film, including press release interviews with director Bibo Bergeron and French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis. A Monster in Paris tells of… |
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The Best Of Bravestarr
…by Filmation producer Lou Scheimer himself to be Filmation’s crowning achievement. Nevertheless, the show did much to bring about the end of the studio. Filmation had its first hit with… |
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Winnie The Pooh’s Directors Stephen Anderson and Don Hall: Back to the Hundred Acre Wood
…fan, but he’s also a filmmaker. He knows what filmmakers go through. Having somebody like that in your corner has made all the difference in the world. SA: One of… |
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A Conversation with Eric Goldberg
…audience up. EG: Yeah, he was always sharp. How’d the film look? AN: Oh, it looked really good. I hadn’t seen it since I was young and I remember the… |
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Finding Dory coming November 25, 2015
…Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. In 2008, the American Film Institute named Finding Nemo among the top 10 greatest animated films ever made. At the time of its… |
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Arrietty, the Borrower and Cecile Corbel, the Composer…
…for a Studio Ghibli film! CB: We thought a lot about that aspect. The fact is that the film is no musical comedy like the Disney animated films. No character… |
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The Gremlins
…figuring that Disney might find the story of potential interest for film development. As it so happened, Disney did indeed like the story, and he brought Dahl out to the… |
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Maui Film Festival Animation Report – UPDATED
Animated News reporter Christian Ziebarth happened to be in Hawaii for the Maui Film Festival recently and has written about his experiences: After having not had a proper vacation in… |
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Sunset Boulevard: Centennial Collection
…she has little need for him, Desmond is unable to let go of her past. Sunset Boulevard is also a filmmaker’s film…it crackles with barbed dialogue aimed at the Hollywood… |
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Watch the Guide Dogs charity-focused short film Flash
…and colorful film follows a Labrador puppy called Flash and her puppy-raiser Annie as they go through Flash’s first year of training. We watch as Annie helps familiarize Flash with… |
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Once Upon A Dream: Burny Mattinson on Sleeping Beauty‘s Maleficent
…finished film. In actual animation it was approximately 18 months. RI: The film was in development for a lot of years. Were there any ideas that were worked on in… |
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The Odd Couple: Centennial Collection
…film that inspired it and the original stage play that predated that! The Odd Couple opened on Broadway in 1965, with Walter Matthau and…Art Carney!? It seems astonishing to think… |
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Three Little Pigs added to National Film Registry
…year the Librarian of Congress, advised by the National Film Preservation Board, selects up to 25 films that are culturally, historically or aesthetically significant to be added to the Registry…. |
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Kronk’s New Groove
…sequence” in the original film. As this new story begins, it seems Kronk’s Dad is about to pay his boy a visit, expecting to find his son successfully set up… |
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A Conversation with Eric Goldberg
…done to that degree. And, of course, one of the main proponents was Russell Means. Now, I do have a funny story about Russell. When he came in to actually… |
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Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
…than they deserved!) were nothing particularly new, of course, even in the early 1990s. Movie history is strewn with films that underperformed at the American box office (and some of… |
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Incredibles 2
…was before any Fantastic Four film had ever (dis)graced the silver screen. Spider-man had yet to be rebooted even once. In fact Tobey Maguire had only been in one film,… |
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The Mantis Parable DVD
…its limited budget, the eight-minute animated short-film described by film-critic Michael Medved as “artful and engaging…a skillful, thought-provoking, densely packed work with world class animation”, has captivated audiences around the… |
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Final Fantasy VII Advent Children to be screened at Venice International Film Festival
…Festival, which runs September 1st through 11th in Venice, Italy. The film will be part of a new category at the festival called “Venezia Digitale” which focuses on films using… |
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Is there Room On The Broom for the Best Animated Short Oscar?
…he had studied at the prestigious Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. Since 2005, they had worked on about four student films together and were ready for their first major collaboration, it… |
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Mike Scully on The Simpsons Movie
…producer. From 1997-2001, he acted as show runner for The Simpsons, leading it through Seasons 9-12. But he hasn’t just been confined to their colorful world, and Scully has also… |
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Shawn Patterson: Composer Maximum!
…produced music in a wide range of mediums: from film and television to film trailers, shorts and documentaries and has works for a variety of noted directors such as Henry… |
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Cultoons! Volume 2: Animated Education
…the general public is a reason for its concentration on factuality, of course, but it still takes its time to make a point. Rumor (1956, 5:47), a “Challenge Film” going… |
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Bambi Added to the National Film Registry
…was added: Bambi and Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull’s 1972 film A Computer Animated Hand, one of the earliest 3D animation films. The film is one minute long and goes through… |
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Alice In Cartoonland: Inkwell Edition
…though what really shines in those early films is Disney’s already strong attention to story and how those techniques gain more authority during the series’ short run. Sadly, Walt’s business… |
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DWA short First Flight takes off
…DreamWorks feature films. In late 2004, the duo brought a rough version of the film to the attention of studio executives, who loved what they saw and immediately agreed to… |
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\\Spider-Man 2\\ heading to IMAX
…greater flexibility than ever before, enabling Hollywood studios to move quickly to reformat their blockbuster films and seize on the consumer demand for Hollywood event films in IMAX’s unparalleled format.”… |
