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The Nightmare Before Christmas: 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…all time” to the screen, the brilliant Ed Wood, and the bizarre but overlooked Cabin Boy. Burton’s frequent collaborators Denise Di Novi and Danny Elfman came on board to flesh… |
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Frank Walsh: On set with Prince Caspian’s Final Battle – The Beruna Bridge Sequence
…appear. The building materials appearing to be roughly hewn by axes, rather than cut with power saws and adding dummy wooden pegs to hide fixing bolts, for instance, was a… |
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Mark Smith talks Art of Flash
…possible late night cliché wrapped into one film – it’s probably most heavily influenced by Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space, which admittedly I’ve never seen, though I have… |
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Despereaux: Olivier Adam discusses a European tail!
…some Flemish church paintings for the simple contrast between the wood and the stone (the banquet hall, the king’s bedroom and Mig’s bedroom were designed with this reference in mind)…. |
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Studio Idefix #1 – Asterix The Gaul and Asterix And Cleopatra
…the final page of the original comic album, which closes as a Disney fairy-tale book might have done. Gags run aplenty (such as the novel way of cutting wood, the… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition
…Disney’s phenomenal rise to the higher echelons of Hollywood famously “all started with a Mouse”. If you prefer to go back before that, then it’s a cartoon rabbit. Or a… |
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The Lord Of The Rings: Remastered Deluxe Edition
…the vocals too, including Christopher Guard’s Frodo, Michael Scholes’ Sam Gamgee, and Peter Woodthorpe’s Gollum, all as close to Elijah Wood, Sean Astin and Andy Serkis’ respective portrayals of those… |
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The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D
…Batman sequel for Warners), as well as bring a long-cherished biopic on “worst director of all time” to the screen, the brilliant Ed Wood, and the bizarre but overlooked Cabin… |
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Pixar production designer Don Shank in his element with Elemental
…who is in his office and is blown up by Ember. His desk looks like it was made out of a slab of wood, and then when I went to… |
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Director Barry Cook remembers the Peoples of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida
…lawsuits after investors and character co-creator Beryl “Woody” Woodman claimed they were not paid for the computer animated Tugger: The Jeep 4×4 Who Wanted To Fly (2006). Meanwhile, Project Firefly… |
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The Puppetoon Movie
…tale The Sky Princess, plus Rhapsody In Wood (with band leader Woody Herman and his orchestra), Date With Duke (guest-starring Duke Ellington), Jasper And The Beanstalk (with the sexiest harp… |
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
…the golden age of animation – work because we know they’re anthropomorphized characters based on real inanimate objects, just like Woody and Buzz in Toy Story or, to use a… |
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Woodpecker flies onto DVD
Universal announced it’s finally releasing The Woody Woodpecker And Friends Classic Cartoon Collection on DVD on July 24th. This new DVD collection, consisting of three discs, will contain 75 theatrical… |
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Bee Movie: A Very Jerry 2-Disc Edition
…though the two films couldn’t be more different. Both feature extremely prominent Jewish comedians who had conquered their respective mediums (Woody Allen with feature films, Seinfeld with his genius eponymous… |
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Perfect Nightmare: Mike Cachuela on storyboarding Christmas
…did you bring to Toy Story? MC: Ideas that didn’t go! Which are sometimes just as important. For instance, there’s a scene with Buzz Lightyear and Woody having an argument… |
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Woodpecker DVD site updated
The official site for the Woody Woodpecker and friends – Classic Cartoon Collection DVD has been updated and now holds an extensive look at the DVD, its featured cartoons and… |
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Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 2
…mouse is actually very likeable and somehow we end up rooting for him as well. Jerry is somewhere between Woody Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny, in the sense that he’s not… |
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POPEYE!!!
…series. I think Ben will also be checking in with his full review of the Woody Woodpecker set in a little while. I just got my copy, and I’m bowled… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures Of Oswald The Lucky Rabbit
…anything with their animated properties – including Woody Woodpecker – until very recently, no doubt spurred on by seeing Disney’s own success with their Treasures line, and Warner Bros.’ Looney… |
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Space Ghost, Dino Boy and the great animation DVD summer!
My thanks to Rand for throwing some comments up here during my absence last week – I noticed he’s envious that I’m covering the Woody Woodpecker set for the site…well,… |
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The Best Of 2007: The Year In Review
…but in this case the color switch truly recognizes just how special this collection is! Read the full Animated View here! 3. Woody Woodpecker And Friends: Classic Cartoon Collection Universal… |
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Ollie Johnston…RIP
I was going to get all excited and shout about today’s debut of The Woody Woodpecker Collection Volume 2, but the news just spreading about the web about the death… |
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The Art of Toy Story 3: animation historian Charles Solomon tells about his “Favorite Toys”
…the story that started it all. Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Mr. and Mrs Potato Head, Slinky Dog and Hamm – alongside a surprising cast of new toys – returns to the… |
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Finding Nemo: Ultimate Collector’s Edition
…developing more as artists and storytellers. To be honest, I was becoming a little tiresome of the double-acts that seem to populate all of their films at that time. Woody… |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 2
…in creating. With Toy Story 3 putting such a cap on the series, it was perhaps wise not to include a further short featuring Woody, Buzz and the gang on… |
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Animation Addicts Podcast #34: Toy Story 2 – British Invasion
…improved visuals, dealing with new and old characters. • The angst of the yard sale, Al’s (Hal’s) Toy Barn is the coolest toy store ever, Woody’s conflict, depressing Toy Story… |
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Toy Story of Terror based on unused Toy Story 3 script?
…the project begins with Bonnie, her mother and, of course, Woody and the gang on a road trip to see Bonnie’s grandmother, when their car gets a flat tire. Forced… |
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Director Jimmy Hayward talks turkey about Free Birds
…and Woody Harrelson early in its production, as the two had already expressed interest in doing an animated feature with one of Reel FX’s founders. “That was a natural fit:… |
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First Toy Story 4 trailer released
…released synopsis of the film as well. “Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s… |
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Disney releases SECOND Toy Story 4 trailer
…characters Ducky and Bunny. The duo will be voiced by longtime comedy team Keegen-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. Woody’s journey in Toy Story 4 includes a visit to a carnival… |
