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Top VHS sales
{{link http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/videos/sales.jsp \\Billboard\\ November 1, 2003 chart}}: 1 – \\The Lion King\\ (Platinum Edition) 2 – \\Barbie of Swan Lake\\ 5 – \\Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico\\ 7 –… |
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Top DVD sales
{{link http://www.billboard.com/bb/charts/videos/dvd.jsp \\Billboard\\ November 1, 2003 chart}}: 1 – \\The Lion King\\ (Platinum Edition) 10 – \\Sleeping Beauty\\… |
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First Chance To "Digga Tunnah"
With today’s release of Sing-Along Songs: Brother Bear comes a special treat: the first chance to hear the new song from Lion King 1 1/2, “Digga Tunnah.”… |
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Top VHS sales 11/15/2003
\\Billboard\\ November 15, 2003 chart: 1 – \\George of the Jungle 2\\ 3 – \\The Lion King\\ (Platinum Edition) 4 – \\Barbie of Swan Lake\\ 8 – \\Scooby-Doo and the… |
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Top DVD Sales 11/15/2003
\\Billboard\\ November 15, 2003 chart: 5 – \\The Lion King\\ (Platinum Edition) 10 – \\George of the Jungle 2\\… |
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Press Release For Delayed Treasures DVDs
…the delay is due to the success of FINDING NEMO, LION KING (SE) and PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN and the desire to meet the public’s demand for these films. Facilities… |
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Timon and Pumbaa's Interquel Page Update
Just a quick heads up that Disney’s official page for The Lion King 1½ has just updated with the sound working now, text clips from movie critics praising the movie… |
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2003: ’Tis The Season To Buy Presents!
…are The Rescuers, Disney’s 1977 “crossover” feature which marked the swapping of the Nine Old Men to the new generation; Popeye, Robert Altman’s 1980 live-action take on the spinach-guzzling sailor… |
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Zimmer Composing Music For Upcoming Animated Films
The Internet Movie Database is reporting that in addition to already completing the musical score for The Lion King 1 1/2, Hans Zimmer will be composing the musical scores to… |
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For once: a Pirate DVD that the retailers love!
…making the Studio a favorite with retailers, especially after the success of Finding Nemo and “catalog” hits such as Sleeping Beauty and The Lion King. Now officially the “fasted selling… |
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\\Finding Nemo\\ gets Golden Globe nomination
…Picture have gone to \\Beauty and the Beast\\, \\The Lion King\\, and \\Toy Story 2\\. Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture have included \\Who Framed Roger Rabbit?\\, \\The Little Mermaid\\,… |
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Disney Florida: three days to go…
From {{link http://www.jimhillmedia.com/articles/01092004.1.htm Jim Hill Media}}: “As the deadline for the official announcement draws ever nearer, JH tries to pin down the exact moment that Mouse House managers lost their… |
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Jim Hill Media on Florida Animation, The Da Vinci Code, and Auto Trinkets
…cites several Disney movies in it (Jim only mentions Sleeping Beauty but The Little Mermaid and The Lion King are also referenced in the bestseller). And third is a {{link… |
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Ruben Aquino Talks: Interview with Brother Bear Animator
…The Little Mermaid (Ursula), Rescuers Down Under (Jake the kangaroo mouse), The Lion King (adult Simba), Pocahontas (Chief Powhatan), Mulan (Captain Shan), and Lilo & Stitch (David and Pleakley). Read… |
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Sample Songs from Timon & Pumbaa's Hilarious Adventure
The official Disney site now has a page for the soundtrack for The Lion King 1½ with 30-second clips from each song in RealPlayer or QuickTime format…. |
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Jobs disses Disney
…“If you look at the quality of their sequels, such as \\Lion King 1 1/2\\ and (the \\Peter Pan\\ sequel \\Return to Neverland\\), it’s pretty embarrassing”. A Disney spokesperson responded…. |
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Jason Raize, voice of Denahi, dead at 28
Broadway.com reports the sad news of the apparent suicide death of Jason Raize, who was the first to portray Simba in The Lion King on Broadway and also supplied the… |
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\\Aladdin\\ scribes interviewed for disc… but not paid
…the DVD is expected to generate another 300 million or so … again, without a dime going to the writers … … and they know that … And even though… |
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Former Florida Disney animators form Funnypages Productions
…properties for film and television. Both Corley and Bancroft have over 30 combined years of experience in the animation industry. To their credit, they have been nominated for Annie and… |
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Disney's Dick Cook on films and the future: Pirates II and III, Toy Story 3 and Bambi II
…Ladykillers, Home On The Range, The Alamo, King Arthur, M Night Shyamalan’s The Village, The Princess Diaries II and, of course, The Incredibles, to which the gathered crowd were treated… |
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More upcoming Disney cover art…
Good ol’ Ultimate Disney has given us another sneak peek at the cover art for three upcoming DVD releases. Well, in the case of the Aladdin: Platinum Edition (click the… |
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As 2D Disney animation flounders in the US, Australia's studio booms with new talent
Maybe The Lion King 1½ wont be such a fluke decent sequel after all. One story doing the rounds today, and highlighted by {{link http://www.showbizdata.com/contacts/picknews.cfm?id=34899 Showbiz Data}}, sees the animators… |
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\\The Three Musketeers\\ director campaigns for theatrical release
…my movie on the \\Lion King 1 1/2\\ DVD.) Sadly, because of misguided management, this movie is scheduled to skip a theatrical release on the big screen and go straight… |
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Home Theater Forum's Brother Bear DVD Review
…the first 24 minutes, before the picture then “expands” to reflect Kenai’s view of the world as a bear. Disney keeps their integrity in one way, it’s good to see!… |
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More on Lorenzo: A Tale of the Tail
…feature One by One, which was also intended to be part of Fantasia 2006, would be included on the upcoming special edition DVD of The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride…. |
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2004 Key Art Awards finalists
…The Lion King receiving 1 nomination each. The Key Art Awards honor movie advertising excellence. This year’s winners will be announced at the Key Art Awards ceremony on April 30… |
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Fantasia dis-Continued? According to Jim Hill, Yes
…have been or will be released to the public in one way or another . . . eventually. The article also ends with a defense of The Lion King 1½…. |
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News from The Front Lines
…open nature of the question and answer session that followed the screening, the content of the review reaches beyond the ostensible topic of the evening and touches on many subjects… |
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Fox's American Dad; Licensing news
…unveiled) sees pushes for such animation-related titles as Stuart Little 3, Zathura: Jumanji 2, King Kong, Curious George, The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, Madagascar,… |
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More traditional animation on the way
…Raul Garcia, Disney animator on such films as Aladdin, The Lion King and Hercules, and is being created (as with many international productions thesedays) in both Spanish and English languages…. |

