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Beauty and the Beast: Belle’s Magical World
…the songs were creative and fun to sing, and it was nominated for an Oscar. Flash forward a few years and Disney had a winning streak akin to Pixar and… |
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The Essential Daffy Duck
…Tom And Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection gathered what was basically a scrapbook of their most notable appearances, from their first cartoon, through their several Oscar wins, to later television shows… |
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Rob Marshall Heads Into the Woods with Pirates 5 Update
Piartes of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides director Rob Marshall is returning to direct musicals. He directed the 2002 critically acclaimed and Oscar winner Chicago. Disney has slated him to… |
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Rio 2 in Early Stages of Development
Rio, the Oscar nominated film about bird smuggling set in Brazil, is set to have a sequel, says Cinema Blend. Director Carlos Saldanha is progressing on the potential film, which… |
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Lady and the Tramp’s Peggy Lee on the right side of the (sound)tracks!
…Kelly’s Blues. The Oscar went to Jo Van Fleet (playing James Dean’s mother in East of Eden) and Pete Kelly’s Blues proved to be Peggy’s last feature-film role. Peggy later… |
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Animated shorts in the spotlight
If you’re looking to get a jump on whatever Oscar pool you might be participating in (we would suggest this one!) several websites are showcasing the shorts portion of the… |
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Rango wins at BAFTA’s
Rango continued its march towards a potential Oscar by winning the British equivalent, the Bafta for Best Animated Film, at the the British Academy Film Awards. The Special Visual Effects… |
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La Luna clip now online
…will tell the story of a boy who learns of his family’s “unusual line of work” while out at sea one night. It has been nominated for the Oscar for… |
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The Princess And The Frog: A Return To The Animated Musical (featurette)
…team of John Musker and Ron Clements, with music by Oscar-winning composer Randy Newman. The Princess And The Frog began exclusively at the Walt Disney Studios Theater in Burbank and… |
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Up
…release being the extremely safe Toy Story 3, might be in danger of feeling like they’re treading water. I wouldn’t really feel too safe putting my Oscar money on Up’s… |
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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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The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr Toad: Gold Classic Collection
…Oscar! Song Of The South’s follow-up film, So Dear To My Heart (1949), featured even more live-action, and has often been named as Walt’s most favorite, personal film. With the… |
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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… |
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The Sword In The Stone: Gold Classic Collection
…set in olden times, though it is a great cartoon, with some of the best animation of Mickey in the 30s and was rewarded with an Oscar nomination for Best… |
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Treasure Planet: Special Edition
…check that decent versions were going out. I feel this is a real shame, as Planet deserves more than this, especially in light of its recent Oscar campaign (or lack… |
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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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The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Two
…rounds out with Feedin’ The Kiddie (another remake, of the 1949 Oscar-winning The Little Orphan), Mucho Mouse (a Spanish set chase which features more great settings and a vocal by… |
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Frank And Ollie: Special Edition
…that sound suspiciously like they have been more recently mixed in), and Ollie’s debut with a brief 30-second clip from The Brave Little Tailor (Oscar nominee for 1938). Although these… |
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The Last Unicorn (pan-and-scan)
…Ghibli, which under director Hayao Miyazaki garnered much critical praise and ultimately an Oscar, for last year’s Spirited Away. But as far as Rankin/Bass’ feature work goes, they couldn’t be… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse In Living Color, Volume Two
…(the set quite rightly does not venture into video sequel or television territory) is the Oscar-nominated 1995 animated short Runaway Brain, a rarely seen, but brilliantly animated spoof of the… |
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Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
…wilderness, again as an “actor for hire” in Mickey’s Christmas Carol, the Oscar-nominated featurette which featured Mickey as Bob Cratchit, with Donald and Goofy in supporting roles. Though again, it… |
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Lion King II: Simba’s Pride – Special Edition
…to a home video release when it deserves so much more (such as an Oscar nomination). The 2D, traditionally drawn animation literally sparkles, and is the richest looking I have… |
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Mulan: Special Edition
…– he isn’t even mentioned here, despite being a grand old master of film music and having this particular score Oscar nominated in 1998. Very much an outstanding omission, and… |
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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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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… |
