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He Does More Than Just Play Bass: Upcoming Paul McCartney Animation
Animation World Network updates with a report that three animated titles by Sir Paul McCartney of Beatles fame (“fame” may be too mild of a word) have been acquired by… |
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Kubo And The Two Strings
…to the live-action plate photography as “photoreal” and not to call attention to itself. It was really the Rankin/Bass Studio that finally gave stop-motion a featured stage, albeit mostly for… |
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Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
Rankin/Bass Productions (1976), Warner Home Video (October 4 2011), single disc, 25 minutes, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0, Rated G, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: Frosty returns in the animated sequel… |
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Bugs Bunny’s Easter Funnies
…Rankin/Bass’ The First Easter Rabbit as a concurrent release, since the rabbit that phones in sick here is clearly a reference to that special from the year before, either as… |
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The Nightmare Before Christmas: 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…be filmed using models and purpose-built sets in the stop-motion process, a medium the director had enjoyed since childhood (during which he witnessed many of Rankin/Bass’ animated television specials) for… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #56: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – Santa Hates Misfits
…special by Rankin–Bass! https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV3369167263.mp3 Highlights: • There’s nothing like a good ol’ Christmas Special! We discuss all our favorites including a He-Man tangent. • Main Discussion: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer… |
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The Best Of 2022: Wait, What…It’s Over? Where Did THAT Go?
…of the entire world. Other notable deaths included comic book legend Neal Adams, Jules Bass of Rankin/Bass fame, Irene Cara, Barbara Walters, Gilbert Gottfried, Harry Potter star Robbie Coltrane, Leslie… |
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Groovie Goolies: The Saturday Mourning Collection
…looked, to my little eyes, like it mixed the characters from the Rankin/Bass stop-motion feature Mad Monster Party with the classic stable of Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes gang. I distinctly… |
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Spider-Man: The ’67 Collection
…directed by his cousin, Bernard “Bunny” Cowan. Cowan was a co-producer on Spider-Man, and also worked on the other Marvel Comics cartoons. The same voice troupe also did Rankin–Bass’s Rudolph… |
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Dave Metzger’s Wish Comes True…
…they normally are and eight where the violins normally are. And I used twelve French horns, contrabass trombones, bass trombones and a contrabass saxophone. What I was interested in was… |
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It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…begins with spots for the new remastered edition of Rankin–Bass’s Jack Frost, as well as the next couple of Peanuts holiday DVDs. Other Trailers available from the menu system include… |
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Have yourself a Very Barry Christmas!
‘Prgoddess’ in the {{link http://animation.skyblueproductions.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=4864#post4864 Animated News Forum}} links to Cuppa Coffee’s new site promoting an upcoming stopmotion film that crosses The Nightmare Before Christmas with the classic Rankin/Bass television… |
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RIP, Shelley Winters
…voicing Crystal, the wife of Frosty the Snowman, in the Rankin/Bass treasures Frosty’s Winter Wonderland (1976) and Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July (1979). In-between those films, the actress acted… |
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Where Did These AWOL Animated Movies Get To?
…never been issued on home video. The Last Unicorn (1982) – Rankin/Bass’ animated take on Peter S Beagle’s mythical epic fared badly on Artisan’s DVD release, with no extras and… |
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Casey Kasem, voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo!, passes away
…Top 40 also did a number of voices on Sesame Street, as well as the title character in Rankin/Bass’s often forgotten Easter special Here Comes Peter Cottontail. Movie fans may… |
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\\Rudolph\\ airs tonight in HD
…Burl Ives. It was produced by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass and directed by Larry Roemer. Romeo Muller wrote the television adaptation from a story by Robert L. May…. |
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How concept artist Dawn Brown transformed into a director for House Of Monsters
…did you choose stop motion? DB: I’ve always enjoyed stop motion. I grew up with the Rankin/Bass holiday specials. There is something so charming and enchanting about the art form…. |
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King Kong Animated Series to be Released on DVD
…the animated King Kong tv series on DVD this November. The 4-disc set collects the 1966 TV series by Rankin–Bass and will retail for $39.95. TVShowsOnDVD.com has the full story…. |
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The Best Of 2018: The Year Old Became New (Again!)
…release of Rankin–Bass’s Flight Of The Dragons come out early this year. One should also mention that Warner Home Video came through with a superb Blu-ray set for the fully… |
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The Swan Princess Lasts Far Longer Than Forever with Director Richard Rich
…Rich about the legacy of The Swan Princess. In addition to his resume at Disney, Rich directed all of the Swan Princess sequels, and also helmed the Rankin/Bass 1999 animated… |
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Spring is in the air: Here comes a new Peter Cottontail movie
Kristin writes in to point out that the image at Amazon.com for the DVD cover of the Rankin–Bass Easter special Here Comes Peter Cottontail mentions that there is a Peter… |
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The Puppetoon Movie: Volume 2
…ancestor to the Abominable Snowman in Rankin–Bass’s Rudolph Christmas special – further evidence of Pal’s influence on future animators. Puppetoons B Two Gun Rusty (1944, 8:27) – Little red-haired Rusty… |
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Caprino animation DVD contest winners announced
Often called the “Walt Disney of Norway” (though his puppet and stop-motion techniques are probably more akin to Ray Harryhausen’s fairy-tales or the Rankin/Bass specials of the 1950s and 60s),… |
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The Best Of 2021: The More Things Change…
…Kino Lorber also put out some old-school animation, with Jetsons: The Movie and Rankin–Bass’ The Daydreamer, not to mention the less family-friendly Fritz The Cat films. And Thunderbean got some… |
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The Last Unicorn set back to 2006; gains a final director
…of The Last Unicorn, a popular fantasy novel-turned Rankin/Bass animated film in 1982. The film’s two previous chiefs, Michael Pakleppa and Monty Python cohort Julián Doyle, are now on as… |
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Cartoon Network movie "May-athon"
…Scarecrow, and Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. Also airing will be such titles as the Bakshi animated Lord Of The Rings as well as Rankin/Bass’ The Hobbit and Return Of… |
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What ever you do, no matter how much it begs…never, ever purchase the Last Unicorn DVD!
Ben Simon over at DVD Toons has {{link http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/289 words of wisdom}} for those considering picking up Artisan’s recent edition of the 1982 Rankin/Bass feature The Last Unicorn: “I don’t… |
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The Last Unicorn's Official Website gets a facelift!!
…Rankin–Bass, and has since become a cult hit on video, finally being lined up this year for a DVD release on March 16th. This new live-action film is not a… |
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The Last Unicorn finally comes home
Rankin/Bass’ 1982 fantasy animated feature The Last Unicorn has appeared as a pre-order on the {{link http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=579871 DVD Empire}} website, listing a March 16th release date, for under $10. No… |
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Anchor Bay sold to…IDT Entertainment
…brings to home video, especially in the collectors DVD market. The company distributes a number of animation-related titles, including those of Rankin/Bass, as well as many live-action Disney Studios films…. |
