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2008 Oscar nominations announced
…are • Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud • Ratatouille – Brad Bird • Surf’s Up – Ash Brannon and Chris Buck The nominees for Best Animated Short Film… |
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Brad Bird wins Golden Tomato Award
Brad Bird, director of last year’s animated hit Ratatouille, has received the Golden Tomato Award, an honor rewarded yearly by movie website Rotten Tomatoes, where Bird is also featured in… |
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Disney announces ten animated films through 2012
…tow truck, and an international cast of favorite and new car characters in Pixar’s Cars 2, directed by Brad Lewis (producer of Ratatouille). Scheduled for Christmas 2012 from Walt Disney… |
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Inside account of Disney shareholder meeting
Posted at Animation Republic is an insider’s detailed account of the happenings at the Disney 2006 shareholders’ meeting. For instance, a description for the Ratatouille teaser trailer, shown at the… |
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Inside Inside Out 2 with Pixar Production Designer Jason Deamer
…director on a number of Pixar films, including Academy Award®-winning Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, WALL•E, Brave, and Soul, as well as the short films One Man Band, Lifted, and the Academy… |
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Open the door to The Art Of Monsters University!
…and expanded Monster universe. Paik also wrote To Infinity And Beyond!: The Story Of Pixar Animation Studios and The Art Of Ratatouille, and co-authored The Art Of Cars 2. When… |
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Tour of Pixar unveils interesting tidbits
…sequel. As for Pixar’s next feature, Ratatouille, word around the company is “everyone there who has seen it is saying that Ratatouille is the best thing that Pixar has done.”… |
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Pixar, 'old-school at heart'
In a piece that includes spoilers regarding certain Pixar movies such as Ratatouille, the Associated Press via PalmBeachPost.com speculates on the work history of Pixar, noticing the production and reception… |
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Rat's entertainment! Pixar's latest hits the UK!
Ratatouille has been munching its way across Europe over the past couple of weeks and today Disney/Pixar’s latest meal arrives in the UK. Xan Brooks in The Guardian has written… |
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Turbo
…an imagined apparition of his hero is right from Ratatouille. During the first thirty minutes of the film these similarities almost overshadow the rest of the story. Luckily, the film… |
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Pixar doing live-action?
Upcoming Pixar points to the Daily Bulletin, where an interview with Brad Bird reveals a unique step for Pixar. According to the Ratatouille director, Pixar is venturing into live-action, as… |
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WALL• E revealed
The first image from WALL• E, the Disney/Pixar film scheduled to to come after Ratatouille, has been released in a December 2006 Letter to the Shareholders by Disney CEO Bob… |
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Pixar Production Designer Harley Jessup “remembers” Coco
…studio’s 2001 feature, Monsters, Inc. He continued in this role for the Academy Award®-winning feature Ratatouille, and Golden Globe®-nominated Cars 2. More recently he designed the prehistoric world of The… |
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The AristoCats: Special Edition
…Ratatouille and it doesn’t stand a chance, but what other animated movie would? The episodic nature can’t entirely be excused, but then again what road movie can’t be called episodic?… |
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The View Conference 2018 complete program now announced
…animation Ratatouille, and a 2018 Primetime Emmy nomination for Spotlight Stories’ interactive program Back to the Moon. And, Kim Davidson, Founder and CEO of SideFX, received an Academy technical achievement… |
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Alice returns to Walt's Cartoonland!
…Jumping back to the present, and don’t forget that tomorrow’s big Disney/Pixar release Tuesday sees both Ratatouille and the Pixar Short Films Collection coming to stores. Follow those links, and… |
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Pixar Graphics Art Director Craig Foster on Toy Story 4
…2004 as a graphic designer on The Incredibles. He has worked on nearly every feature film since, including the Academy Award®-winning Ratatouille, WALL•E, Up, Toy Story 3, Inside Out and… |
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US Postal Service to release Pixar stamps in 2011
…includes five different designs featuring Pixar characters Lightning McQueen and Mater from Cars, Remy the rat and Linguini from Ratatouille, Buzz Lightyear and two of the green, three-eyed aliens from… |
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See Onward a week early or in a marathon with other Pixar films
…Marathon featuring Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, Wall-E, Up, and Onward. Lucky Regal fans include those in Irvine CA and Atlanta GA, and AMC fans in San Francisco… |
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Onward
…come from anywhere” from Ratatouille. Sometimes it’s an unexpected resolution, like Mike and Sully saving the day at the end of Monsters University but still being expelled because they broke… |
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Legendary actor Peter O’Toole passes away
…known to animation fans as the voice of food critic Anton Ego in Ratatouille. In addition, O’Toole was also heard in The Nutcracker Prince and as the world’s greatest detective… |
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Frozen
…mind — a feat maybe only Finding Nemo and Ratatouille can match. Every set is charmingly designed and decorated. Snow and ice effects are stunning. Going with the wider CinemaScope… |
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A pair o'Pixar reviews!
Proving just how great computer animation can be, I’ve just posted my take on Pixar’s absolutely terrific Ratatouille, which comes to disc with a superb transfer but very little else… |
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Author Charles Solomon puts the chill to us with The Art Of Frozen
…good film is a good film, regardless of medium. The Toy Story films, Ratatouille and How To Train Your Dragon would have been hits in 2D; CG wouldn’t have saved… |
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Director Steve Anderson meets the Robinsons, and we meet a new contributor!
…and wonder what all those funny French words mean – well be frustrated no more! He had previously provided our chat with Ratatouille‘s storyboard artist Enrico Casarosa last summer, but… |
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Spooky! Doomsday, Mickey reviews and Pixar contests!
…stores next week, here’s your chance to grab both Ratatouille and The Pixar Shorts Collection on DVD ahead of next Tuesday’s release! As usual, our reviews for both titles are… |
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How to Train Your Dragon 3 gets a title, plot summary
…Craig Ferguson (Doc Martin), and F. Murray Abraham (Homeland, Isle of Dogs) as the villain Grimmel. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD is produced by Brad Lewis (Ratatouille,… |
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Meet The Robinsons
…Ratatouille (which again shows just how far ahead Pixar are when it comes to this stuff), Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, the theatrical trailer for Enchanted and the push… |
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2006; summer 2007; Disney Blu-Ray…
…coming in time for Ratatouille‘s theatrical bow is no surprise. Buena Vista’s Bob Chapek says that “Blu-ray is the strongest high definition format on the market and with dual-layer 50GB… |
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The Reef
…place, and the likes of Ratatouille certainly proves that it can work in only helping bring a compelling narrative to life, but I don’t think I’m the only one suffering… |