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Pixar video tour, Brad Bird videos
…UpcomingPixar also reports about two amctv.com videos hosted by Brightcove, which feature Brad Bird talking about Ratatouille and animation. Direct link to these videos can be found here and here…. |
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Brad Bird wins BSFC Award for Best Screenplay
Upcoming Pixar reports that Brad Bird has won Best Screenplay for Ratatouille at the Boston Society of Film Critics awards. A full list of winners can be checked out here…. |
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2007/08 Golden Globe nominations announced
The nominees for the 65th Annual Golden Globes have been announced. Here are this years’ animated entries. Best Animated Film: Bee Movie, Ratatouille, The Simpsons Movie Best Foreign Language Film:… |
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DreamWorks follows Pixar lead, moves \\Shrek 3\\ to summer 2007
…time for the holidays. This first showdown, beginning in 2007, will pit DreamWorks’ \\Shrek 3\\ vs Pixar’s Jan Pinkava directed film about rats, rumored to be titles \\Ratatouille\\ or \\Rats\\…. |
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Israel loves animation
According to Variety, animated movies are big in Israel filling up six slots in their list of the top ten grossing movies at the box office for 2007 with Ratatouille… |
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PGA announces nominees
…awards. Getting nods in the Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures categoy are: Bee Movie, Ratatouille, and The Simpsons Movie. Winners will be announced February 2nd…. |
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Brad Bird radio interviews
…the host refers to animation as a “genreâ€, a misconception Bird has fought against on numerous occasions. Bird also discusses how he came onto Ratatouille midway through the film’s development…. |
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WALL•E: Angus MacLane’s burning love for BURN•E!
…just to irritate him. I think there is an Easter Egg on the Ratatouille DVD that explains this. So if you watch that before you see BURN•E, the short will… |
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BAFTA The Future…
…Direction, Supporting Actor Javier Bardem and Roger Deakins’ Cinematography. In the animation and related gongs, Brad Bird’s Ratatouille was perhaps unsurprisingly found to be the Animated Film winner, with Jo… |
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Beowulf #1 in DVD sales charts
…Gangster, last week’s number one. Other animated films received a boost in sales as well, with last year’s Ratatouille, Shrek The Third, and The Simpsons Movie also in the top… |
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Marketing budgets for animated features are on the rise
Wall•E is expected to easily become the year’s most marketed movie, with DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda coming close behind. Last year, Ratatouille topped the marketing charts, with Disney spending $54… |
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Paul Eiding new WALL•E cast member
…Paul Eiding as providing additional voices for the upcoming Disney/Pixar film WALL•E. Eiding has provided voice work for every Pixar film, except the Toy Story films, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille…. |
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Starz to broadcast The Pixar Story
…premiere of The Pixar Story: A Leslie Iwerks Film. Immediately following will be a presentation of Starz Inside: The Pixar Story Continues, with scenes from Ratatouille and WALL•E. Official Site… |
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Thumbs down for modern children's films?
An article featured on Guardian criticizes modern children’s films for failing their audiences. The story claims that many current animated releases such as Ratatouille, The Incredibles, and Shark Tale are… |
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Brad Bird on fostering innovation
An in-depth story on Gigaom features nine important lessons on fostering innovation in animation from renowned director Brad Bird, who helmed such hits as The Incredibles and Ratatouille. The article… |
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In the mood to hunt easter eggs this holiday weekend?
DVD Review has unearthed hidden bonus features from recent animated releases including Ratatouille, The Simpsons Movie (DVD and Blu-Ray), Surf’s Up, Beowulf, Enchanted, Peter Pan: Platinum Edition, as well as… |
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Podcast recommendations
…masters such as Andreas Deja, Milt Kahl, Glen Keane, James Baxter, Ray Harryhausen, Ron Clements and John Musker; while BuzzBender recently chatted with Bee Movie‘s director Simon J. Smith, Ratatouille… |
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Pixar's Presto!
…feud. The short film, will be playing alongside this summer’s Wall•E, is being helmed by first time director Doug Sweetland, who has worked on every Pixar movie up to Ratatouille…. |
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Yahoo! users rate the top 30 animated films of all time
…4. Shrek 5. Ratatouille 6. Toy Story 7. Beauty and the Beast 8. Aladdin 9. Spirited Away 10. Monsters, Inc. 11. Cars 12. Shrek 2 13. Enchanted 14. The Little… |
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More Pixar and Wall•E goodies
…than Ratatouille‘s. Coming Soon! offers another great interview with writer/director Andrew Stanton. And last but not least, the Disney Blog reveals that preview screenings of Wall•E will begin this week… |
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Broadcast Film Critics Association 2007 nominees
The nominees for the Critics Choice Awards of the Broadcast Film Critics Association have been revealed. Among the nominees for Best Animated Feature are Bee Movie, Beowulf, Persepolis, Ratatouille and… |