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Review Roundup: Up flies high, plus Hanna-Barbera classics
…these items to your attention before the week ended. First up is Up, James’ review of Pixar’s latest theatrical feature. As usual for Pixar, there’s already lots of Oscar buzz… |
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Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 2
…Jerry catches on to the danger and sets out to create as much noise as he can to get Tom into trouble. This was the second straight Oscar win for… |
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Spider-Mouse: the ultimate character crossover team-up as Disney buys Marvel!
…voice and the Oscar-nominated song itself, and refreshing in this overly quick cut age. The extras on the new disc are big fun too, especially the hilariously dated promo record… |
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Off the beaten track…alternative animation 9 and Astro Boy
…his original Oscar-nominated short into a feature by Tim Burton, has opened at number two at the box-office, with a $15m take. This is healthy for Universal’s indie label Focus… |
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Cinderella: Platinum Edition
…efforts was an Oscar nomination, and three popular hits. From A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes to Bibbidy-Bobbidy-Boo, the songs are eminently hum-able and have become quintessential Disney… |
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Whisper Of The Heart
…one was undoubtedly Whisper Of The Heart. While Howl’s Moving Castle was nominated for an Oscar, and My Neighbor Totoro had a previous successful home video release from Fox and… |
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A Boy Named Charlie Brown
…it just doesn’t feel like a Peanuts cartoon if it has music that isn’t dominated by nifty piano jazz. (Even though the music was Oscar nominated.) And, it would have… |
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The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh: The Friendship Edition
…this featurette win the Oscar that year. Winnie The Pooh And Tigger Too brings the spotlight onto Tigger, whose bouncing is driving Rabbit crazy. Rabbit convinces the others that Tigger… |
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Looking ahead to the long weekend
…me, not to mention the upcoming BluRay releases of Surf’s Up (which will also include ChubbChubbs shorts, including the original Oscar-winning one), the partially-animated Spider-Man Trilogy, and the Spielberg classic… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three
…Chinaman gag near the end of it. I could see how the African and African American caricaturing in the Oscar-nominated Tea For Two Hundred could be a problem for some,… |
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Tinker Bell
…Kathy Najimy and even Oscar winner Angelica Huston (sounding surprisingly elegant as Queen Clarion). Final Cut: This is just the type of film that the male adult animation fan would… |
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2006: A Year In Review
…couple of weeks ago before reportedly going wider in March 2007. With five spots in this year’s Oscar race for Best Animated Feature, maybe the Academy will save one for… |
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Rumors abound for Disney, Fox projects
…score by Oscar-winning composer James Horner. In other animation stories, Wikipedia offers its take on some future films from Disney. One of those films, as it turns out, is not… |
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Director Roger Allers on The Little Matchgirl
…as a bonus feature on The Little Mermaid Platinum Edition DVD. It would later garner an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short. Days before this year’s Oscar ceremony took… |
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Dream On, Silly Dreamer
…Now having a strong desire to create more blockbusters and more Oscar nominees, management descended upon the artists in an effort to “streamline” production, calculate a formula for success, and… |
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Another Conversation with Eric Goldberg
…think there are less blockbusters these days. I think they are starting to understand maybe all that good cash for bad isn’t worth their while. And obviously at Oscar time… |
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Michael Giacchino cooks up tasty tunes for Ratatouille!
…energy, passion, emotion… and a great sense of swing! That’s where we reach the unexpected in his score for the Oscar-winning Ratatouille. No Frenchy muzak in here. Just an incredible… |
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Jan Pinkava reveals “les ropes” of Ratatouille
…than one of the greatest storytellers and animation artists. So, I went to Jan Pinkava, who happens to be that great artist, just before the Oscar ceremony for which he… |
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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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Perfect Nightmare: Henry Selick on Making Christmas before time!
…storyboards before the movie is made and then shot a frame a time like traditional animation. RI: Do you think the Best Animated Feature Oscar category does more good or… |
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Once Upon A Dream: Burny Mattinson on Sleeping Beauty‘s Maleficent
…Pooh and Tigger Too. Following this, he worked on storyboards and title designs for The Rescuers and The Fox and the Hound, before directing the Oscar-nominated Mickey’s Christmas Carol in… |
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DisneyToon Studios and The Sequels That Never Were, with Tod Carter
…the sequel for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, along with director Steve “Oscar” Moore. It was at this same time, while I was essentially packing my things and heading out… |
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Mary Poppins’ Richard M. Sherman: A Practically Perfect Songwriter!
…for the Best Picture Oscar. But the success of the film also lies in the hand of Walt Disney’s only staff-songwriters, the Sherman Brothers, who received Oscars for Best Song… |
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Lorraine Feather & George Griffin on You’re Outa Here
…it. I was discussing the idea with some friends of mine, one of whom knew Frank Mouris, who, with his wife Caroline, won an Oscar for an animated short called… |
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The One That Started It All… The Making Of Snow White
…for the motion picture cartoon”, the special trophy was larger than usual, made up of a regular Oscar on a podium, followed by seven smaller statuettes! Walt’s dream movie was… |
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The Quest For Camelot: Special Edition
…The most unexpected success came with the Dion track, which was Oscar nominated, and has since been performed and re-recorded by a number of different artists. Released in the UK… |
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Cats Don’t Dance
…Animated Short Oscar), plus a set-top game and a “jump to a song” feature. For my money though, fans with LD players could do a lot worse than to check… |
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Beauty And The Beast
…digital-to-digital conversion, the Best Picture Oscar nominated classic (it did actually win, twice, for Best Song and Score) has never looked better…or has it? For years I have been intrigued… |
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Sleeping Beauty Deluxe Edition
…allowing for full analytical slo-mo viewing of the animation, while the audio mix showcases the original Tchaikovsky-adapted Oscar-nominated score. On side four, the bonus material (in CLV) begins, first with… |
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Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron
…thought it had a great shot at being DW’s second Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature in a row. The opening shot is terrific – a really stunning animation achievement… |
