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Disney Classics Double Feature Part II: The Jungle Book
12 May 2013 7:02 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Throughout the year, Thn will look at 53 Walt Disney Animated Classics, from Snow White to Wreck-it Ralph, through the obscurity of Fun And Fancy Free to the second Golden Age of Beauty And The Beast. These are the films the Walt Disney company are most proud of, the ones that hold a special place in our hearts, the ones that still cost a fortune to buy on DVD.
In the second part of this week’s double hitter, we look for some bear necessities with The Jungle Book.
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
1967/ 78 minutes
The Jungle Book marked a return of sorts for Walt Disney; after only being partially involved in One Hundred And One Dalmatians and The Sword In The Stone, the latter’s disappointing performance led Disney to take a more active role in the film’s story. He threw out storyman Bill Peet’s original script, which closely »
- Rob Burch
Disney Classics Double Feature Part I: The Sword in The Stone
12 May 2013 5:25 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Throughout the year, Thn will look at 53 Walt Disney Animated Classics, from Snow White to Wreck-it Ralph, through the obscurity of Fun And Fancy Free to the second Golden Age of Beauty And The Beast. These are the films the Walt Disney company are most proud of, the ones that hold a special place in our hearts, the ones that still cost a fortune to buy on DVD.
This week it’s a double hitter, starting with The Sword In The Stone.
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
1963/ 79 minutes
Budget: $12 million
Based on the novel by T.H. White, itself based loosely upon Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur, The Sword In The Stone is not a strictly faithful adaptation of either version of Arthurian legend. However, it keeps to the basic outline of King Arthur’s formative years, and White’s conviction that people are for the most part basically good, »
- Rob Burch
Richard Williams: the master animator
19 April 2013 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Richard Williams was a pioneer of hand-drawn animation, working on films such as The Pink Panther and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. But perhaps his most enduring work is his masterclass, The Animator's Survival Kit
When the animator Richard Williams celebrated his 80th birthday last month he was the subject of widespread and heartfelt acclaim as one of the most important and influential figures in his industry. His career has ranged from tiny TV commercials to the biggest budget Hollywood features, including the 1988 homage to the golden age of animation, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a film widely credited with single-handedly reinvigorating an art form that had fallen badly out of fashion.
Looking back over his many triumphs – as well as some notable disasters – Williams himself ascribes much of his success to a decision he made in the late 1960s, when he effectively demoted himself within his own, highly profitable and multi-award-winning, »
- Nicholas Wroe
Richard Williams: the master animator
19 April 2013 4:07 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Richard Williams was a pioneer of hand-drawn animation, working on films such as The Pink Panther and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. But perhaps his most enduring work is his masterclass, The Animator's Survival Kit
When the animator Richard Williams celebrated his 80th birthday last month he was the subject of widespread and heartfelt acclaim as one of the most important and influential figures in his industry. His career has ranged from tiny TV commercials to the biggest budget Hollywood features, including the 1988 homage to the golden age of animation, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a film widely credited with single-handedly reinvigorating an art form that had fallen badly out of fashion.
Looking back over his many triumphs – as well as some notable disasters – Williams himself ascribes much of his success to a decision he made in the late 1960s, when he effectively demoted himself within his own, highly profitable and multi-award-winning, »
- Nicholas Wroe
Richard Williams: Cartoon king
17 April 2013 8:46 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Richard Williams was a pioneer of hand-drawn animation, working on films such as The Pink Panther and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. But perhaps his most enduring work is his masterclass, The Animator's Survival Kit
In the late 1960s the animator Richard Williams was established as one of the leading figures in the industry. He had won a Bafta for his debut film, The Little Island; his London based company had developed a lucrative portfolio of commercial television work and he was providing the animated sequences for classic 60s feature films such as the Woody Allen-scripted What's New Pussycat and Tony Richardson's antiwar epic The Charge of the Light Brigade. So, he acknowledges, it was a strange time for him to engineer a demotion for himself.
"In fact I was still the primary director of the work," he explains today "but I also became an assistant to other animators, and »
- Nicholas Wroe
Jack Stokes obituary
28 March 2013 5:03 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Animation director on the Beatles film Yellow Submarine
The animation director Jack Stokes, who has died aged 92, had an energetic career that lasted more than 50 years, of which the highlight was his work on the Beatles' groundbreaking animated feature film Yellow Submarine (1968).
Jack's connection with the Fab Four was first established in 1965, when the London animation studio Tvc was commissioned to produce an animated television series The Beatles. It was a great ratings success in the Us, although it was never shown in the UK. Made to the typical standards of TV cartoons at that time, it showed no hint of what was to come with the feature film.
He was contacted by the Beatles again to do the animated titles and inserts on their Magical Mystery Tour film, which aired on the BBC on Boxing Day 1967. The following year came Yellow Submarine: there was barely a script to work from, »
- Roger Mainwood
Jack Stokes obituary
28 March 2013 5:03 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Animation director on the Beatles film Yellow Submarine
The animation director Jack Stokes, who has died aged 92, had an energetic career that lasted more than 50 years, of which the highlight was his work on the Beatles' groundbreaking animated feature film Yellow Submarine (1968).
Jack's connection with the Fab Four was first established in 1965, when the London animation studio Tvc was commissioned to produce an animated television series The Beatles. It was a great ratings success in the Us, although it was never shown in the UK. Made to the typical standards of TV cartoons at that time, it showed no hint of what was to come with the feature film.
He was contacted by the Beatles again to do the animated titles and inserts on their Magical Mystery Tour film, which aired on the BBC on Boxing Day 1967. The following year came Yellow Submarine: there was barely a script to work from, »
- Roger Mainwood
Disney 53, Week 12: Cinderella
23 March 2013 5:32 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Each week, Thn takes a look back at one of the Walt Disney Animated Classics. The ones that the Walt Disney Company showed in cinemas, the ones they’re most proud of, the ones that still cost a bloody fortune no matter how old they are.
This week, we’re back in the big league with Cinderella.
Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wilfred Jackson
1950/74 Minutes
Budget: $2.9 million
Box Office: $85 million
After a decade of scraping every barrel to make package films on the slimmest of shoestring budgets, Disney made one doozy of a comeback with Cinderella, returning to the fairy tales that made his name. With the oversees markets open once again after World War Two, Disney made a real profit for the first time in almost a decade, allowing Walt to branch out into television and further expand his vision.
Synopsis: A storybook opening (literally) introduces us to the tale of Cinderella, »
- Rob Burch
Disney 53, Week 11: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
16 March 2013 10:00 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Each week, Thn takes a look back at one of the Walt Disney Animated Classics. The ones that the Walt Disney Company showed in cinemas, the ones they’re most proud of, the ones that still cost a bloody fortune no matter how old they are. The really good ones get through more re-editions than a Spielberg movie, and that’s saying something. This week we say goodbye to the package movies with Two Fabulous Characters, Ichabod And Mister Toad.
Directed by Jack Kinney,Clyde Geronimi and James Algar
1949/ 68 Minutes
The last of Disney’s “package films”, Ichabod And Mister Toad basically uses up the last little odds and ends Disney had lying around during the World War Two.
The idea of adapting Kenneth Grahame’s 1908 book The Wind In The Willows actually began in 1938, shortly after the release of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs. Disney wasn’t sure »
- Rob Burch
Disney 53, Week 9: Fun and Fancy Free
4 March 2013 7:00 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Each week, Thn takes a look back at one of the Walt Disney Animated Classics. The ones that the Walt Disney Company showed in cinemas, the ones they’re most proud of, the ones that still cost a bloody fortune no matter how old they are. The really good ones get through more re-editions than a Spielberg movie, and that’s saying something.
This week it’s Fun And Fancy Free
Directed by Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske and William Morgan.
1947/ 73 Minutes
After the grab-bag nature of Make Mine Music, Fun And Fancy Free feels a much tighter return to form for the Disney studios. Both shorts, Bongo and Mickey and the Beanstalk were started on almost a decade earlier.
Bongo, based on a short story by Sinclair Lewis of Cosmopolitan magazine in 1930, was originally suggested to be a prequel to Dumbo, setting it in the same circus and »
- Rob Burch
Disney 54 – Week 8: Make Mine Music
22 February 2013 5:00 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Each week, Thn takes a look back at one of the Walt Disney Animated Classics. The ones that the Walt Disney Company showed in cinemas, the ones they’re most proud of, the ones that still cost a bloody fortune no matter how old they are. The really good ones get through more re-editions than a Spielberg movie, and that’s saying something.
And now for something slightly different. Make Mine Music.
Directed by Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Joshua Meador, Robert Cormack.
1945/ 76 Minutes*
During the Second World War, the Disney Studios were effectively carved up. A lot of the staff were drafted into the Army, and the ones left were called on to make training and propaganda films for the government. Shorts like The New Spirit (1942), Der Fuehrer’S Face (1943) Education For Death and Commando Duck (1944), and the “unofficial” Disney movie, Victory Through Air Power, many of which »
- Rob Burch
Disney 53, Week 7: The Three Caballeros
15 February 2013 7:00 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Each week, Thn takes a look back at one of the Walt Disney Animated Classics. The ones that the Walt Disney Company showed in cinemas, the ones they’re most proud of, the ones that still cost a bloody fortune no matter how old they are. The really good ones get through more re-editions than a Spielberg movie, and that’s saying something.
This week it’s The Three Caballeros. Ay Caramba.
Directed by Norman Ferguson
1944/ 72 Minutes
Being part of the studio’s good will message for South America, Three Caballeros follows the same basic framework as its predecessor, Saludos Amigos; a combination of self-contained animated shorts, some filmed footage of various locales around South America, and hallucinatory sequences that have you staring at your drink wondering who spiked it. The final act is one of the most bat-shit crazy sequences ever to come from the Disney studios.
Synopsis: It’s Donald’s birthday, »
- Rob Burch
'Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs': 25 Things You Didn't Know About The Disney Cartoon
7 February 2013 11:57 AM, PST | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
Sergei Eisenstein reportedly called "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" the greatest movie ever made. That's especially high praise coming from the director who virtually invented avant-garde cinema, but it's hard to argue with Walt Disney's landmark achievement. The first feature-length animated movie, "Snow White" began its record-breaking run in theaters 75 years ago this week (on Feb. 4, 1938), and it was hailed immediately, both for its instant impact in transforming the medium and for what proved to be an enduring work of screen storytelling and vivid artistry. Before "Snow White," animation was widely dismissed as crudely drawn short films with singing and talking animals, strictly for kids. But Disney proved animation could work at feature length and yield results as artistically satisfying as live-action film. Today, "Snow White" stands as the template for virtually every animated feature made since, as well as the cornerstone of all the Disney family-entertainment empire has built over the past 75 years. »
- Gary Susman
Extended Thoughts on ‘Saludos Amigos’
2 February 2013 2:00 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Saludos Amigos
Directed by Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, William Roberts
Written by Homer Brightman, Bill Cottrell, Dick Huemer, Joe Grant, Harold Reeves, Ted Sears, Webb Smith, Roy Williams, Ralph Wright
Considering Saludos Amigos in comparison with its follow-up, The Three Caballeros, is akin to analyzing the pregame to the Super Bowl. (Our guest, Jeff Heimbuch, may disagree but will surely appreciate comparing these two movies to such a titanic worldwide event.) I’m often very vocal about not enjoying Disney’s release strategy for some of their lesser animated films—or, if you like, films they consider to be lesser even if the fans of those films are legion—specifically how they combine films in a Blu-ray combo pack. If you like Pocahontas and want it on Blu-ray, great! You’re cool if the film is packaged with its direct-to-dvd sequel, yeah? Well, you don’t have a choice, »
- Josh Spiegel
Disney 53, Week 5: Bambi
1 February 2013 5:07 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Each week, Thn takes a look back at one of the Walt Disney Animated Classics. The ones that the Walt Disney Company showed in cinemas, the ones they’re most proud of, the ones that still cost a bloody fortune no matter how old they are. The really good ones get through more editions than the Star Wars trilogy, and that’s saying something.
This week it’s time to die of adorability with Bambi.
1942/70 Minutes
Directed by James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, David Hand, Graham Heid, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, and Norman Wright
Budget: $858,000
Box Office: $267,447,150
The world was at war. A second world war. And you better believe that times were tough. Amidst all the death and destruction even cartoon deer couldn’t help being bombs at the box-office. Walt Disney picked up the rights to the 1923 Austrian novel, Bambi: A Life In The Woods by Felix Salten, »
- Luke Ryan Baldock
Extended Thoughts on ‘The Rescuers Down Under’
26 January 2013 2:00 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Directed by Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel
Written by Jim Cox, Karey Kirkpatrick, Byron Simpson, Joe Ranft
Starring Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, George C. Scott
The level of faith the Walt Disney Company places in its own products never ceases to be amazing if inexplicable. Each era at this massive corporation is so categorically different from what came before, well back into when Disney was still a struggling film studio desperately trying to pay the bills with its shorts or, at the time, a handful of massively ambitious feature-length animated films. Thus, the faith placed in the product has always shifted. However, the Mouse House’s modern era, beginning in 1984, when Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and the late Frank Wells began their tenure in various high-level positions, has been concurrently maddening and glorious to behold. Whether we like it or not, Disney fans are something of »
- Josh Spiegel
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