Today, Disney has just added some new Dooney and Bourke collaboration pieces to the Disney Store featuring the Three Caballeros. The design is brightly colored and features Donald Duck, Jose Carioca, and Panchito on polyvinyl-coated cotton.
Interestingly, the anniversary of “The Three Caballeros” film is coming up soon. The original was released in late 1944 in Mexico and early 1945 in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Let’s take a look!
The Three Caballeros Tote Bag – $368
“Every day will be a fiesta of fun and surprises when carrying this polyvinyl-coated cotton tote bag by Dooney & Bourke. Brilliant colors burst forth alongside happy amigos Donald Duck, Panchito, and José Carioca in a pattern inspired by their flying serape tour south of the border. Brighten your look with this fine fashion accessory.
Allover pattern features Donald Duck, José Carioca, and Panchito* Screen art on polyvinyl-coated cotton* Stitched leather finishings Zip top...
Interestingly, the anniversary of “The Three Caballeros” film is coming up soon. The original was released in late 1944 in Mexico and early 1945 in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Let’s take a look!
The Three Caballeros Tote Bag – $368
“Every day will be a fiesta of fun and surprises when carrying this polyvinyl-coated cotton tote bag by Dooney & Bourke. Brilliant colors burst forth alongside happy amigos Donald Duck, Panchito, and José Carioca in a pattern inspired by their flying serape tour south of the border. Brighten your look with this fine fashion accessory.
Allover pattern features Donald Duck, José Carioca, and Panchito* Screen art on polyvinyl-coated cotton* Stitched leather finishings Zip top...
- 9/3/2024
- by Kambrea Pratt
- Pirates & Princesses
One of the highest-grossing animated productions of all time, Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” has already reached a key milestone: $1 billion at the worldwide box office.
A substantial chunk of that impressive total came from Spanish-speaking Latin America, where the film is known as “IntensaMente 2.” The title used in those countries literally means “Intensely,” but it’s also a play on the words “Intense” and “Mind.” Meanwhile, the name in Spain, “Del Revés,” is a less ingenious, verbatim translation of “Inside Out.” Dubs and titles for most movies, and definitely for Disney films, differ in Spain and Latin America.
In Mexico, a country with a long-standing movie-going culture, “Inside Out 2” has already amassed a whopping $81.8 million (around 1.5 billion pesos), surpassing “Avengers: Endgame.” The animated sequel is now the second most profitable film of all time in Mexico, only behind “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” ($85.3 million). Meanwhile, Mexico’s...
A substantial chunk of that impressive total came from Spanish-speaking Latin America, where the film is known as “IntensaMente 2.” The title used in those countries literally means “Intensely,” but it’s also a play on the words “Intense” and “Mind.” Meanwhile, the name in Spain, “Del Revés,” is a less ingenious, verbatim translation of “Inside Out.” Dubs and titles for most movies, and definitely for Disney films, differ in Spain and Latin America.
In Mexico, a country with a long-standing movie-going culture, “Inside Out 2” has already amassed a whopping $81.8 million (around 1.5 billion pesos), surpassing “Avengers: Endgame.” The animated sequel is now the second most profitable film of all time in Mexico, only behind “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” ($85.3 million). Meanwhile, Mexico’s...
- 7/3/2024
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Indiewire
Disney has announced that it will be bringing back Disney Jollywood Nights for 2024. On select nights from November 9 to December 21, guests can buy tickets for the special, limited-capacity event that runs from 7:30 Pm to 12:30 Am.
Show nights
The event will take place on the following 13 evenings.
Nov. 9, 13, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30 Dec. 2, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21 Entertainment
Hollywood Boulevard will feature a “new dazzling skating spectacular set to your favorite holiday tunes this year.” The show will occur several times each night, and Disney will have international champion skaters perform the routines.
There will also be some returning favorites, including Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Sing-Along, Disney Holidays in Hollywood, and Jingle Bell, Jingle Bam!
The Holiday Fiesta en la Calle, with Jose Carioca and Panchito from The Three Caballeros, will return, but it will be moved to the Animation Courtyard.
Also returning is the Twilight Soirée at the Tip Top Club in the Tower Courtyard.
Show nights
The event will take place on the following 13 evenings.
Nov. 9, 13, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30 Dec. 2, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21 Entertainment
Hollywood Boulevard will feature a “new dazzling skating spectacular set to your favorite holiday tunes this year.” The show will occur several times each night, and Disney will have international champion skaters perform the routines.
There will also be some returning favorites, including Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Sing-Along, Disney Holidays in Hollywood, and Jingle Bell, Jingle Bam!
The Holiday Fiesta en la Calle, with Jose Carioca and Panchito from The Three Caballeros, will return, but it will be moved to the Animation Courtyard.
Also returning is the Twilight Soirée at the Tip Top Club in the Tower Courtyard.
- 6/24/2024
- by Kambrea Pratt
- Pirates & Princesses
Disney Is Now Selling Loungefly Glow-In-The-Dark Three Caballeros Mouse Ears and They Are Fantastic!
Disney has added a new set of ears to their collection, and you can too. Based on the Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros attraction in the Mexico pavilion at Epcot, these Loungefly ears glow-in-the-dark to illuminate fireworks that look like the ones at the end of the ride!
The back features the pyramid and says ‘Saludos Amigos.”
Like other ears Disney has done recently, the bow is removable, so it can be worn by anyone!
I love these ears so much!
Let’s take a look! Loungfly Three Caballeros Ears – $44.99
“This simulated leather mouse ear headband with removable striped bow and cloisonné guitar centerpiece sends a greeting of ”Saludos Amigos” to everyone you meet. With glow-in-the-dark fireworks and music notes, it’s a festive souvenir of Walt Disney’s animated classic, The Three Caballeros, and the lively mascots of the Mexico Pavillion at Epcot’s World Showcase.
Soft...
The back features the pyramid and says ‘Saludos Amigos.”
Like other ears Disney has done recently, the bow is removable, so it can be worn by anyone!
I love these ears so much!
Let’s take a look! Loungfly Three Caballeros Ears – $44.99
“This simulated leather mouse ear headband with removable striped bow and cloisonné guitar centerpiece sends a greeting of ”Saludos Amigos” to everyone you meet. With glow-in-the-dark fireworks and music notes, it’s a festive souvenir of Walt Disney’s animated classic, The Three Caballeros, and the lively mascots of the Mexico Pavillion at Epcot’s World Showcase.
Soft...
- 4/20/2024
- by Kambrea Pratt
- Pirates & Princesses
In 1937, Walt Disney was desperate to find a way to make “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,”the first feature-length animated movie ever made, actually feel like a feature-length movie. He’d been doing his best to ignore the naysayers who christened the very idea of the film as “Disney’s folly.” But they did trigger a nagging concern for the 35-year-old studio chief: Audiences might reject an animated movie if it remained stuck in the realm of the flat, two-dimensional shorts that had propelled Mickey Mouse to worldwide celebrity.
“People said, ‘Nobody will sit through an hour-and-90-minute cartoon,’” Becky Cline, director of the Walt Disney archives, tells Variety. “‘Their eyes will start bleeding.’”
So Disney decided to do the thing that had served him so well since he and his brother Roy founded the Walt Disney Co. (originally the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio) in 1923: Innovate.
He tasked...
“People said, ‘Nobody will sit through an hour-and-90-minute cartoon,’” Becky Cline, director of the Walt Disney archives, tells Variety. “‘Their eyes will start bleeding.’”
So Disney decided to do the thing that had served him so well since he and his brother Roy founded the Walt Disney Co. (originally the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio) in 1923: Innovate.
He tasked...
- 10/11/2023
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
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Disney fans and physical media collectors, rejoice! This November will see the release of a gargantuan 100-film Blu-ray collection called the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection. The catch? It’ll cost you $1,499.96.
The boxed set officially releases on Nov. 14, but preorders are currently available exclusively at Walmart’s website.
Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection $1,499.96 Buy Now
The collection is packaged as a three-volume set, featuring animated films from Disney, Walt Disney Animation and Pixar. But unlike other behemoth boxed sets, this one isn’t filled with lame direct-to video snoozers but beloved titles that includes classics and recent favorites. For example, the long-running list includes all the “Toy Story” movies, both of “The Incredibles,” “The Black Cauldron,” “Frankenweenie” and “Robin Hood.” It even includes films as recent as this...
Disney fans and physical media collectors, rejoice! This November will see the release of a gargantuan 100-film Blu-ray collection called the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection. The catch? It’ll cost you $1,499.96.
The boxed set officially releases on Nov. 14, but preorders are currently available exclusively at Walmart’s website.
Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection $1,499.96 Buy Now
The collection is packaged as a three-volume set, featuring animated films from Disney, Walt Disney Animation and Pixar. But unlike other behemoth boxed sets, this one isn’t filled with lame direct-to video snoozers but beloved titles that includes classics and recent favorites. For example, the long-running list includes all the “Toy Story” movies, both of “The Incredibles,” “The Black Cauldron,” “Frankenweenie” and “Robin Hood.” It even includes films as recent as this...
- 9/21/2023
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
If you’re a Disney fan who wants each and every animated movie they’ve ever made in one place, then you’re in luck. The Walt Disney Company announced the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, which features 100 animated movies from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Pixar on Blu-ray. Everything from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Elemental is included, encompassing nearly one hundred years of storytelling.
Related Disney and Pixar’s Elemental comes to Disney+ on September 13th
The Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection is a self-standing, three-volume set that will be available for pre-order on September 19th, but only on Walmart.com. There will be a limited amount of sets available, so each will include a numbered certificate of authenticity. The set will also feature digital codes for each title, along with a collectible lithograph from Disney Animation’s all-new musical comedy Wish, and a collectible...
Related Disney and Pixar’s Elemental comes to Disney+ on September 13th
The Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection is a self-standing, three-volume set that will be available for pre-order on September 19th, but only on Walmart.com. There will be a limited amount of sets available, so each will include a numbered certificate of authenticity. The set will also feature digital codes for each title, along with a collectible lithograph from Disney Animation’s all-new musical comedy Wish, and a collectible...
- 9/11/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
The Walt Disney Company is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a hefty new Blu-ray box set containing 100 of its best animated films.
Officially titled the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, the box set comes with three volumes that open up to feature the original theatrical artwork for each film. Additionally, the package offers digital codes to all 100 movies, a certificate of authenticity, a lithograph from the upcoming feature Wish, and a collectible set of crystal Mickey Mouse ears engraved with “Disney 100.”
Drawing films from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, and the now-closed DisneyToon Studios, the collection offers a pretty comprehensive timeline of the company, founded in 1923. The box set features early classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan, 1990s renaissance films like Aladdin, The Lion King, and Toy Story, and more modern offerings — many of which got the direct-to-Disney+ treatment thanks to Covid — including Soul,...
Officially titled the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, the box set comes with three volumes that open up to feature the original theatrical artwork for each film. Additionally, the package offers digital codes to all 100 movies, a certificate of authenticity, a lithograph from the upcoming feature Wish, and a collectible set of crystal Mickey Mouse ears engraved with “Disney 100.”
Drawing films from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, and the now-closed DisneyToon Studios, the collection offers a pretty comprehensive timeline of the company, founded in 1923. The box set features early classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan, 1990s renaissance films like Aladdin, The Lion King, and Toy Story, and more modern offerings — many of which got the direct-to-Disney+ treatment thanks to Covid — including Soul,...
- 9/11/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Film News
Since the Writers Guild of American and Screen Actors Guild are both still on strike, this year's Destination D23 convention down in Orlando, Florida didn't really have much of anything to showcase. Sure, the studio showed some footage from Disney's upcoming animated movie "Wish," and they announced that "Haunted Mansion" would be hitting Disney+ in October. But there was one other announcement that might be intriguing for anyone who is both a Disney fan and a physical media collector.
This fall, the House of Mouse will be releasing the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, which collects 100 animated films from both Disney and Pixar, reaching as far back as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and up through this summer's "Elemental" from Pixar. All of the movies come in a big three-volume set that unfolds in collectible storybooks. The Disney100 Blu-ray box set also includes the original theatrical poster art for every movie within the storybook,...
This fall, the House of Mouse will be releasing the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, which collects 100 animated films from both Disney and Pixar, reaching as far back as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and up through this summer's "Elemental" from Pixar. All of the movies come in a big three-volume set that unfolds in collectible storybooks. The Disney100 Blu-ray box set also includes the original theatrical poster art for every movie within the storybook,...
- 9/11/2023
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
Disney just announced the release of the Disney Legacy Animated Film Collection, featuring 100 animated films from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar. It’s packaged together as a three-volume set that unfolds into your own storybook.
The set is festooned with original poster designs and comes with digital codes for every movie, alongside a lithograph from Disney’s upcoming feature “Wish,” a certificate of authenticity and crystal Mickey Mouse ears engraved with the “Disney 100” logo. The limited-edition collection will be available on Nov. 14, with pre-orders beginning on Walmart.com on Sept. 18. It has a retail price of $1,500.
What’s fascinating about the set is that it includes a wide array of classic Walt Disney Animation Studios features, along with beloved Pixar favorites and a smattering of films (many of them direct-to-video sequels to earlier masterworks) created by the since-shuttered DisneyToon Studios. That includes “Tinker Bell,” “Return to Neverland,” “The...
The set is festooned with original poster designs and comes with digital codes for every movie, alongside a lithograph from Disney’s upcoming feature “Wish,” a certificate of authenticity and crystal Mickey Mouse ears engraved with the “Disney 100” logo. The limited-edition collection will be available on Nov. 14, with pre-orders beginning on Walmart.com on Sept. 18. It has a retail price of $1,500.
What’s fascinating about the set is that it includes a wide array of classic Walt Disney Animation Studios features, along with beloved Pixar favorites and a smattering of films (many of them direct-to-video sequels to earlier masterworks) created by the since-shuttered DisneyToon Studios. That includes “Tinker Bell,” “Return to Neverland,” “The...
- 9/10/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
When it comes to iconic Disney animated characters, Goofy comes up a few notches below Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. Those two saw massive popularity early on in the company's lifespan, and even got to lead theatrical movies like 1944's "The Three Caballeros" with Donald, or Mickey starring in the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" episode of the 1940 film "Fantasia." Goofy's appeal was different, less wide-ranging, and more eccentric than a perpetually exasperated duck or a blandly kind mouse. You couldn't even tell what species he was, although his longtime voice actor Bill Farmer claims he is a dog.
Goofy eventually did get to lead a theatrical film, although several decades after his 1932 debut. The character was best known for Disney shorts those days, and for his cartoony antics in them. As you could guess from his name, he was careless and clumsy, and his oblivious goofball shtick would often result in wildly elaborate slapstick.
Goofy eventually did get to lead a theatrical film, although several decades after his 1932 debut. The character was best known for Disney shorts those days, and for his cartoony antics in them. As you could guess from his name, he was careless and clumsy, and his oblivious goofball shtick would often result in wildly elaborate slapstick.
- 3/4/2023
- by Anthony Crislip
- Slash Film
From "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" to "The Mandalorian", Sneak Peek a 3-hour trailer, revealing (basically) everything coming to the Walt Disney Company direct-to-consumer streaming service Disney+, offering Disney movie/animated classics, content from Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and 21st Century Fox, launching November 12, 2019:
New TV Shows
- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- The Mandalorian
- Diary of a Female President
- The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
- Loki
- Untitled Cassian Andor Series
- WandaVision
New Animated TV Shows And Shorts
- Forky Asks a Question
- SparkShorts
- Lamp Life
- Monsters at Work
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Marvel’s What If…?
Documentaries And Unscripted Series
- Encore!
- Untitled Walt Disney Imagineering Documentary Series
- Marvel’s Hero Project
- The World According to Jeff Goldblum
- Be Our Chef
- Cinema Relics
- Into the...
New TV Shows
- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- The Mandalorian
- Diary of a Female President
- The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
- Loki
- Untitled Cassian Andor Series
- WandaVision
New Animated TV Shows And Shorts
- Forky Asks a Question
- SparkShorts
- Lamp Life
- Monsters at Work
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Marvel’s What If…?
Documentaries And Unscripted Series
- Encore!
- Untitled Walt Disney Imagineering Documentary Series
- Marvel’s Hero Project
- The World According to Jeff Goldblum
- Be Our Chef
- Cinema Relics
- Into the...
- 10/14/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Disney has shared a new trailer for their upcoming Disney+ streaming service and it’s over 3-hours long! I don’t know if you want to spend over three hours seeing what Disney+ has to offer when it launches, but you have the option!
Disney+ also posted all of the films and TV shows coming to the streaming service on a super long Twitter thread, which I included below the trailer. As you’ll see there’s a ton of stuff that will be available that will make Disney fans happy. Gargoyles and several other classic 90s animated series are among them along with a lot of old weird films that have been pulled out of the Disney vault.
If you don’t want to watch the trailer or scroll through the Twitter feed, I shared the full list of titles for you. Check everything out below and let us...
Disney+ also posted all of the films and TV shows coming to the streaming service on a super long Twitter thread, which I included below the trailer. As you’ll see there’s a ton of stuff that will be available that will make Disney fans happy. Gargoyles and several other classic 90s animated series are among them along with a lot of old weird films that have been pulled out of the Disney vault.
If you don’t want to watch the trailer or scroll through the Twitter feed, I shared the full list of titles for you. Check everything out below and let us...
- 10/14/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"Disney+", the upcoming Walt Disney Company direct-to-consumer streaming service, offering Disney movie/animated classics, plus content from Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and 21st Century Fox, will also include Marvel live-action TV series "Falcon and the Winter Soldier", "WandaVision" and a whole lot more, prepping for a November 12, 2019 debut:
New TV Shows
- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- The Mandalorian
- Diary of a Female President
- The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
- Loki
- Untitled Cassian Andor Series
- WandaVision
New Animated TV Shows And Shorts
- Forky Asks a Question
- SparkShorts
- Lamp Life
- Monsters at Work
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Marvel’s What If…?
Documentaries And Unscripted Series
- Encore!
- Untitled Walt Disney Imagineering Documentary Series
- Marvel’s Hero Project
- The World According to Jeff Goldblum
- Be Our Chef
- Cinema Relics
-...
New TV Shows
- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- The Mandalorian
- Diary of a Female President
- The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
- Loki
- Untitled Cassian Andor Series
- WandaVision
New Animated TV Shows And Shorts
- Forky Asks a Question
- SparkShorts
- Lamp Life
- Monsters at Work
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Marvel’s What If…?
Documentaries And Unscripted Series
- Encore!
- Untitled Walt Disney Imagineering Documentary Series
- Marvel’s Hero Project
- The World According to Jeff Goldblum
- Be Our Chef
- Cinema Relics
-...
- 7/9/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"Disney+", the upcoming Walt Disney Company direct-to-consumer streaming service, offering Disney movie/animated classics, plus content from Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and 21st Century Fox, will also include Marvel live-action TV series "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier", "Loki", "WandaVision" and a whole lot more, prepping for a November 12, 2019 debut at $6.99 (Usd) a month:
New TV Shows
- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- The Mandalorian
- Diary of a Female President
- The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
- Loki
- Untitled Cassian Andor Series
- WandaVision
New Animated TV Shows And Shorts
- Forky Asks a Question
- SparkShorts
- Lamp Life
- Monsters at Work
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Marvel’s What If…?
Documentaries And Unscripted Series
- Encore!
- Untitled Walt Disney Imagineering Documentary Series
- Marvel’s Hero Project
- The World According to Jeff Goldblum
- Be...
New TV Shows
- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- The Mandalorian
- Diary of a Female President
- The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
- Loki
- Untitled Cassian Andor Series
- WandaVision
New Animated TV Shows And Shorts
- Forky Asks a Question
- SparkShorts
- Lamp Life
- Monsters at Work
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Marvel’s What If…?
Documentaries And Unscripted Series
- Encore!
- Untitled Walt Disney Imagineering Documentary Series
- Marvel’s Hero Project
- The World According to Jeff Goldblum
- Be...
- 5/18/2019
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
"Disney+", the upcoming Walt Disney Company direct-to-consumer streaming service, offering Disney movie/animated classics, plus content from Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and 21st Century Fox, released an official schedule including Marvel live-action series "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier", "Loki", "WandaVision" and a whole lot more, prepping for a November 12, 2019 debut at $6.99 (Usd) a month:
New TV Shows
- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- The Mandalorian
- Diary of a Female President
- The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
- Loki
- Untitled Cassian Andor Series
- WandaVision
New Animated TV Shows And Shorts
- Forky Asks a Question
- SparkShorts
- Lamp Life
- Monsters at Work
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Marvel’s What If…?
Documentaries And Unscripted Series
- Encore!
- Untitled Walt Disney Imagineering Documentary Series
- Marvel’s Hero Project
- The World According to Jeff Goldblum
-...
New TV Shows
- High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
- The Mandalorian
- Diary of a Female President
- The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
- Loki
- Untitled Cassian Andor Series
- WandaVision
New Animated TV Shows And Shorts
- Forky Asks a Question
- SparkShorts
- Lamp Life
- Monsters at Work
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Marvel’s What If…?
Documentaries And Unscripted Series
- Encore!
- Untitled Walt Disney Imagineering Documentary Series
- Marvel’s Hero Project
- The World According to Jeff Goldblum
-...
- 4/16/2019
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
If you’re in the know, you’d be aware that there is already a new show called The Three Caballeros that’s airing overseas right now. And if you’re really in the know, you’d be aware of the illicit locations on the web of where to find episodes of said show. And if you’re really, really in the know, you would have…...
- 11/10/2018
- by Kevin Johnson on TV Club, shared by Kevin Johnson to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
DuckTales fans still reeling from the reveal of Donald Duck’s long-lost twin sister (say what?!) won’t have to wait much longer to see the cliffhanger play out. The second season of the hit animated series will premiere on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 am on Disney Channel, TVLine has learned. What’s more, DuckTales has also been renewed for Season 3.
An updated version of the classic animated series, which aired from 1987 to 1990, DuckTales once again centers around Scrooge McDuck (voiced by Jessica Jones‘ David Tennant), a miserly old bird who becomes the unwitting guardian of his three nephews — Huey...
An updated version of the classic animated series, which aired from 1987 to 1990, DuckTales once again centers around Scrooge McDuck (voiced by Jessica Jones‘ David Tennant), a miserly old bird who becomes the unwitting guardian of his three nephews — Huey...
- 9/21/2018
- TVLine.com
Remember the movie The Three Caballeros? According to Cartoon Brew, Disney has released a new TV show, Legend of The Three Caballeros, on their new Disneylife app.While Disney has not officially announced the animated series, they have released it on Disneylife in the Philippines. The show is based on the 1944 Disney movie The Three Caballeros, which centered on the adventures of Donald Duck, José Carioca, and Panchito Pistoles.Read More…...
- 6/26/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
by Nathaniel R
click to enlargePrediction: By 2040 Disney will have remade all of their animated features as "live-action" movies. Well, maybe not Song of the South or The Three Caballeros. Live-action is in quotes because some of the remake titles are basically still half animated -- like The Jungle Book in 2016, or Beauty and the Beast in 2017. Next up in the Disney remakes department is Tim Burton's take on Dumbo.
The name Tim Burton used to automatically thrill but he lost his mojo at exactly the turn of the century (just after Sleepy Hollow in '99) and hasn't been able to get it back. He's made 10 features since and the only uncompromised / totally satisfying artistic success among them, I'd argue, is the animated features Corpse Bride (2005). And to a lesser extent Frankenweenie (2012) if we're feeling a bit generous...
click to enlargePrediction: By 2040 Disney will have remade all of their animated features as "live-action" movies. Well, maybe not Song of the South or The Three Caballeros. Live-action is in quotes because some of the remake titles are basically still half animated -- like The Jungle Book in 2016, or Beauty and the Beast in 2017. Next up in the Disney remakes department is Tim Burton's take on Dumbo.
The name Tim Burton used to automatically thrill but he lost his mojo at exactly the turn of the century (just after Sleepy Hollow in '99) and hasn't been able to get it back. He's made 10 features since and the only uncompromised / totally satisfying artistic success among them, I'd argue, is the animated features Corpse Bride (2005). And to a lesser extent Frankenweenie (2012) if we're feeling a bit generous...
- 6/13/2018
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
by Tim Brayton
We're celebrating the cinema 1944 right now at the Film Experience, and as the resident animation lover, how could I pass up the chance to take a look at that year's most wonderfully bizarre cartoon? I'm referring to Disney's The Three Caballeros, the studio's second feature-length contribution to the United States government's Good Neighbor policy during World War II. That program involved goodwill tours and films tailor-made for Latin American audiences, and in Disney's case, a combination of both: a research trip to South America with Walt Disney and several of his most important artists result in the creation of 1942's Saludos Amigos, in which international icons Donald Duck and Goofy had fun visiting Brazil and Argentina, respectively, and learning all about the locals.
Saludos Amigos is a charming, slight movie (at 42 minutes, it severely tests the definition of the term "feature film"), and exactly what you'd anticipate from the description "the U.
We're celebrating the cinema 1944 right now at the Film Experience, and as the resident animation lover, how could I pass up the chance to take a look at that year's most wonderfully bizarre cartoon? I'm referring to Disney's The Three Caballeros, the studio's second feature-length contribution to the United States government's Good Neighbor policy during World War II. That program involved goodwill tours and films tailor-made for Latin American audiences, and in Disney's case, a combination of both: a research trip to South America with Walt Disney and several of his most important artists result in the creation of 1942's Saludos Amigos, in which international icons Donald Duck and Goofy had fun visiting Brazil and Argentina, respectively, and learning all about the locals.
Saludos Amigos is a charming, slight movie (at 42 minutes, it severely tests the definition of the term "feature film"), and exactly what you'd anticipate from the description "the U.
- 10/30/2017
- by Tim Brayton
- FilmExperience
Good neighbor policy? Wartime exigencies inspired an intra-hemisphere cultural exchange, with the movies seizing on the new popularity of Latin music. Republic’s contribution gives us the great songs of Ady Barroso and a full soundtrack of his compositions — in a featherweight musical romance, of course.
Brazil
Blu-ray
Olive Films
1944 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 91 min. / Street Date December 6, 2016 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98
Starring Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Livingston, Veloz and Yolanda, Fortunio Bonanova, Richard Lane, Frank Puglia, Aurora Miranda, Billy Daniel, Dan Seymour, Roy Rogers.
Cinematography Jack A. Marta
Film Editor Fred Allen
Songs Ary Barroso, Hoagy Carmichael
Written by Frank Gill Jr., Laura Kerr, Richard English
Produced by Robert North
Directed by Joseph Santley
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
The wartime ‘Good Neighbor Policy’ was a P.R. blitz intended to steer South America toward the U.S. and away from the Axis.
Brazil
Blu-ray
Olive Films
1944 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 91 min. / Street Date December 6, 2016 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98
Starring Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Livingston, Veloz and Yolanda, Fortunio Bonanova, Richard Lane, Frank Puglia, Aurora Miranda, Billy Daniel, Dan Seymour, Roy Rogers.
Cinematography Jack A. Marta
Film Editor Fred Allen
Songs Ary Barroso, Hoagy Carmichael
Written by Frank Gill Jr., Laura Kerr, Richard English
Produced by Robert North
Directed by Joseph Santley
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
The wartime ‘Good Neighbor Policy’ was a P.R. blitz intended to steer South America toward the U.S. and away from the Axis.
- 12/10/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Chicago – The delightful new animated film “Trolls” takes the familiar doll to a new level of fun and heart. Behind this invention is the director team of Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn, who have worked together in various animation roles over the years before teaming up in their first collaboration for Dreamworks Studio.
“Trolls” has familiar voice talent – Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Christine Baranski and Russell Brand among them, and adds a splash of colorful psychedelia and musical joy. Mitchell and Dohrn has also worked on familiar animated films like “Shrek Forever After,” “Mr. Peabody & Sherman,” “Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” and “Madagascar.”
The Animated Cast of ‘Trolls,’ Directed by Mike Mitchell & Walt Dohrn
Photo credit: 20th Century Fox
Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn – in his directorial debut – sat down with HollywoodChicago.com to talk the craft, energy and inspiration it took to create their wonderfully entertaining new film.
“Trolls” has familiar voice talent – Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Christine Baranski and Russell Brand among them, and adds a splash of colorful psychedelia and musical joy. Mitchell and Dohrn has also worked on familiar animated films like “Shrek Forever After,” “Mr. Peabody & Sherman,” “Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” and “Madagascar.”
The Animated Cast of ‘Trolls,’ Directed by Mike Mitchell & Walt Dohrn
Photo credit: 20th Century Fox
Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn – in his directorial debut – sat down with HollywoodChicago.com to talk the craft, energy and inspiration it took to create their wonderfully entertaining new film.
- 11/4/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Sequels and spinoffs are all the rage on the big screen these days, but the news that Disney is moving forward with a Frozen 2 still comes as something of a surprise considering the studio has been reticent to pump out theatrically-released follow-ups to its biggest hits - only The Three Caballeros, The Rescuers Down Under, Fantasia 2000 and Winnie the Pooh are part of the Disney Animated Canon.
However, throughout the '90s and '00s Disney had a lucrative side-business in direct-to-video sequels that were turned around quickly and cheaply and made the studio a fast buck. Many execs felt that these cheapened the originals and John Lasseter put the brakes on them, although the recent Tinker Bell films (branching out from Peter Pan) have their roots in this release model.
Digital Spy revisits 13 of Disney's most unnecessary straight-to-video sequels below:
Aladdin: The Return of Jafar (1994)
The very first...
However, throughout the '90s and '00s Disney had a lucrative side-business in direct-to-video sequels that were turned around quickly and cheaply and made the studio a fast buck. Many execs felt that these cheapened the originals and John Lasseter put the brakes on them, although the recent Tinker Bell films (branching out from Peter Pan) have their roots in this release model.
Digital Spy revisits 13 of Disney's most unnecessary straight-to-video sequels below:
Aladdin: The Return of Jafar (1994)
The very first...
- 3/14/2015
- Digital Spy
A slew of classic Disney movies are hitting for the first time on Blu-Ray, including one double-pack release, and you’re going to want to make sure to pick these up. You haven’t paid attention to some of these titles for a while, and it’s about time you got the chance to catch them on Blu-Ray. The best part is that there’s a great mix of releases hitting. Bedknobs and Broomsticks is all but lost in the cultural consciousness, and it deserves a return. The Academy Award-winning movie from the year I was born is filled with a lot of fun and adventure, and like most Disney films, holds up well for a whole new generation.
The rest of the group covers a great spectrum, including two animated “big” titles, and a 10th Anniversary release. There’s a lot to expose your family to here, so check out all the info below,...
The rest of the group covers a great spectrum, including two animated “big” titles, and a 10th Anniversary release. There’s a lot to expose your family to here, so check out all the info below,...
- 8/6/2014
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
From 1914 to Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes in the present, Ryan charts the evolution of animated characters in live-action film...
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Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes and this year's Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes chart the ascendance of a new, genetically-modified species of intelligent ape. Yet behind the scenes, these films also show us the technical evolution of digital effects, and how seamlessly live-action and computer-generated characters can be blended.
Where 20th Century Fox's earlier Planet Of The Apes films, beginning in 1968, used actors and prosthetic effects to bring their talking simians to life, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes used the latest developments in performance capture to create some extraordinarily realistic characters. With its story told largely from the perspective of a genetically-modified chimpanzee named Caesar, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes' success hinged on the quality of its effects...
Feature
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes and this year's Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes chart the ascendance of a new, genetically-modified species of intelligent ape. Yet behind the scenes, these films also show us the technical evolution of digital effects, and how seamlessly live-action and computer-generated characters can be blended.
Where 20th Century Fox's earlier Planet Of The Apes films, beginning in 1968, used actors and prosthetic effects to bring their talking simians to life, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes used the latest developments in performance capture to create some extraordinarily realistic characters. With its story told largely from the perspective of a genetically-modified chimpanzee named Caesar, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes' success hinged on the quality of its effects...
- 6/17/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
It’s the weekend of Rio 2. Of bright colors and latin pop and Bruno Mars deciding he can act. And birds — big birds, small birds, bright birds, scheming Jermaine Clement birds. Rio 2 is the latest in a long tradition of bird-themed animated films; a tradition that dates back all the way to Disney’s early shorts like Chicken Little and The Ugly Duckling, and the feature-length The Three Caballeros. Then, sixty years of almost nothing. Once the digital age brought about a slew of new animated features, birds returned en masse. Our new heroes sported ruffled feathers and powerful wingspans. They also choked our cinemas to death with so many forgettable animated bird flicks. Surf’s Up, Happy Feet, Valiant, Free Birds and so forth. The future is dotted with more of the same with Storks, Angry Birds and The Penguins of Madagascar all planning to invade theaters in the next year or two. Now...
- 4/11/2014
- by Adam Bellotto
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Entertainment Geekly is a weekly column that examines contemporary pop culture through a geek lens and simultaneously examines contemporary geek culture through a pop lens. So many lenses! Click here for past columns.
Last week I wrote a long and rant-y column about the Disney Myth, as constructed in Saving Mr. Banks and deconstructed in Escape From Tomorrow. In an effort to prove I’m not the world’s biggest grouch — and because I spent the past week in the metaphorical Disneyland known as “being back home with my family for the holidays” — I decided to try an experiment that...
Last week I wrote a long and rant-y column about the Disney Myth, as constructed in Saving Mr. Banks and deconstructed in Escape From Tomorrow. In an effort to prove I’m not the world’s biggest grouch — and because I spent the past week in the metaphorical Disneyland known as “being back home with my family for the holidays” — I decided to try an experiment that...
- 12/26/2013
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Chicago – The fast, funny and brightly thematic “The Croods” is the latest animated epic to come out of DreamWorks Studios, and a couple of veterans in the cartoon game, Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders, are both the writers and directors of this vivid look into a prehistoric cave family and their evolutionary adventures.
“The Croods” are voiced by Nicolas Cage (Grug), Emma Stone (Eep), Catherine Keener (Ugga), Ryan Reynolds (Guy) and Cloris Leachman (Gran). They live to survive, but mostly hide in their dark cave from the outside elements. It is Eep who wants more out of life, and finds it with the adventurous Guy, who exists to enlighten himself.
Chris Sanders (left) and Kirk De Micco in the Recording Studio for ‘The Croods’
Photo credit: DreamWorks Animation
The writers and directors of this modern stone age fantasy are Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders. Both are veterans of animation,...
“The Croods” are voiced by Nicolas Cage (Grug), Emma Stone (Eep), Catherine Keener (Ugga), Ryan Reynolds (Guy) and Cloris Leachman (Gran). They live to survive, but mostly hide in their dark cave from the outside elements. It is Eep who wants more out of life, and finds it with the adventurous Guy, who exists to enlighten himself.
Chris Sanders (left) and Kirk De Micco in the Recording Studio for ‘The Croods’
Photo credit: DreamWorks Animation
The writers and directors of this modern stone age fantasy are Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders. Both are veterans of animation,...
- 3/22/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Ole! You better be ready for some south-of-the-border discussion this week, because Josh, Mike, and Gabe are bringing it! (The discussion, that is.) In the new Mousterpiece Cinema, the trio tackle the 1942 film that preceded The Three Caballeros, Saludos Amigos! And once again, they’re joined by Jeff Heimbuch of Communicore Weekly and MiceChat.com to delve into this truly short feature film. They discuss race, identity, and what The Birds would look like with Jose Carioca and Donald Duck as the attackers, among many other salient, insightful, and silly topics. Check out the new show!
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- 2/2/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
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,...
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,...
- 2/2/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
The Rescuers Down Under
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...
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...
- 1/26/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
The Three Caballeros
Directed by Norman Ferguson
Written by Homer Brightmen, Ernest Terrazas, Ted Sears, Bil Peet, Ralph Wright, Elmer Plummer, Roy Williams, William Cottrell, Del Connell, and James Bodrero
Is objectivity possible in analyzing art? Is there a way to define what is and isn’t successful, what is and isn’t good, in a work of creative blood, sweat, and tears? Is there a way to completely divorce yourself from the subjective, from the past, when watching a film, for example? Maybe I’m biting off more than I can chew here, especially since I ask all of these questions in reference to The Three Caballeros, of all things, but after our podcast, I began to consider these ideas anew. While I found the film slight if somewhat charming, I was compelled to ponder the idea of subjectivity versus objectivity thanks to our guest, Jeff Heimbuch, who spoke...
Directed by Norman Ferguson
Written by Homer Brightmen, Ernest Terrazas, Ted Sears, Bil Peet, Ralph Wright, Elmer Plummer, Roy Williams, William Cottrell, Del Connell, and James Bodrero
Is objectivity possible in analyzing art? Is there a way to define what is and isn’t successful, what is and isn’t good, in a work of creative blood, sweat, and tears? Is there a way to completely divorce yourself from the subjective, from the past, when watching a film, for example? Maybe I’m biting off more than I can chew here, especially since I ask all of these questions in reference to The Three Caballeros, of all things, but after our podcast, I began to consider these ideas anew. While I found the film slight if somewhat charming, I was compelled to ponder the idea of subjectivity versus objectivity thanks to our guest, Jeff Heimbuch, who spoke...
- 8/11/2012
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Ole! This week, we’re in a celebratory mood at Mousterpiece Cinema HQ as Josh, Gabe, and Mike talk all about The Three Caballeros, the 1944 package film from Walt Disney Pictures that brought together Donald Duck, Jose Carioca, and Panchito Pistoles for the first time. Your three hosts are joined by perhaps the movie’s biggest fan, Jeff Heimbuch, MiceChat.com columnist and co-host of the Disney theme-park video podcast Communicore Weekly. And even though he was only able to appear for the first 30 minutes, Mike manages to sneak in a drive-by Ducksterpiece Theater in honor of Disney’s number-one duck. There are discussions of nostalgia, sex drives, and even The Goonies in store–check out the new episode now!
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- 8/11/2012
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Bambi
Directed by David Hand
Written by Perce Pearce, Larry Morey, Vernon Stallings, Melvin Shaw, Carl Fallberg, Chuck Couch, Ralph Wright
Starring Bobby Stewart, Donny Dunagan, Paula Winslowe, Sterling Holloway
Bambi is a film that touches greatness often, but only just. So much of the 1942 film is justifiably memorable, rightfully iconic, but it slips up in a few notable spots that it’s not quite as perfect as some (such as my co-host Gabe) say it is, nor is it as sublime an experience as the 1940 animated film Pinocchio is. More than the four films that preceded it from Walt Disney Pictures, Bambi is arguably the most exquisite and beautifully animated film from the company. The attention to detail and commitment to reality that the animators strove for throughout the production process is often truly impressive in how it pays off, but there are a few places where they lose the thread,...
Directed by David Hand
Written by Perce Pearce, Larry Morey, Vernon Stallings, Melvin Shaw, Carl Fallberg, Chuck Couch, Ralph Wright
Starring Bobby Stewart, Donny Dunagan, Paula Winslowe, Sterling Holloway
Bambi is a film that touches greatness often, but only just. So much of the 1942 film is justifiably memorable, rightfully iconic, but it slips up in a few notable spots that it’s not quite as perfect as some (such as my co-host Gabe) say it is, nor is it as sublime an experience as the 1940 animated film Pinocchio is. More than the four films that preceded it from Walt Disney Pictures, Bambi is arguably the most exquisite and beautifully animated film from the company. The attention to detail and commitment to reality that the animators strove for throughout the production process is often truly impressive in how it pays off, but there are a few places where they lose the thread,...
- 6/10/2012
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Just days before the release of "Tangled," Disney shocked the world by announcing the film would be their last fairy tale princess story. But while there was much wailing, another, more positive milestone has been somewhat overlooked: "Tangled" marked the studio's 50th animated feature.
We know what you're thinking: Surely Disney has made more than 50 movies, right? And it's true, they have. But if there's one thing Disney knows even more than animation, it's how to protect their brand, which is why they've designated some of their features to be official classics and others -- like "The Jungle Book 2" or "Pete's Dragon" -- to be, you know, just something they do on the side for giggles and grins.
To celebrate the release of "Beauty and the Beast 3D," we review and rank all 50 official Disney animated features. Let the subjectivity begin.
50. 'Brother Bear' (2003)
Hey guys, remember "Brother Bear,...
We know what you're thinking: Surely Disney has made more than 50 movies, right? And it's true, they have. But if there's one thing Disney knows even more than animation, it's how to protect their brand, which is why they've designated some of their features to be official classics and others -- like "The Jungle Book 2" or "Pete's Dragon" -- to be, you know, just something they do on the side for giggles and grins.
To celebrate the release of "Beauty and the Beast 3D," we review and rank all 50 official Disney animated features. Let the subjectivity begin.
50. 'Brother Bear' (2003)
Hey guys, remember "Brother Bear,...
- 1/13/2012
- by Scott Harris
- NextMovie
Here at Tmp, we’re a bunch of movie nerds...Seems like a no-brainer, but as such, we tend to have unique items on our Christmas lists. So if you’ve got a movie buff that you need to shop for this Christmas, maybe our own individual wishlists will aid you in finding that perfect gift.
Carla
The reason it took so long for me to write something down on my wish list is not lack of wanting something, but it is because I want everything. However, since we are not writing a novel, I did manage to narrow it down to two things:
I love Anthony Hopkins! He is one of my favorite, if not the favorite, older Hollywood actors. The man is undoubtedly a living legend in the film world. What Hopkins fan would not want an autographed photo from Silence of the Lambs? As a bonus, this...
Carla
The reason it took so long for me to write something down on my wish list is not lack of wanting something, but it is because I want everything. However, since we are not writing a novel, I did manage to narrow it down to two things:
I love Anthony Hopkins! He is one of my favorite, if not the favorite, older Hollywood actors. The man is undoubtedly a living legend in the film world. What Hopkins fan would not want an autographed photo from Silence of the Lambs? As a bonus, this...
- 12/12/2011
- by solidstudios@ymail.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Comic-book writer who created thousands of uncredited stories, including many for Disney
One night in the 1960s, at the height of the Us-Soviet space race, a middle-aged comic-book writer, Del Connell, stood in his backyard in California watching one of the regular rocket tests by Nasa's Saturn engine suppliers, Rocketdyne, and had a thought. How would it be if a 20th-century family were, in the manner of the Swiss Family Robinson, cast away in space? The first issue of his Space Family Robinson was published in December 1962. Three years later, the idea was reborn – with the Robinsons, but without attribution to Connell – as Irwin Allen's successful television show Lost in Space, which ran for three seasons and in its turn inspired a 1998 feature film.
It is characteristic of the work of Connell, who has died aged 93, that, despite having written thousands of the comic strips and books that were...
One night in the 1960s, at the height of the Us-Soviet space race, a middle-aged comic-book writer, Del Connell, stood in his backyard in California watching one of the regular rocket tests by Nasa's Saturn engine suppliers, Rocketdyne, and had a thought. How would it be if a 20th-century family were, in the manner of the Swiss Family Robinson, cast away in space? The first issue of his Space Family Robinson was published in December 1962. Three years later, the idea was reborn – with the Robinsons, but without attribution to Connell – as Irwin Allen's successful television show Lost in Space, which ran for three seasons and in its turn inspired a 1998 feature film.
It is characteristic of the work of Connell, who has died aged 93, that, despite having written thousands of the comic strips and books that were...
- 9/12/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Del Connell and the late Bob Haney have been named as the recipients of this year's Bill Finger Awards. Connell, a prolific writer for many decades, will be presented with the accolade during the Eisner Awards ceremony at Comic-Con International this summer. Starting out at Disney Studios, Connell's credits include the classic animations Alice In Wonderland and The Three Caballeros. He also penned the official Mickey Mouse comic for more than 20 years and served as editor-in-chief at Western Publishing. Haney, who passed away in 2004, was given a posthumous honour. The acclaimed DC scribe is best (more)...
- 6/18/2011
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
During the second world war the Disney studio created an animated parrot called José Carioca, a street-wise, cigar-chomping citizen of Rio de Janeiro, to further the cause of President Roosevelt's Good Neighbour policy towards Latin America by appearing in a series of movies and comic books, most famously The Three Caballeros, which had its world premiere in Mexico City in 1944. A very similar bird is to be found in the 3D Rio, a Brazilian blue macaw named Blu (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg) who accidentally falls into the hands of a bespectacled bookshop assistant in Minnesota. She's persuaded to bring Blu to Rio to mate with Jewel (Anne Hathaway), the only other surviving blue macaw, and some mildly diverting fun is had when they're abducted by precious-bird thieves on the eve of the annual carnival. Blu is a likable character if a trifle too complacently domesticated, the film is the...
- 4/9/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Mark uncovers the too-often-overlooked gems in the Disney animated movies catalogue...
Not all Disney feature movies get the same level of appreciation, as they're overshadowed by the better known or more rambunctious siblings.
Here are five that, in my view, deserve better...
Alice In Wonderland (1951)
Part of the impressive fifties animated feature line-up, Alice never quite got the love that was reserved for Sleeping Beauty or The Lady And The Tramp. Yet, it's as technically competent, and uniquely styled.
Disney must bear some of the responsibility, however, as, after a somewhat poor box office (by their standards) outing, they demoted Alice to being the launch vehicle for their TV ambitions in a cut-down form. This choice meant that it didn't get recycled at the cinema and moved it down a notch from its 'cinema only' screened peers.
As they've all now been on TV, I think it's about time Alice In Wonderland...
Not all Disney feature movies get the same level of appreciation, as they're overshadowed by the better known or more rambunctious siblings.
Here are five that, in my view, deserve better...
Alice In Wonderland (1951)
Part of the impressive fifties animated feature line-up, Alice never quite got the love that was reserved for Sleeping Beauty or The Lady And The Tramp. Yet, it's as technically competent, and uniquely styled.
Disney must bear some of the responsibility, however, as, after a somewhat poor box office (by their standards) outing, they demoted Alice to being the launch vehicle for their TV ambitions in a cut-down form. This choice meant that it didn't get recycled at the cinema and moved it down a notch from its 'cinema only' screened peers.
As they've all now been on TV, I think it's about time Alice In Wonderland...
- 3/10/2011
- Den of Geek
Mark takes a look back at Disney’s adaptation of Alice In Wonderland, a film that marked a change in the way the studio made its films...
When Disney devised the concept of a full-length feature animation and proved its viability with Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs in 1937, there were many people who argued that the economics of these productions was a big issue.
Had Snow White not been a big box office success, Disney would certainly have gone bankrupt, as some 1,200 people had taken more than four years to realise.
A big part of the problem was the level of research and development that was needed to create believable animated characters was substantial, and during those early productions, well into the forties, Disney animators where inventing a highly complex skill set that allowed them to make movies in a way people had never imagined was possible.
But with...
When Disney devised the concept of a full-length feature animation and proved its viability with Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs in 1937, there were many people who argued that the economics of these productions was a big issue.
Had Snow White not been a big box office success, Disney would certainly have gone bankrupt, as some 1,200 people had taken more than four years to realise.
A big part of the problem was the level of research and development that was needed to create believable animated characters was substantial, and during those early productions, well into the forties, Disney animators where inventing a highly complex skill set that allowed them to make movies in a way people had never imagined was possible.
But with...
- 2/28/2011
- Den of Geek
Veteran animator who contributed to every aspect of Disney's output for 42 years
When the veteran animator Bill Justice, who has died aged 97, applied for a job at the Disney studio in 1937, it was on the basis of a 30-day "try-out"; he remained there for the next 42 years, contributing to every facet of Disney's output, from feature films and short cartoons to TV shows and theme park attractions.
Justice was born in Dayton, Ohio, and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he attended the John Herron Art Institute (now a school of Indiana University) to study portrait painting. In 1937, in the midst of the Great Depression, he responded to a Disney recruiting advertisement in Esquire magazine and gave up the weekly income of $65 he was then earning in order to work at Hollywood's most famous cartoon studio, for $12 a week. He began as an "in-betweener" on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs...
When the veteran animator Bill Justice, who has died aged 97, applied for a job at the Disney studio in 1937, it was on the basis of a 30-day "try-out"; he remained there for the next 42 years, contributing to every facet of Disney's output, from feature films and short cartoons to TV shows and theme park attractions.
Justice was born in Dayton, Ohio, and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he attended the John Herron Art Institute (now a school of Indiana University) to study portrait painting. In 1937, in the midst of the Great Depression, he responded to a Disney recruiting advertisement in Esquire magazine and gave up the weekly income of $65 he was then earning in order to work at Hollywood's most famous cartoon studio, for $12 a week. He began as an "in-betweener" on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs...
- 2/15/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
[1] What if Walt Disney Pictures produced Pixar's Up in the 1960s as a live-action feature film? YouTube user whoiseyevan has created an amazing faux "premakes" trailer which imagines this exact possibility. Watch the video now, embedded after the jump. Here is a note from the video editor: Ah, the swinging 60s. It was a time when films were dominated by flying automobiles and flying nannies. It was also a time when live-action Disney films flourished and spawned such hits as "The Love Bug", "The Absent-Minded Professor", and "The Monkey's Uncle". In an alternate reality, this era also saw the production of the high-flying adventure-comedy, "Up!". Starring Spencer Tracy and Kirk Douglas, "Up!" followed the oddball escapades of the elderly widower, Carl Fredricksen, and his earnest band of misfits as they traveled through the wilds of South America. Produced two decades after "Saludos Amigos" and "The Three Caballeros", the film continued...
- 1/26/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
American Girl Samantha Parkington is busy empowering little girls and Walt Disney and the El Grupo are too busy fighting the war. With all that going on, we'll leave the fluff to the Care Bears and the animated Duke Brothers. Here are some titles you may have missed recently.
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The Dukes
by Lex Walker
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It's rather unfortunate that it took until 1983 for The Dukes of Hazzard to get the cartoon adaptation treatment. Not because it deserved its ink sooner, but because at that point in the live-action series Luke (Tom Wopat) and Bo (John Schneider) had moved on (albeit briefly) leaving their "cousins" Vance (Christopher Mayer) and Coy (Byron Cherry) to engage in the show's misadventures for a year. So when Hanna Barbera adapted the show into a cartoon, instead of just making the main characters Bo and Luke (who were the obvious choice...
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The Dukes
by Lex Walker
{amazon}B004GF9W0O{/amazon}
It's rather unfortunate that it took until 1983 for The Dukes of Hazzard to get the cartoon adaptation treatment. Not because it deserved its ink sooner, but because at that point in the live-action series Luke (Tom Wopat) and Bo (John Schneider) had moved on (albeit briefly) leaving their "cousins" Vance (Christopher Mayer) and Coy (Byron Cherry) to engage in the show's misadventures for a year. So when Hanna Barbera adapted the show into a cartoon, instead of just making the main characters Bo and Luke (who were the obvious choice...
- 12/21/2010
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
DVD Playhouse December 2010
By
Allen Gardner
America Lost And Found: The Bbs Story (Criterion) Perhaps the best DVD box set released this year, this ultimate cinefile stocking stuffer offered up by Criterion, the Rolls-Royce of home video labels, features seven seminal works from the late ‘60s-early ‘70s that were brought to life by cutting edge producers Bert Schneider, Steve Blauner and director/producer Bob Rafelson, the principals of Bbs Productions. In chronological order: Head (1968) star the Monkees, the manufactured (by Rafelson, et al), American answer to the Beatles who, like it or not, did make an impact on popular culture, particularly in this utterly surreal piece of cinematic anarchy (co-written by Jack Nicholson, who has a cameo), which was largely dismissed upon its initial release, but is now regarded as a counterculture classic. Easy Rider (1969) is arguably regarded as the seminal ‘60s picture, about two hippie drug dealers (director Dennis Hopper...
By
Allen Gardner
America Lost And Found: The Bbs Story (Criterion) Perhaps the best DVD box set released this year, this ultimate cinefile stocking stuffer offered up by Criterion, the Rolls-Royce of home video labels, features seven seminal works from the late ‘60s-early ‘70s that were brought to life by cutting edge producers Bert Schneider, Steve Blauner and director/producer Bob Rafelson, the principals of Bbs Productions. In chronological order: Head (1968) star the Monkees, the manufactured (by Rafelson, et al), American answer to the Beatles who, like it or not, did make an impact on popular culture, particularly in this utterly surreal piece of cinematic anarchy (co-written by Jack Nicholson, who has a cameo), which was largely dismissed upon its initial release, but is now regarded as a counterculture classic. Easy Rider (1969) is arguably regarded as the seminal ‘60s picture, about two hippie drug dealers (director Dennis Hopper...
- 12/20/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Chicago – Walt Disney Home Video isn’t all about “Hannah Montana” or “Toy Story 3.” At the end of last month, they released a trio of informative documentaries about the fascinating history of their own company. None of the three are must-see viewing, but they do combine to offer a glimpse at the incredibly legacy of one of the most important American companies in history.
“The Boys”
The Boys
Photo credit: Disney
You may not know the names Robert and Richard Sherman but you absolutely know their work. The Sherman Brothers, the subject (and fathers) of Jeffrey C. Sherman & Gregory V. Sherman’s documentary “The Boys,” not only wrote some of the most memorable Disney songs of all time but simply wrote more movie songs than any other pair of songwriters in film history.
The brothers became legends after joining Walt Disney in 1961, as his company was about to begin a string of belove musicals.
“The Boys”
The Boys
Photo credit: Disney
You may not know the names Robert and Richard Sherman but you absolutely know their work. The Sherman Brothers, the subject (and fathers) of Jeffrey C. Sherman & Gregory V. Sherman’s documentary “The Boys,” not only wrote some of the most memorable Disney songs of all time but simply wrote more movie songs than any other pair of songwriters in film history.
The brothers became legends after joining Walt Disney in 1961, as his company was about to begin a string of belove musicals.
- 12/13/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
#Gift Students of film and pop culture history have had a bumper selection of titles to choose from in the last few weeks. Four documentaries have been released that warrant the attention of anyone with an interest in two of the most enduring and successful enterprises in the entertainment industry: Walt Disney Studios and DC Comics. They might not make it onto the best sellers shelves at your local Best Buy but here at CinemaSpy we believe in bringing worthwhile works to your attention regardless of their commercial appeal. These four films definitely qualify.
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Official Synopsis: Far from a fairytale, Waking Sleeping Beauty is an unprecedented eye-opening look at the conflict, drama and tension that ushered in the second chapter of Disney’s animation legacy – a decade of unparalleled creativity that included The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King. Told by the...
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Official Synopsis: Far from a fairytale, Waking Sleeping Beauty is an unprecedented eye-opening look at the conflict, drama and tension that ushered in the second chapter of Disney’s animation legacy – a decade of unparalleled creativity that included The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King. Told by the...
- 12/13/2010
- CinemaSpy
DVD Review
Walt & El Grupo
Directed by: Theodore Thomas
Cast: Walt Disney, John Canemaker
Running Time: 1 hr 45 min
Rating: PG
Due Out: November 30, 2010
Plot: In 1941, Walt Disney was asked by the Us Government to go to South America and win the hearts and minds of it’s people, many of whom were sympathetic with the Nazi party. So he collected a group of artists from his studio (the “El Grupo” of the title) and journeyed south to do just that.
Who’S It For? History buffs, fans of Disney history.
Movie:
Using archival footage and interviews with those who were there and their family and friends, Thomas reconstructs Disney’s trip through South America in 1941. According to those in the film, the trip was of great importance to winning the hearts of minds of the people, but unfortunately, it seems to have been a pretty dry trip. Disney and his artists went to Brazil,...
Walt & El Grupo
Directed by: Theodore Thomas
Cast: Walt Disney, John Canemaker
Running Time: 1 hr 45 min
Rating: PG
Due Out: November 30, 2010
Plot: In 1941, Walt Disney was asked by the Us Government to go to South America and win the hearts and minds of it’s people, many of whom were sympathetic with the Nazi party. So he collected a group of artists from his studio (the “El Grupo” of the title) and journeyed south to do just that.
Who’S It For? History buffs, fans of Disney history.
Movie:
Using archival footage and interviews with those who were there and their family and friends, Thomas reconstructs Disney’s trip through South America in 1941. According to those in the film, the trip was of great importance to winning the hearts of minds of the people, but unfortunately, it seems to have been a pretty dry trip. Disney and his artists went to Brazil,...
- 12/1/2010
- by Megan Lehar
- The Scorecard Review
A few days ago, we put up the press release for the announcement that Disney are going to be showing every single one of their animated feature films at the BFI during the course of 2011. This is to celebrate the fact that their new movie, Tangled is their 50th feature release. To coincide with this, Disney have also brought out a brand new trailer showing all 50 of their animated features and if you love Disney movies, then you’ll really love this!
So without further ado, check out the trailer below or scroll down to view every single movie featured in the trailer.
The movies in the trailer include:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 Pinocchio 1940 Fantasia 1940 Dumbo 1941 Bambi 1942 Saludos Amigos 1942 The Three Caballeros 1944 Make Mine Music, 1946 Fun and Fancy Free 1947 Melody Time 1948 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 1949 Cinderella 1950 Alice in Wonderland 1951 Peter Pan 1953 Lady and the Tramp...
So without further ado, check out the trailer below or scroll down to view every single movie featured in the trailer.
The movies in the trailer include:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 Pinocchio 1940 Fantasia 1940 Dumbo 1941 Bambi 1942 Saludos Amigos 1942 The Three Caballeros 1944 Make Mine Music, 1946 Fun and Fancy Free 1947 Melody Time 1948 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 1949 Cinderella 1950 Alice in Wonderland 1951 Peter Pan 1953 Lady and the Tramp...
- 11/28/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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