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The Last Unicorn (pan-and-scan)
…stop-motion animated Christmas specials Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty The Snowman, the Rankin/Bass team were much better at structuring their television outings rather than anything feature-length, though they had… |
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Once Upon A Dream: Burny Mattinson on Sleeping Beauty‘s Maleficent
…Pooh and Tigger Too. Following this, he worked on storyboards and title designs for The Rescuers and The Fox and the Hound, before directing the Oscar-nominated Mickey’s Christmas Carol in… |
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The Lion King 1½
…with the release of The Lion King 1½, not so much as the “mid-quel” that Beauty And The Beast’s Enchanted Christmas was, but more of an “inter-quel”, coming not between… |
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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company’s Composer J.A.C. Redford!
…Flora’s Family) but he’s also known as one of the greatest orchestrators (WALL-E, Leatherheads, The Spiderwick Chronicles) and conductors (The Little Mermaid, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas) of our… |
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Fun And Fancy Free: Gold Classic Collection
…it became instrumental in inspiring the next generation of artists to create new featurettes featuring the old gang. Mickey’s Christmas Carol was to follow in 1983, The Prince And The… |
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Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition
…Sneak Peaks: Return To Never-Land’s theatrical teaser, Mickey’s Magical Christmas: Snowed In At The House Of Mouse, Cinderella 2, Hunchback 2, Whispers: An Elephant’s Tale, Peter Pan, The Book Of… |
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The Great Mouse Detective
…sterling job as Scrooge in Mickey’s Christmas Carol and would continue the role in the Duck Tales television adventures. Another famous voice, that of Basil Rathbone, was lifted from an… |
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The Sword In The Stone: Gold Classic Collection
…is perhaps the most well-known figure in the movie, with his nose apparently based on Walt’s own!), it did inspire a short-lived Sword Ceremony attraction at DisneyLand. Opening on Christmas… |
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Pinocchio Deluxe Edition
…Snow White, Cinderella, Toy Story and The Nightmare Before Christmas all contained such extravagant bonuses. The Pinocchio book is a slightly lighter affair than some of those other additions, but… |
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Beauty And The Beast
…versions” on show… First presented at the New York Film Festival a few months prior to its official Christmas opening, the “Work In Progress” version was a 70% complete cut… |
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Wallace & Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death
…action! Wallace & Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death officially premieres on the BBC One and BBC HD channels on Christmas Day in the UK at 8:30pm. The 20th… |
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Il était une fois…Walt Disney – Artistic Sources Exhibition
…London for Peter Pan, and it’s compared to a watercolor by Gustave Doré, La Nuit de Noël (Christmas Night). AV: Yes, you can certainly see the identical colors, and the… |
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The Legend Of Prince Valiant: Complete Series, Vol. Two
…(9:18) has Blackstar, Happily Ever After, Hero High, The Freedom Force, Space Sentinels, Mission: Magic, and A Snow White Christmas. Lastly, Page 3 has the live action shows Ark II,… |
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Ho-ho-ho! Season's Greetings, an' all that jazz!
A rare Monday morning Christmas Eve posting, and have we got some presents for you! We’ll be off until just after New Year’s Day, but keep an eye peeled for… |
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Dinosaurs: The Complete First And Second Seasons
…pull off an occasional masterpiece even without Jim there to guide them in person. The Muppet Christmas Carol, for example, is an underappreciated gem, and then there is the television… |
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Let's end the week with a game of Cartoon Catch-up…!
…promote the new Steve Martin film out early next year, and we’re hearing that the ninth cartoon disc is probably the Christmas compilation from last year. So, apart from a… |
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Back to the Beginning with The Little Mermaid…
Howdy, howdy, howdy! I guess most of you have been spending the weekend going through those new Disney discs of The Nightmare Before Christmas and Ariel’s Beginning! We’re going to… |
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Fred Grandinetti: Talking With Popeye’s No. 1 Fan
…doll again, not mine but another one, last Christmas and gave it to my mother. It was a Gund Olive Oyl doll. While in elementary school here in Boston, there… |
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Freakazoid!: Season 1
…non-stress television technique is tested in Relax-O-Vision / Fatman And Boy Blubber / Limbo Lock-Up / Terror Palace. Christmas comes to cyberspace in In Arms Way / The Cloud, which… |
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Heaps of new DVD announcements; plus the new Splits!
…Blu-ray for Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, also finally coming to standard DVD in a decent package too. We’ll have some very special content up to celebrate that from… |
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The Muppet Show: Season Two
…for the Muppets. In addition to the making of The Muppet Show’s second season, the Henson team also taped the classic Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas in Toronto, and Jim Henson… |
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Ready for Jack Skellington on Blu-ray Disc? The future looks cool, but watch out for that tree!!
Well, we’re all pretty excited around here with the news that Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is coming to Blu-ray Disc – this looks like it might be the… |
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Horton Hears A Who!: Deluxe Edition
…of Geisel’s book How The Grinch Stole Christmas!, which firmly established Jones’ new ties to legendary Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Amongst other projects, including winning the Best Animated Short Academy Award… |
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Shrek The Weak reviewed, Enchanted leads box office
…which I’m sure for many of you also involved watching lots of football. It’s back to work again this week, but hang in there, folks— just one month ‘til Christmas!… |
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Beetle Bailey: The Complete Collection
…shorts (Sgt. Snorkel’s Longest Day, A Christmas Tale) have extended dream sequences. Several shorts include complications concerning Beetle’s girlfriend Honey. The better episodes tend to be those that go a… |
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Jerry's new book, and Warner's Blu announcement
…though, on Christmas Eve. Insight Editions, publisher of an astounding array of fine books (including a couple of very cool Star Wars limited editions) was kind enough to provide us… |
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Walt Disney Treasures…live again!
…still seeing some amazing titles emerge on the format that will be a good few years coming to hi-def (Blu or not!) and chief among them was the pre-Christmas release… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three
…a pattern here, it will come as no surprise that the next short again has Chip ‘n’ Dale, as they pester Donald at Christmas time in Toy Tinkers. By this… |
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Ratatouille, Tinker Bell problems?; NIMH DVD!
…could feed on the totally unpredicted popularity of surprise smash Happy Feet. Whatever happened to keeping back the “special” films until Christmas? This past holiday was especially flat, for me… |
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A Charlie Brown Valentine
…classic ones, starting with A Charlie Brown Christmas, and remember these specials with the sweet fondness that only nostalgia can offer. Even seeing them again years later, one tends to… |
