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Peter Pan: Diamond Edition
…live–action picture Treasure Island in 1950. In one of two career-defining roles, Driscoll’s Pan stays true to the original intent: full of bravado when needed, but a spoiled little boy… |
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Popeye (live-action movie)
…is not known, but Max did allow his son Richard to direct 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea at Disney’s, so one must assume there wouldn’t have been much grievance. Co-producing… |
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Director Kevin Munroe revisits Imagi’s TMNT franchise
…the first major feature from Imagi. It was also the latest incarnation of the Turtles on the big screen, after a fourth live–action film failed to get off the ground… |
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The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr Toad: Gold Classic Collection
…into productions in those countries. Before embarking on the British-shot, fully live–action Treasure Island (1950), So Dear To My Heart, with its two minimal animated song sequences, had proven the… |
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John Carter (Of Mars)
…John Carter’s under-performance, led Disney to take stock of its big budget productions, halting the progress of its 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea remake (good, the Douglas/Mason film is a… |
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Dalmatians 101: Marc’s wife Alice Davis talks about her Legendary husband
…for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea except for the dining suit but he didn’t get screen credit for it. The art director took it! He didn’t mind because he knew… |
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Scooby-Doo / Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Double Feature
…a look at specific aspects of the film’s making, from the Scary Places (4:22) approach to the set design’s live–action but cartoon appearance, and The Mystery Van’s (1:01) various incarnations… |
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Mulan
…and hasn’t really gone down in admiration. So the idea of giving Mulan the live–action adaptation treatment did not seem far-fetched to me. Honestly, it sounded like it might actually… |
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The Jungle Book
…It’s certainly a track that the current Studio has been recently ambitious in pursuing, after a series of live–action but ultimately rather lifeless attempts in the 1990s (101 Dalmatians and… |
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Peter Pan: Platinum Edition
…perhaps in case the owners of Monroe’s likeness sued the Studio, and the official line is that Tink’s live–action model Margaret Kerry (a brunette we must remember) inspired Marc Davis… |
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2022 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
…Milkczerk, Empty Places (2020) by Geoffroy de Crécy, Yes-People (2020) by Gísli Darri Halldórsson, Ties (2019) by Dina Velikovskaya, Aurora (2020) by Jo Meuris, and The Man Who Planted Trees… |
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The Best of 2019: And Then It Was Over
…to have an efficient way of using all of the purchases they had made over the past ten years, starting with the premiere of the first live–action Star Wars TV… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Three: Musical minstrels Alan Menken and Danny Troob!
…animated world was orchestrated by Danny, and the live–action world was orchestrated by Kevin, with Danny taking some of the most animation-influenced cues. It was a great pleasure to work… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Behind The Scenes At The Walt Disney Studios
…of the extracts from the live–action feature The Reluctant Dragon. Made in 1941, just before the Studio Strike burst the bubble at the supposedly happy campus the world knew as… |
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Maleficent
…remake. Thankfully arriving just before the advent of computer graphics made the moving of live–action animals’ mouths possible, the resulting 101 Dalmatians was by turns a welcome alternate version of… |
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Bolt
…movie now carrying the message that if you believe in yourself, you can do anything. Comparisons to Disney’s own direct to video outing 101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure were… |
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Beauty And The Beast: 25th Anniversary Walt Disney Signature Collection
…new edition of the film is to drum up more awareness of the upcoming live–action version coming next Spring, although the much ballyhooed Sneak Peek Of The Live–Action Beauty And… |
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The Rescuers / The Rescuers Down Under: 35th Anniversary 2-Movie Collection
…or fantasy-comedy territory, something that the Studio was known for, but also ridiculed. The live–action films from this time (and I do count myself as a big fan of most)… |
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The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
…bring Tintin and his colorful cast of companions to the screen, including a 1940s stop-motion film and two live–action features in the 60s, the only really authentic (and Hergé approved)… |
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101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition Press Release
…nearly a decade, 101 Dalmatians comes out as a 2-disc Platinum Edition dvd featuring exclusive and never before seen bonus features. Unlike recently cropped Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians will be… |
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Dalmatians 101: Lisa Davis’ “puppy love” for a dog-gone Disney classic
…many others. But that kind of perfect match may have never happened in the case of One Hundred and One Dalmatians‘ Anita, and that’s what British turned American actress Lisa… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Two: Disney executive Doug Short, Giselle’s champion!
…done an amazing work on the movie Tarzan and was looking to get into live–action. The opportunity to work on this movie came out and he came in to do… |
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Cool World
…live–action Honey, I Shrunk The Kids become a family smash. If animation was in, then animation combined with live–action was the extra special magic ticket. For years, animation had foundered,… |
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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company’s Director George Scribner!
…How did that come about? GS: I think that when the new management came in, they were determined to try new techniques. Their backgrounds were live–action films that obviously had… |
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Enchanted
…there’s no doubt the remaining animated scenes (now at 2.40) look better than the opening. Dramatically, the switch itself doesn’t seem to aid the change to live–action – the transformation… |
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Cinderella: Diamond Edition
…One Hundred And One Dalmatians. Finally, a nine minute series of Theatrical Trailers round up the 1950 Cinderella’s supplements, showcasing the original 1950 release and reissues for 1965, 1973, 1918… |
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D23 Expo 2022 Exclusive
…with the live–action slate. Bailey brought up the live–action Pinocchio feature, which had just been released the previous day on Disney+, leading to a lovely performance of “When You Wish… |
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Bob Clampett’s Beany And Cecil: The Special Edition
…The live–action hosts were soon dropped that April, and the show became simply Beany And Cecil, while adding newly made episodes. It began to be shown on Saturday mornings in… |
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Princess Mononoke live-action show gets live stream
…some good news. Japan will have a live stream of the show through the pay-per-view channel niconico. Tickets for that viewing can be purchased until June 6. Anime News Network… |
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A Conversation with Terry Rawlings
…to the film, because it was essentially a bunch of live–action people coming in, essentially making a live–action film in animation, which broke away from what was the norm at… |
