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• "The Archive Series: Story" features a stunning selection of art from Disney's Animation Research Library

  Jim Hill reviews this impressive new hardcover from Disney Editions. He also talks up Don Hahn's book signing tomorrow night at the Barnes & Noble at the Americana at Brand Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Samuel Goldwyn, Jeff Kurtti, Disney Editions, Walt Disney's Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park, Cinderella, Animation Research Library, ARL, WDAS, featurette, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Los Angeles, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Song of the South, Glen Keane, LA, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Christmas, film, 2008, feature film , Disney Feature Animation, The Fox and the Hound, short, holiday shopping list, Joe Ranft, Hans Christian Andersen, Chris Sanders, December , Mulan, animation fan, shorts, Don Hahn , Fantasia 2000, archives , Barnes & Noble, The Little Mermaid, Steamboat Willie, films, The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age, Lilo & Stitch, story, Lilo and Stitch, holiday, feature-length cartoon, Highlander, Bill Peet, Brizzi Brothers, Gaetan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, The Americana at Brand , In the Bag, Humphrey the Bear, Hellfire, What's This, Firebird Suite, Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Story, storyboards, storyboard, story sketches, story sketch, boards, board, featurettes, 1930s, artwork, Malibu, sketches, signing, Christmas gift

• Want the full picture when it comes to Disney's "Morning Light" ? Then see the movie AND pick up its companion book

  Jim Hill reviews this new true-life documentary from Walt Disney Pictures. Which -- to be honest -- could have used some of the stories that Jeff Kurtti included in "What the Sea Teaches Us: The Crew of the Morning Star" Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, Walt Disney Pictures, Roy E. Disney, Long Beach, Jeff Kurtti, Disney Editions, Hawaii, film, movie, 2008, 2007, New England, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, motion picture, the real world, Morning Light, What the Sea Teaches Us: The Crew of the Morning Light, documentary, buoy, Diamond Head, yacht, Transpac, Transpacific Yacht Race, Real World Hawaii, MTV, Leslie DeMeuse, companion book, Hingham, MA, South Shore, limited release, true-life documentary, 1954, catamaran, off-shore, the Cheyenne, Cheyenne, The Morning Light, Jeremy Wilmot, open ocean, ocean, sea, Kay, The New Avengers

• "How Does the Show Go On?" lifts the curtain on what goes on behind-the-scenes at a Broadway musical

  Jim Hill reviews Thomas Schumacher & Jeff Kurtti's interactive introduction to the theater. Which uses stories & images from various Disney Theatrical productions to reveal what's actually involved with putting on a professional show Read More... Posted Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, theater, Broadway, musical, Disney Theatrical, Beauty and the Beast, Disney Press, Tarzan, New York City, Jeff Kurtti, Disney Editions, New Amsterdam Theatre, NYC, Local One, stagehands, Broadway musical, show, Thomas Schumacher, Broadway production, How Does the Show Go On? An Introduction to the Theater, backstage

• Remembering Bruce Gordon (1951 - 2007)

  Jim Hill pays tribute to this much beloved author & Imagineer, who passed away this past weekend at the far-too-young age of 56 Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 12:00 AM | 21 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Imagineering, WED, Disneyland, Epcot, The Jungle Cruise, Epcot Center, Tokyo Disneyland, Jeff Kurtti, Bruce Gordon, WDI, Imagineer

• "Walt Disney's Legends of Imagineering" looks to be worth the wait

  Jim Hill interviews Jeff Kurtti, the author of this long-delayed Disney Editions book. Who explains how expanding the scope of "The Genesis of the Disney Theme Park" wound up putting this eagerly-awaited paperback behind schedule Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:00 AM | 16 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, theme park, Walt Disney, attraction, Pirates of the Caribbean, Imagineering, Disneyland, Marty Sklar, Walt Disney Productions, Jeff Kurtti, Bruce Gordon, Claude Coats, Harriet Burns, Fred Joerger, Eddie Sotto, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Julie Riehm, Buddy Baker, George Bruns, X Atencio, Plaza Inn Restaurant, Euro Disneyland, Disney Editions, Walt Disney's Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park, Herb Ryman, Disneyland Paris, The Matterhorn