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Home On The Range
…new kids on the block, providing the whiz-bang fireworks of Toy Story and Shrek, no wonder the handcrafted, staunchly traditional Disney began to look old hat. Now, I loved the… |
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Insider Access To Inside Out
…Dinosaur could be seen, and we got just a glimpse of the Toy Story 4 story room between the fingers of Lasseter’s outstretched hand. Of particular note was the graciousness… |
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The Pixar Story
For those in the Los Angeles/Hollywood region please make note of a special one-week engagement of The Pixar Story which began last Friday and plays through to Thursday, August 30,… |
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The Princess And The Frog
…on the menu, where the entire tagline takes up much room instead of a simple title), Toy Storys 1, 2 and 3, plus a Disney combo pack spot. From the… |
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Mark Smith talks Art of Flash
…Pixar who had worked on Toy Story. I ‘re-met’ Clay Croker, who did Zorak and Moltar (animated and voiced-over) for Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. I was delighted that he… |
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WALL•E: Animator Victor Navone gives soul to a bot, and Cars a Toon-up!
…Studios – as a designer, storyboard artist, story writer and art director. He also worked on Don Bluth’s Titan A.E. special effects. Yet, meanwhile, he was self-teaching animation, up to… |
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Book excerpt from The CG Story
…exclusive excerpt this week at Deadline. The extended sample details “the near-disaster that almost was when the upstarts at Pixar pacted with Disney to make their first feature: Toy Story“…. |
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Journey Back To Oz: Special Edition
Filmation Associates (December 5 1974), BCI/Eclipse (October 24 2006), single disc, 88 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $14.98 Storyboard: Kansas girl… |
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Bedknobs And Broomsticks: Enchanted Musical Edition
Walt Disney Productions (1971), Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (September 8, 2009), 1 disc, 140 mins plus supplements, 1.66:1 ratio, Dolby Digital 5.1, Rated G, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: An amateur… |
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Elemental
…first feature started things off when they asked the question about toys. In the 2000s, it was cars that got the treatment. The formula continued in the 2010s when they… |
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Kaena: The Prophecy
…Dolby Digital 5.1 (Canadian version has Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Rated PG-13, Retail: $24.96 Storyboard: A young woman on a distant world discovers an ancient truth about her people. The… |
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The Best Of 2024: Back To Basics!
…Spider-Man tales with strong storytelling and pure heart, such that every issue was a treat — so much so that all twelve issues were among the top 50 selling books… |
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Update on American Dog, Frog, Rapunzel story reels
The Animation Guild Blog indicates that the American Dog story reels recently received a warm reception. “The whole picture was up on reels, and the notes were pretty positive,” said… |
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When You Wish Upon A Star: The Musical Making of Walt Disney’s Pinocchio
…another story… Musical Effects If the music complements the story in terms of the characters, it can also act as a counterpart to the visual effects, for the most unexpected… |
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The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh: The Friendship Edition
…get across the origin of these tales. A storybook opens to a familiar rendering of the Hundred Acre Wood, populated by the characters from the stories. The storybook trappings charmingly… |
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The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest: Season One, Volume One
Hanna-Barbera (1996), Warner Home Video (February 17, 2009), 2 discs, 266 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Not Rated, Retail: $26.98 Storyboard: In this… |
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Metropolis
…and Japanese 5.1 DTS tracks, Rated PG-13, Retail: $24.95 Storyboard: Osamu Tezuka’s classic manga is brought to life in a state-of-the-art animated epic. In a future society, a madman’s plan… |
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Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
…This continues the rest of the way through the story. I can understand that they had no suitable role for Bugs out of the Christmas Carol story— you couldn’t have… |
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Oscar nominees for 2021 films announced
…Bradley Cooper, Producers • The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers • West Side Story – Steven Spielberg and… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Mickey Mouse Club Presents Annette
Walt Disney Productions (1958), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (November 11, 2008), 2 disc set, 240 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Not Rated, Retail:… |
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April And The Extraordinary World
…a nice featurette entitled The Origin Of The Extraordinary World (28:00). This look at the making of the film begins with Jacques Tardi himself describing how he came up with… |
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Composer Philip Klein on Wish Dragon
…tried to do on any part of the story that deals with Din and Li Na, which is kind of a friendship-romance-present-day-story, we balanced that kind of thematic identity and… |
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Batman Beyond: The Complete First Season
Warner Bros. (1999), Warner Home Video (March 21, 2006), 2 discs, 280 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Not Rated, Retail: $26.98 Storyboard: Years… |
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The Tale of Despereaux
…that this is the story of a brave mouse and then follow a rat around for the first 10 minutes, after being warned that he is not that mouse. Things… |
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Big Hero 6
…PG, Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: A computer wunderkind adapts and teams up with his older brother’s robotic creation and his geeky research colleagues to take on a mysterious threat out to… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 1
…of new ones, with almost no overhead cost (then running up to $60,000 per cartoon). So, the animation studio was targeted for closure. It was the studio’s business manager who… |
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Bolt: Mark Cotta Vaz on The Art of Bolt
…as they didn’t want Bolt to seem to be a stupid character. By the time I saw the story reel, I thought they had achieved all those storytelling goals. AV:… |
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Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
Melendez/Mendelson Productions (1975), Warner Home Video (January 15, 2008), 1 disc, 25 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: The… |
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Director Gore Verbinski wrangles up Rango!
…the biggest opening weekend gross with $135.6 million, becoming the first film to make $100 million in two days. Ultimately, Dead Man’s Chest grossed $1.07 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing… |
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Star Wars – Rebels: Complete Season Four
…but the Rebellion as well. Though the newer story elements introduced in the latter half of the season threatened to dampen my enthusiasm for the storyline, I still found this… |
