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Last remaining of the Nine Old Men, legendary animator Ollie Johnston dies at 95

…all of the early Disney pictures (Fantasia, Pinocchio, Bambi, Song Of The South, Cinderella, Alice In Wonderland and Sleeping Beauty) all now regarded as animation masterpieces, and in which Johnston…

The Best Of 2009: This Time It’s Personal!

…& Stitch from Amazon.com now! 2. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition – Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition Walt Disney Home Entertainment (October 6, March 10 2009) 2…

Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (Blu-ray/DVD)

…itself the half-failure, half-masterpiece guinea pig for classic Disney’s entry into a new format. And, true to traditional form, Pinocchio is soon to be on its heels, which means fans…

The Princess And The Frog‘s Directors John Musker and Ron Clements take us to “the other side” of animation!

…by the age of 8 that he wanted to become an animator. Inspired by such Disney classics as Sleeping Beauty and Pinocchio, as well as Bob Thomas’ primer The Art…

Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition

…enduring success and popularity too, of course. While Pinocchio is often referenced as being Walt Disney’s Citizen Kane of animation, perhaps due to its often foreboding tone and intricately elaborate…

Bambi: Diamond Edition

…they surpassed themselves technically on all levels to create a masterpiece worthy of Pinocchio and Aladdin their knockabout comedy Dumbo, then Bambi would surely rank as being looked upon as…

How Disney historian Didier Ghez wrote as he pleased…

…Studio, and pushed forward many inspiring projects, most notably Disney’s first feature-length animated film, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, as well as Pinocchio and Fantasia. Much of the artwork…

Fun And Fancy Free: Gold Classic Collection

…$19.99 Storyboard: Fun And Fancy Free sees Pinocchio’s Jiminy Cricket playing a phonograph of Dinah Shore’s story of Bongo The Circus Bear, while Jiminy dreams up the images to accompany…

Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Walt Disney Signature Collection

…of spells, and the names on the Dwarfs’ beds were translated in the artwork. There are other reasons for the film’s enduring success and popularity too, of course. While Pinocchio

Peter Pan: Diamond Edition

…Walt Disney’s most defining and entertaining of all features, has finally joined the ranks of the Studio’s digitally restored films, alongside Snow White, Pinocchio and Dumbo as a purely enjoyable…

Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition

…I think it has to be Pinocchio, still perhaps the most revered animated film to be produced in the pre-digital age. That film built on Walt’s success with Snow White,…

Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume Two

…made for him – much to the amusement of frequent series co-star Figaro the cat, from Pinocchio, and who went on to have a short-lived series of his own. Briefly,…

Cinderella: Diamond Edition

…the company in terms of commercial success. Artistic progress was certainly being made, over films such as the incredibly lush and detailed Pinocchio, the ambitious Fantasia and naturalistic Bambi, but…

Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition (3D)

…to be Pinocchio, still perhaps the most revered animated film to be produced in the pre-digital age. That film built on Walt’s success with Snow White, while his artists ploughed…

Have A Laugh! Volumes 3 and 4

…about restoring their vast animated shorts catalog to the near-quality of the feature film clean-ups such as Snow White and Pinocchio, I heartily supported the trade-off of having to witness…

Beauty And The Beast: 25th Anniversary Walt Disney Signature Collection

…that actually make Beauty And The Beast? Well I think it has to be Pinocchio, still perhaps the most revered animated film – quite rightly described as an epic in…

Animation visionary Glen Keane talks about Nephtali

…he’d never said that. How would I ever do greater than Pinocchio? And I realized – I can’t! You’ll never re-do a better Pinocchio. Then I realized he was not…

Disney Historian Christian Renaut on The Best Of Disney’s Animated Features

…Some other times, for consistency, I decided to combine two into one like for Pinocchio, with the bird’s eye view shot discovery of the village and schoolboys in the morning,…

Frank Thomas has passed away…

…Animator and One of Walt Disney’s ‘Nine Old Men,’ Dies at Age 92 Created Timeless Animation for Such Films as Pinocchio, Bambi, Peter Pan, 101 Dalmatians, and Authored Four Landmark…

Teacher’s Pet (The Movie)

…Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: In a real Pinocchio-styled way, Teacher’s Pet tells the story of Spot, a dog who “wishes to be a real human boy”, opening with a “spot”-on recreation…

LaserDisc Archives: Why I’m Keeping My LaserDisc Player!

…an important part of the studio’s development, and yet they have never been treated on DVD like they were on LaserDisc. Pinocchio is finally coming to Platinum Edition DVD and…

D23 Expo 2019 Exclusive

…for the Tarzan Broadway production. He then went into the development of his upcoming album and performed “When You Wish Upon A Star” from Pinocchio. He followed by retrieving a…

A tribute to X. Atencio

…XA : With Woolie, I did Pinocchio, and then we went from that to Dumbo. On Pinocchio, I worked on Monstro the whale. I remember that we were very particular…

Shrek the Third fun facts

…Pigs    The Big Bad Wolf    The Gingerbread Man    Pinocchio    Three Blind Mice    Cinderella    Snow White    Sleeping Beauty    Rapunzel    Little Red Riding…

Toy Story / Toy Story 2 / Toy Story 3 – 3D Editions

…leading to long working hours and a vast lack of shuteye! Studio Stories: Pinocchio (2:15) offers up a very twisted take on life at Pixar before the move to their…

Snow White: Marge Champion, a Model Princess!

…business so the animators could caricature her actions and make their princess as human as possible. She later modeled for the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio, and Hyacinth Hippo in the…

Reprint for Jungle Book

Yahoo! Movies/Reuters briefs readers on some of the early details for the The Jungle Book Platinum Edition DVD. Interestingly, the article writes, “This month, the Platinum Edition of Pinocchio, which…

Bambi: Platinum Edition

…section) was a testing ground for the highly stylised but realistic approach that Walt was striving for. Due to ongoing technical finessing, the Studio’s complete dedication to Snow White, Pinocchio

Fantasia / Fantasia 2000

…which would be more avant guarde. A final choice was made, and Fantasia became Disney’s third animated feature after Snow White and Pinocchio. Walt’s hopes were high: here was a…

D23 Expo 2022 Exclusive

…with the live-action slate. Bailey brought up the live-action Pinocchio feature, which had just been released the previous day on Disney+, leading to a lovely performance of “When You Wish…