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LaserDisc Archives: Why I’m Keeping My LaserDisc Player!
…that they did during their second stint with the studio. Their cartoons were technically proficient, though generally mediocre otherwise. Still, they are beautiful cartoons from the golden age of animation,… |
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Richard M. Sherman on Bedknobs And Broomsticks: a Solid Songwriter!
…the beginning of the film’s conception, back in 1963. How did you adapt the two original books that constituted the original material of the film, The Magic Bed Knob; Or,… |
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Comic-Con 2006: Animated Coverage!
…it appeared the best place to be was the theater, as the film was not represented much at the event this year. Nonetheless, a comic book adaptation of the movie… |
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Rumors abound for Disney, Fox projects
…with fallacious knowledge. Actually, another page at the site currently has data not matching information displayed at the Internet Movie Database. The contradictory lowdown from these two domains regards the… |
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DisneyToon Studios and The Sequels That Never Were, with Tod Carter
…until recently, a philosophy that the Studio upheld, breaking the rule but twice, for theatrical follow-ups to The Rescuers and Fantasia, but when Aladdin and The Lion King proved such… |
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DisneyMania
…faithful to the originals are three songs from The Lion King: Aaron Carter’s Just Can’t Wait To Be King, S Club’s Can You Feel The Love Tonight and Keating’s Circle… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Vista Series Special Edition
…Disney Studio by then studio head Ron Miller, the film was put into development in the early 1980s, when the cost of producing the film to the standards thought to… |
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Paul McCartney: The Music And Animation Collection
…that they have had their nocturnal fun for the night, and waiting for the time they will be able to soar again. In the book, a statement appears on the… |
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Lady And The Tramp: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition
…epic adventure 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Of course, the DisneyLand show also provided publicity and a way to fund another Disney project, the theme park itself – all of… |
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At the movies: Klaatu, Julien, Despereaux, a Transporter, Bolt and Delgo!
…blasting any spoilers at you, it takes the bare essence of the 1951 original – man, robot being, the Earth coming to a halt – and then throws out the… |
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The Princess And The Frog‘s Supervising Animator Mark Henn – Part 1: It All Started With A…Mermaid!
…I worked on Fflewddur, the minstrel, as well as some Gurgi. But I initially started with Creeper, the henchman to the Horned King. AV: Then, you came to The Great… |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
…comes to the fore. Some of these tricks are old trademarks (the use of a book to highlight the main title, the typically direct and symmetrical framing, and the illustrated… |
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Animating hotel rooms for Disney World
…Walt Disney World by the end of 2012. The one-of-a-kind resort will feature family suites designed around four themes: The Lion King, Cars, Finding Nemo and The Little Mermaid, including… |
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Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind
…the ship. There is little for Nausicaa to do to prevent the crash, which is blunt in its terrible destruction. The mystery of the airship is enhanced by the discovery… |
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The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D
…moving cinematography that undoubtedly contributes to making the size of the sets feel larger and therefore opening up the worlds of the film, making them more believable, even without the… |
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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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Scooby-Doo! Music Of The Vampire
…English subtitles. Final Cut: The songs added to the movie are sure to turn some people off, and I don’t think they always found the right tone or gained the… |
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From Snow Queen to Pinocchio II: Robert Reece’s animated adventures in screenwriting
…like the coach watching his or her team from the sideline,” explains Reece. “As the writer, you’re on the field, very close to the action. But the coach has a… |
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Wart, Robin, Oliver and more Pan come to Disney Blu-ray
…Joining the June 11 release of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, The Emperor’s New Groove and Lilo & Stitch, and the August 27 release of The Many Adventures Of Winnie The… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition
…the limelight for a 25th anniversary revisit of the groundbreaking contemporary classic that put animation back on the map. The Disney renaissance started here, the set celebrates the film well…. |
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A Conversation with Terry Rawlings
…hour to drop due to the safety precautions. And I liked the opening, the way the music crashes in, and the camera swerves through the seats of the theater, and… |
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Strange Magic
…movie’s budget (figures are sketchy, but I’d assume between $40-60 million) when one sells a company for over $4 billion? For their part, the film’s release may have been the… |
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The View Conference 2018 complete program now announced
…currently working on Wonder Woman 1984, The Lion King, and X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Dennis Muren, Creative Director, Industrial Light &Magicand legendary senior visual effects supervisor, has received nine Academy Awards… |
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Wanted: CG artists
The {{link http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-weta23nov23,1,1140535.story L.A. Times}} has a report on the lack of CG artists in the industry. “Industry observers agree that there are not enough experienced workers to fill the… |
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More Rings for your buck…
…{{link http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html#1219 reported}} by The Digital Bits had New Line, the studio responsible for funding and distributing the Rings films, balking at the cost Weta Digital was asking for to… |
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OSCARS SPECIAL: The 76th Annual Academy Awards – "It’s a wrap!"
…topper of the evening, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, was My Favorite Things from The Sound Of Music. “Sorry Julie”, Crystal quipped to the star… |
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Shrek 2: number 1
…(5/19 – 5/23): $128,983,060 – Largest Opening Weekend for an Animated Film: $108,000,000, beating Finding Nemo by over $30,000,000 – Largest Saturday Single Day Box Office Gross Ever (5/22): $44,797,042… |
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EXCLUSIVE! Shrek 2 DVD menu descriptions and screen shots!
…bring you a description and shots of the menus for DreamWorks’ still-in-theaters Shrek 2, the biggest hit of the year! Follow this link for a peek at the upcoming disc,… |
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Actress Fay Wray dies at 96
…the 1991 ceremony marking the 60th birthday of the Empire State Building; she wrote, “Each time I arrive in New York and see the skyline and the exquisite beauty of… |
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Harryhausen Goes Ape Over Kong
…made King Kong popular was the girl and the ape, and that’s not true. The original had so much fantasy and the whole thing hinges on fantasy. [But Jackson’s] in… |
