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Walt Disney World's Pleasure Island closing down
Jim Hill talks about “the real reason WDW’s night club complex is shuttering. Which is Mickey’s desire to create a seamless Guest experience for all those shopping & dining at… |
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The success story of Disney On Ice
…foreign expansion strategy — establishing a Disney Channel outpost to pump Mickey and friends directly into people’s homes — has proceeded slowly because of government restrictions on foreign media. But… |
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And the Oscars go to…the (Slum) dogs!
…Penn for Best Actor, beating out favorite Mickey Rourke. But in most other areas it was business as usual: Penelope Cruz for Vicky Christina Barcelona, Heath Ledger’s inevitable prize for… |
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Britain’s Biggest Red Carpet Rolled Out To Celebrate The BAFTA Awards 2009
…Actor Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler, while tribute was paid to those we lost this year including Charlton Heston, Patrick McGoohan, Michael Crichton, Roy Scheider, Stan Winston, Cyd Charisse and… |
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Bolt
…have is the evidence that Bolt has signalled a return to form for Mickey’s outfit, as confirmed by the animation industry itself with the film’s somewhat surprise Oscar nomination. Sanders’… |
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Max Fleischer’s Superman: 1941 – 1942
…with Fleischer’s Betty Boop had seen some cracks open up between the two entities, though while the Popeye series ran its course during the 1930s – and even outsold Mickey… |
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Superman soars! Gulliver sinks! In a double dose of Fleischer fun!
…and propel him to a stardom that at one time beat Mickey Mouse in merchandising popularity, and became only the second Studio to release a full-length animated feature after the… |
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Gulliver’s Travels
…star – Popeye The Sailor – was just as popular as Disney’s Mickey Mouse in his heyday, and ordered the Fleischers to enter the feature film market. Paramount had been… |
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Meet The Robinsons
…new logo for the newly renamed Walt Disney Animation Studios (formally Walt Disney Feature Animation) which features a classic Mickey Mouse animation from his debut in Steamboat Willie. The film… |
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More X-Men, plus A Bug's Life is back!
…which aimed to out do Mickey in the animation stakes with both an epic, traditionally animated musical (The Prince Of Egypt) and his bug-starring feature produced in the developing medium… |
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Monsters, Inc.‘s Composer Randy Newman: “I score because I care!”
…resembles Rota’s music in some of its incarnations. AV: Your approach to animation seems to largely appeal to Mickey Mousing as your score really sticks to the picture. RN: Yes…. |
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Witch Mountain, Super Friends, and Disney history!
…him to Hollywood and provided the foundation from which he launched Oswald The (not so, for him) Lucky Rabbit, and eventually Mickey Mouse. Davis starred in the first thirteen of… |
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Bob Clampett’s Beany And Cecil: The Special Edition
…mice attend the park wearing Mickey Mouse ears; this one got Clampett in trouble with censors who were worried that Uncle Walt would take offence Cecil Meets The Singing Dinosaur… |
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The Tick Vs. Season One
…just the right note of enthusiasm, earnestness, and even sweetness. It would have been so eay to make The Tick annoying, but with Coleman, The Tick is only endearing. Mickey… |
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DuckTales: Volume 2
…that play upon loading the first disc, including Peter Pan: Special Edition, Meet The Robinsons, Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: A Kingdom Of Kindness, Cars, and Mickey Saves Santa. Sorry, no… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 1
…allow Mickey to do it); the opening credits to1946’s Holiday In Mexico; a swimming sequence with Tom, Jerry, and Esther Williams for 1953’s Dangerous When Wet; and an animated “Sinbad… |
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New interview, Robinsons promising for Disney, more Treasures, Popeye is coming
…welcome. Given how he actually predates Mickey Mouse, this may be one of the most important Treasures releases yet, at least in terms of animation history. And the Disneyland set?… |
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Return To Never-Land: Pixie-Powered Edition
…Wendy), while familiar incidental voices are provided by people like Dan Castellaneta and Frank Welker. Final Cut: Directors Robin Budd and Donavan Cook (famed for delivering the very satisfying Mickey,… |
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Chatting with The Chestnut Tree Creators
…a Mickey test. At that point she’d become so advanced that I figured it was a bit of a waste to have her help me when I figured she could… |
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Michael Giacchino cooks up tasty tunes for Ratatouille!
…not to hit it over the head too much, because if you get too “Mickey Mousey” with it, it feels awkward and disjointed. So the challenge is: how do you… |
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Bruce Broughton: The Great Prince of Bambi II‘s Music
…the big, traditional western scores of the 50s), television (Eloise at Christmastime, inspired by both Gershwin and Tchaikovsky) and concert music. Because of his impressive versatility, he’s used to sharing… |
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Douglas Gresham and Trevor Goring: Back Into The Narnia Wardrobe!
…previsualize the film before shooting draws its roots back to the late 20s and the 30s in the world of Disney animation (going back as far as Mickey’s debut in… |
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Author Tim Hauser’s “axioms” on The Art Of WALL•E
…Little Toaster, and FernGully; The Last Rainforest, and created the original story for the Oscar-nominated Mickey Mouse cartoon, Runaway Brain. I was also the editor for Roy E. Disney and… |
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The Quest For Camelot: Special Edition
…to make a grab for Mickey’s crown. One of the most successful animation companies to rival Disney, the Studio had given us Bugs, Daffy, Tweety and Sylvester, and the Tazmanian… |
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Sleeping Beauty Deluxe Edition
…Helene Stanley appeared on the Mickey Mouse Club TV series, on “Guest Start Day”. This full sequence is shown in the next video clip, with Helene interacting with the Mouseketeers… |
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Little Nemo: Adventures In Slumberland
…lent her vocals to the title ballad, and a flood of animation favorites provide voices, including Mickey Rooney, Rene Auberjonois, Nancy Cartwright, June Foray, Kathleen Freeman, Michael Gough, Sherry Lynn,… |
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Treasure Planet: Special Edition
…the Disney ones, and even some early Mickey and the Pirates Of The Caribbean ride get a look in (though strangely no tie-in mention of that film)! Split into six… |
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The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Two
…And Jerry were a big success and H-B’s talents were put onto the cat and mouse series permanently and exclusively. When Walt Disney refused MGM’s use of Mickey Mouse to… |
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The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Three
…stay the same, and although Poddany’s scores don’t play with including recognisable themes as much as Bradley used to (he has a tendency to strongly “Mickey Mouse” the action), these… |
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Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure
…Kevin Lima and end up directing bigger budget features of their own. Making return trips to Disney are voice actors Jodie Benson (Lady) and Mickey Rooney (Sparky), while Melissa Manchester… |
