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Pinocchio: Walt Disney Signature Collection
…live–action makeover, current theatrical wonder Moana, Disneynature’s latest, Born In China, and a handful of Disney Channel and Movie Rewards spots. WHAT’S MISSING? As with the Platinum and Diamond… |
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Wreck-It Ralph: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…humans. It wouldn’t have been outside the realms of a typical Disney animated feature: as far back as Fun And Fancy Free Walt used live–action segments to bookend the illustrated… |
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The Rescuers / The Rescuers Down Under: 35th Anniversary 2-Movie Collection
Walt Disney Feature Animation (June 22 1977 and November 16 1990), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (August 21 2012), Blu-ray and two DVDs, 78 mins each plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.66:1… |
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Pete’s Dragon: 35th Anniversary Edition
…from an audience point of view, quality Disney productions with none of the issues Bluth seemed to have with the output of the era. A live–action and animation combination, Pete’s… |
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Cinderella: Platinum Edition
…the Disney Princess Party Volume 2 DVD. Disney-philes can breathe a sigh of relief when they get to the next section, which has plenty of terrific bonuses. “Backstage Disney” begins… |
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The Hunchback Of Notre Dame: 2-Movie Collection
Walt Disney Feature Animation (June 21 1996), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (March 12 2013), Blu-ray plus two DVD discs, 91 and 66 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.78:1 and 1.66:1… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez takes us for a “Grand Tour” with Walt
…His articles about the Disney parks, Disney animation, and vintage international Disneyana, as well as his many interviews with Disney artists, have appeared in Animation Journal, Animation Magazine, Disney Twenty… |
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Mike Disa and The Seven Dwarfs: How the Snow White prequel became a Dopey movie
…I’ve been approached a lot more about live–action. It’s probably better for me because you don’t spend four years animating a live–action project.” Still, Disa is not leaving animation completely:… |
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Russell Schroeder has retrieved Disney’s Lost Chords!
…source was the Walt Disney Photo Library – which falls under the Disney Archives. Since Disney had its own photography department for decades, many pieces of art were photographed. It… |
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Gnomeo & Juliet
…described as a perfectly fine slice of Disney animation, albeit ironically a Disney animation that wasn’t, ultimately, animated at Disney’s! I was, admittedly, already rooting for this “little film that… |
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Lady And The Tramp
…live–action films of the time, which included his first true live–action film Treasure Island (1950) and the epic adventure 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, also of 1955. It was often… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition (3D)
Walt Disney Feature Animation (1991/2002), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (October 4 2011), 1 Blu-ray 3D and 2 Blu-ray Discs plus 1 DVD and Digital Copy, 84 mins plus supplements, 1080p… |
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Disney announces ten animated films through 2012
…from Pixar Animation Studios, four from Walt Disney Animation Studios, and the first four in a series of direct-to-DVD films featuring Disney Fairies from DisneyToon Studios. Starting later this year… |
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Beaumont and Kerry: Peter Pan‘s Leading Ladies
…other actors, which was a comfortable thing to do on the soundstage, radio-style. Then, they wanted me to do the live–action reference. That was more like live–action that I had… |
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Oliver & Company: 25th Anniversary Edition
…a knock-on effect from the live–action unit that essentially washed the floors of Disney Animation clean: although Mouse Detective had been enough of a hit, it had still been the… |
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Disney historian Didier Ghez celebrates the art of Disney’s mid-century era
…new wave of artists. Disney fans will be familiar with two key developments during this time: Disney’s entry into the world of television, and the 1955 opening of Disneyland –… |
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Big Hero 6
Walt Disney Animation Studios (November 7 2014), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (February 24 2015), Blu-ray plus DVD, 102 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 2.39:1 widescreen, DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, Rated… |
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Exclusive D23 Expo 2015 Recap
…2017. Worlds, Galaxies, and Universes: Live Action at the Walt Disney Studios Given that it was a chance to preview the slate of films Disney, Marvel, and LucasFilm had in… |
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Lady And The Tramp: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition
…Davy Crockett phenomenon and often peeking behind the scenes of his animated and live action films of the time, which included his first true live–action film Treasure Island and the… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland: Disney In Space And Beyond
…Motion about how every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Most of these segments are animated with some live action and still footage is used as well. Several scientists,… |
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Lilo And Stitch: 2-Movie Collection
Walt Disney Feature Animation (2002), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (June 11 2013), Blu-ray plus two DVD set, 85 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.66:1 widescreen, 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Rated… |
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AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.
…used live–action reference, whereas Bluth was doing straight line rotoscoping over the live–action footage. And it really shows, especially on Bill Pullman’s character as well, there’s a lot going on… |
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John Carter (Of Mars)
…with the kind of artistry only possible through the animation of the Walt Disney Studios. This was, remember, after Burroughs’ had attempted a live–action silent film himself, and after some… |
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The Princess And The Frog
…clips (an Introduction, Dig A Little Deeper and The Proposal) that offer something rarely seen on newer animated titles: a peek at the live–action reference footage shot for these scenes… |
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The Reluctant Dragon: Disney Exclusive Edition
…and some other supplementary television programs, features the original 1941 theatrical version of this live–action classic in its entirety. Walt had been eager to produce a live–action film as well… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Two: Disney executive Doug Short, Giselle’s champion!
…would be beyond the typical movie because you’re messing with Disney’s big guns: Disney animation, Disney music, etc… AV: You’re messing with culture. DS: Yes. I mean, the Disney Princess… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Five: Animation with James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny
…AV: The design of Andalasia was not only meant to represent an ideal world, it was also conceived in reaction to the art direction of the live–action part, in New… |
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Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary Edition
…by expanding an animated film’s appeal, pulling in new audiences and making the kind of money that live–action, and Disney’s own animated hits of the past, could make. Steven Spielberg… |
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The Jungle Book: 2-Disc Platinum Edition
…bear, a hobo bum who lives the easy life. Becoming fast friends, Mowgli and Baloo attempt to live their carefree lives their own way, but the jungle is a treacherous… |
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Moana: Ultimate Collectors Edition
…it, any Disney film that can reference Mad Mad: Fury Road so brilliantly and right on the button in terms of design, sound and action is tops in my book,… |
