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Floyd Norman and Leo Sullivan to help run Punch Animation
…original and creative content for licensing and distribution around the world. In June of 2016, Punch TV Studios launched there Initial Public Offering (IPO) at $1.00 per share and is… |
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The BFG
…To Life, does a very fine job of providing an authoritative overview on the production and Dahl’s 1940’s Gremlins Disney connections. Told from Ruby Barnhill’s point of view, there’s plenty… |
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The BFG stomping home in December
…– A whoopsey-splunkers tutorial on the meaning of the gloriumptious gobblefunk in “The BFG.” · Giants 101 – Jemaine Clement (Fleshlumpeater) and Bill Hader (Bloodbottler) introduce us to the loathsome… |
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The Jungle Book
Walt Disney Pictures (April 15 2016), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (August 30 2016), Blu-ray plus DVD, 106 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition widescreen 1.78:1, DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, Rated PG,… |
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Elstree 1976
The Works/Verax/British Film Company/Canal Cat Films (May 6 2016), Filmrise (June 28 2016), single DVD, 101 mins, 16:9 standard definition, Dolby Digital, Not Rated, Retail: $19.95 Storyboard: Those behind the… |
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Kiki’s Delivery Service
…the 2010 disc, as it has trailers for Beauty And The Beast: Platinum Edition, Toy Story 3, and the 2010 Ghibli DVD releases, plus the Lasseter intro. Case Study: Standard… |
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The Lion King II / The Lion King 1½
…Simba’s Pride became one of the first Limited Issue Disney titles put out on DVD, standing next to such classics as Peter Pan, 101 Dalmatians, Pinocchio and the then-recent Mulan,… |
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Princess Mononoke
…but in the 4:3 ratio, there is another Original English Trailer (2:03) (which was on the DVD). The original DVD also had a Featurette (5:05) that is repeated here, focusing… |
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Maleficent
Walt Disney Pictures (2014), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (November 4 2014), Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack with Digital Copy, 97 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 2.40:1 widescreen, DTS-HD 5.1 Master… |
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Author Charles Solomon puts the chill to us with The Art Of Frozen
…years, many, if not most, animated films have begun as screenplays—the first Disney feature to have one was 101 Dalmatians. If the story already has a beginning, middle and end… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #41: Monsters University – We’re OK!
…clubs. • First day of class: Scaring 101, Hardscrabble’s entrance, MU is Mike’s story, stealing the pig similar to The Simpsons. • Final exam: poor Mike, sulking Sulley, canister engineering,… |
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The Little Mermaid Diamond Edition
…(Young Frankenstein) as Triton Ben Wright (The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians) as Grimsby Paddi Edwards (Hercules) as Flotsam and Jetsam Edie McClurg (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) as Carlotta the maid… |
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Wreck-It Ralph: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
Walt Disney Pictures (November 2 2012), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (March 5 2013), Blu-ray 3D plus Blu-ray Disc, DVD and Digital Copy, 101 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 2.40:1 widescreen,… |
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Monsters, Inc.: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…(check out title director Geefwee Boedoe’s chin hair!) and the reason for starting the movie in this way. Hard Parts (5:00, still labeling Tom Schumacher as president of Disney Feature… |
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From Snow Queen to Pinocchio II: Robert Reece’s animated adventures in screenwriting
…the spec script Asphalt 101, a comedic look at valet parking. “I guess, for a second there, I was labeled a ‘car guy’ because of that,” jokes Reece, since Warner… |
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AV Readers’ Best of the Decade List: 2001-2010
…shark tale 24 84 romeo and juliet sealed with a kiss 20 barnyard 20 86 return to neverland 18 chicken little 18 $9.99 18 89 planet 51 17 90 TMNT… |
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Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure
…than the likes of Feature Animation’s Chicken Little-style output. While still not up to the originals’ classic standards, of course, both Jungle Book 2 and 101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London… |
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The end of a "spotty" week: Dalmatians reviewed!
…day with a host of Dalmatians 101 interviews, speaking to cast, crew and fans of Walt’s canine classic, marking its debut in a two-disc Platinum Edition DVD: • Bill Leven… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities – Celebrated Shorts: 1920s-1960s
…The Midget Moose (8:00) is also from 1950, and has a memorable tale of a tiny moose with humungous antlers, who has to take on Thunderclap— the “moose champion”. Following… |
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Mickey’s House Of Villains
Walt Disney Studios/Television Animation (1937-2002), Walt Disney Home Video (September 3 2002), single disc, 70 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital, Not Rated, Retail: $19.99 Storyboard:… |
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Weekend box office estimates: November 18 – 20
…with an estimated $14.8 million. However, the sky is not falling for Disney yet, as the movie’s current domestic gross stands at $99.2 million, looking to end at $140 –… |
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Interview with Andreas Deja
…from Aladdin, “Roger Rabbit” from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, “Lilo” from Lilo and Stitch and “Scar” from The Lion King. Deja talks about Disney’s 1961 classic 101 Dalmatians, Deja’s animation… |
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Enchanted at the box office
Walt Disney Pictures’ Enchanted came in at #1 over the Thanksgiving weekend. Collecting $35.3 million during the Friday-to-Sunday period, the film averaged $9,472 from 3,730 theaters. Enchanted has collected approximately… |
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Once Upon A Dream: Mary Costa as Sleeping Beauty‘s Princess Aurora
…the part. I think this man really worked. It was like 10 o’clock in the evening and he called people very late, because when I arrived there, at 10 o’clock… |
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The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition
…Ariel’s Beginning, Tinker Bell, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, 101 Dalmatians II, Sleeping Beauty, The Sword In The Stone, and Wall*E, plus a promo for the Disney Movie Rewards… |
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Shrek the Third opens
Paramount/DreamWorks’ Shrek the Third opens today in 4,122 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The critics aren’t nearly as kind to the this outing of the franchise, with the Rotten… |
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Powerpuff Girls – First Season coming June 19
…Coast; The Whoopa** Girls Stew Animatics; Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins; Crime 101; and series promos. The Powerpuff Girls – The Complete First Season is scheduled to hit stores on June 19…. |
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Happy Feet wins BAFTA
The 2007 British Academy of Film and Television Arts has given their award for “Best Animated Feature” to Happy Feet. Ian Gouldstone’s GUY 101 took the “Animated Short” award. And… |
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Scooby-Doo designer Iwao Takamoto dead at 81
…the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty and 101 Dalmatians. In mid-August of 1961, Takamoto moved to Hanna-Barbera Studios, where he helped reinvent cartoons for television. Virtually all the characters and cartoons released… |
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Boomerang readies Captain Planet unseen episodes
…with U.S. television premiere of 13 “lost episodes” of groundbreaking Captain Planet and the Planeteers Two four-hour marathons of the never-before-seen 6th season to air 7:30-11:30 a.m., 3:30-7:30 p.m. on… |
