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- 10/12/2020
- by Josh Spiegel
- Slash Film
Den Of Geek Dec 1, 2016
Legendary Disney directors Ron Clements and John Musker on Moana, Hercules, Disney and Dwayne Johnson.
Ron Clements and John Musker are movie stars to me. Since I first saw Basil The Great Mouse Detective in my early years, I’ve been a huge fan of their movies. But then their collective CV as directors covers the likes of The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Treasure Planet and The Princess And The Frog as well. Even in the movies of theirs I warm to less, there’s something I latch on to.
It’s been seven years since the lovely The Princess And The Frog, and the pair finally have a new movie. It’s called Moana, and I got to pretend to be professional, and chat to them about it.
I just about held it together for the full interview too. You’re proud of me, right?
What a human film Moana is.
Legendary Disney directors Ron Clements and John Musker on Moana, Hercules, Disney and Dwayne Johnson.
Ron Clements and John Musker are movie stars to me. Since I first saw Basil The Great Mouse Detective in my early years, I’ve been a huge fan of their movies. But then their collective CV as directors covers the likes of The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Treasure Planet and The Princess And The Frog as well. Even in the movies of theirs I warm to less, there’s something I latch on to.
It’s been seven years since the lovely The Princess And The Frog, and the pair finally have a new movie. It’s called Moana, and I got to pretend to be professional, and chat to them about it.
I just about held it together for the full interview too. You’re proud of me, right?
What a human film Moana is.
- 11/30/2016
- Den of Geek
[1] One of my most anticipated films of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival was a documentary titled Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, the inspirational tale of Kevin Clash, the man who plays the Sesame Street character Elmo. Growing up in Baltimore watching Captain Kangaroo and Sesame Street, Kevin dreamed of becoming a puppeteer and started creating his own puppets and performing shows for local kids. Its the story of a kid who dreamed big, worked hard at his craft, got a Willy Wonka-like invite into the Muppet Studios from Jim Henson himself, and went on to create one of the most famous characters in The Muppets universe. Being Elmo might be a by-the-numbers biopic, but the journey is very enjoyable -- especially for anyone who grew up watching The Muppets or Sesame Street. The film parallels the rise of Jim Henson and The Muppet movies, and gives us a behind the scenes...
- 1/25/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
There will likely never be a more enjoyable documentary about Disney animators than Frank and Ollie, Theodore Thomas' 1995 film about two very close members of the famed Nine Old Men. As far as informative chronicles go, however, the new film Waking Sleeping Beauty is at least a fascinating continuation of the studio's history and is every bit as captivating as its more recent predecessor and concurring account, The Pixar Story. Whether you're one of those hardcore Disneyphiles or merely a passive or nostalgic fan of the brand like myself, it's an engrossing and entertaining journey back to a significant moment in the company's past.
Waking Sleeping Beauty interestingly enough begins exactly as The Pixar Story does, with a home movie shot by animator Randy Cartwright as he tours the animation building in 1980 (introduction to a young, pouty Tim Burton gets an easy laugh). But while the earlier film quickly...
Waking Sleeping Beauty interestingly enough begins exactly as The Pixar Story does, with a home movie shot by animator Randy Cartwright as he tours the animation building in 1980 (introduction to a young, pouty Tim Burton gets an easy laugh). But while the earlier film quickly...
- 3/25/2010
- by Christopher Campbell
- Cinematical
Animator Frank Thomas, one of the "nine old men" behind Disney's legendary launch into animation in the 1930s, died Wednesday at his home in California; he was 92. The studio released a statement on Thursday confirming Thomas' passing, stating that he had been in declining health the past few months following a brain hemorrhage. One of the animators on such classics as Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, and Bambi, Thomas joined Disney in 1934 just as the studio was beginning production on Snow White, its first full-length animated film. Known primarily for crafting emotional scenes, Thomas was the man who created the spaghetti dinner scene in Lady and the Tramp, the ice-skating sequence in Bambi, and Pinocchio's birdcage incarceration by the evil Stromboli, as well as the "I Got No Strings" number from the same movie. Other famed and celebrated creations included the wicked stepmother in Cinderella, the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, Captain Hook from Peter Pan, and the wary Ichabod Crane of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Thomas met his fellow "old man," Ollie Johnston, at Stanford University, and the friendship between the two was chronicled in the 1995 documentary Frank and Ollie, written and directed by Thomas' son Theodore Thomas. The animator retired in 1978 and went on to write several influential books on animation. Thomas is survived by his wife of 58 years, Jeannette, and their four children. --Prepared by IMDb staff...
- 9/10/2004
- IMDb News
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