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Dream On, Silly Dreamer
…to an animator.” A sketchbook is then used as the “storybook” with which to outline the events that follow, occasionally offering amusing interstitials of original animation. Though there is a… |
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Dalmatians 101: “Spot”-light on songwriter Mel Leven
…on Babes In Toyland, he’s just credited as a lyricist, not as a songwriter. WL: That is correct. On Babes In Toyland, Dad did the libretto. Whereas on One Hundred… |
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Bruce Broughton: The Great Prince of Bambi II‘s Music
…The characters and the story are very much a part of elements implied in the original movie. The voices are very similar. Actually, to me, the story in Bambi II… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Platinum Edition
…introduction, there’s a choice of five “lands” of Snow White to choose from. The Wishing Well will lead you to the History and Storyboards. Within the text-based History, there’s a… |
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Sleeping Beauty Deluxe Edition
…In fact, with some room to breathe and missing the narration needed to rush the story from sequence to sequence, The Peter Tchaikovsky Story would have made a very engrossing… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Behind The Scenes At The Walt Disney Studios
…$32.99 Storyboard: A fantastic trawl through the archives that brings together all of Walt Disney’s short films, television shows, and even a feature, that deal with what he and his… |
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One Hundred And One Dalmatians: Limited Issue
Walt Disney Pictures (January 25 1961), Walt Disney Home Video (November 9 1999), single disc, 79 mins, 1.33:1 original negative ratio, Dolby Surround, Rated G, Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: Set in… |
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Little Nemo: Adventures In Slumberland
…condition, although it has to be said that Little Nemo is such a mess of a film that any digital makeover will still never help this story. Based on the… |
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The Rescuers
…Storyboard: Set in the bustling city of New York, as well as the backwater swamps of Devil’s Bayou, The Rescuers introduces us to two courageous little mice, Bernard and Miss… |
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The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Two
…couple of MGM’s big Hollywood musicals! Beginning where the first set left off, this collection starts with the next cartoon in Tom And Jerry’s chronological release history, Two Little Indians… |
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Walt: The Man Behind The Myth
…$29.99 Storyboard: A surprisingly non-whitewashed version of Walt Disney’s life story by those who knew him best, overseen and produced by the Disney Family themselves and featuring interviews and recollections… |
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The Last Unicorn (pan-and-scan)
Rankin-Bass/ITC Films (November 19 1982), Artisan Family Home Entertainment (March 16 2004), single disc, 93 mins, 1.33:1 pan-and-scan, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Rated G, Retail: $14.98 Storyboard: In a mythical… |
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Shark Tale
DreamWorks Animation (October 1 2004), DreamWorks Home Entertainment (February 8 2005), single disc, 90 mins plus supplements, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated PG, Retail: $19.99 Storyboard: Ostensibly… |
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Starchaser: The Legend Of Orin
Entertainment Distributors/Filmation Studios/Atlantic Releasing/JVC (November 22 1985), MGM DVD (June 21 2005), single disc, 100 mins, 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital Stereo Surround, Rated PG, Retail: $14.98 Storyboard: Set on… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Your Host, Walt Disney
…Storyboard: The old Mousetro, Walt himself, guides us through some illuminating episodes of the DisneyLand television series in which he doesn’t just bookend the shows, but sticks around to present… |
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The Reef
…Storyboard: A little orange fish loses his parents but finds a friend on his eventful journey in which he comes up against a bunch of stereotypical shark adversaries. Yep, it’s… |
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Disney/Pixar’s WALL-E: 3-Disc – Winner!
…premiere of The Pixar Story, a documentary by Leslie Iwerks. The first in-depth look at the most influential animation studio of its time, The Pixar Story goes behind the scenes… |
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The pirate movie that's no crime…
…big player status back on the map! Like many of the threes this summer, Pirates tries to pack a ton of story threads in, though unlike those other films, it… |
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American Legends (featuring John Henry)
…Rated G, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: Host James Earl Jones introduces four tales that made America, all illustrated by Disney animation old and new: Paul Bunyan (1958), Johnny Appleseed (1948), The… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume Two
…Storyboard: Mouse’s best friend Pluto returns in a second and final collection of his solo animated outings, bringing the cartoon filmography of Walt’s “original fantastic four” (the others being Mickey,… |
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TMNT
…5.1 Surround, Rated PG, Retail: $28.98 Storyboard: When a series of mythical monsters run amok, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles must reunite to take them on, battle against the mysterious… |
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The Lost World (1925 and 1960 versions)
…frame ratio; 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 4.0, 1925: Not Rated; 1960: Rated G, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic boys’s own adventure of mysterious lands and preserved… |
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Mickey’s House Of Villains
Walt Disney Studios/Television Animation (1937-2002), Walt Disney Home Video (September 3 2002), single disc, 70 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital, Not Rated, Retail: $19.99 Storyboard:… |
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At the movies: Klaatu, Julien, Despereaux, a Transporter, Bolt and Delgo!
…right? Well you’d be right: James calls it a “fun, smart and beautiful film”, with some “impressive, epic storytelling on a much more grand scale than we’ve seen in a… |
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The Wild
…Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: When young New York Zoo lion Ryan can’t muster up a roar to beat his legendary old man’s, he dreams of escaping into the wild, where his… |
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Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!
Hanna-Barbera Productions (June 3 1964), Warner Home Video (December 2 2008), single disc, 89 mins plus supplements, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital Surround, Rated G, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: Yogi Bear… |
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Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End
…big player status back on the map! Like many of the threes this summer, Pirates tries to pack a ton of story threads in, though unlike those other films, it… |
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The Care Bears Movie
…made by the American Greeting Card company. Soon, the popular bears became books and toys that included a large line of stuffed bears. The success of the toys, and television… |
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Fantastic Mr Fox
…the shark that ate his filmmaker partner. The underwater scenes were notable for featuring the stop-motion creatures of Henry Selick, bringing a fantasist angle to another idiosyncratic story, and though… |
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The Prisoner: The Complete Series
…5.1 Surround and Original Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $99.99 Storyboard: A soon to be ex-secret agent, a top British espionage man, hands in his resignation, only for a mysterious organisation… |
