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"Defying Gravity" details Stephen Schwartz's sometimes difficult dealings with the Walt Disney Company

Jim Hill reviews Carol de Gieve's career biography of this Academy Award-winning songwriter, which features some great behind-the-scenes stories about the five Disney projects that Schwartz worked on Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments

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Toon Tuesday: Disney's "The Aristocats" ... The Animated Series ?!

Jim Hill takes a look at a show that was proposed for the Disney Channel back in 2003. One that would have ditched Duchess & O'Malley and made Marie, Berlioz & Toulouse teenagers Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 12:00 AM | 24 Comments

Filed under: theme park, Pixar, Walt Disney, Disney Channel, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Toon Disney, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Productions, The Walt Disney Company, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Glen Hanson, The Aristocats, Marie, Disney Feature Animation Florida, teen, teenager, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, WDSHE, DVD, movie, Mouse, animated feature, franchise, merch, Walt Disney Feature Animation, 2003, merchandise , animated series , The Aristocats: Special Edition, 1970 , single disc edition, Duchess, Thomas O'Malley , Disney twenty-three magazine , Toulouse, Berlioz, bonus material , Richard M Sherman, Robert B Sherman, Zzzz, Sherman Brothers , DisneyToon Studios , The Aristocats 2, home premiere, Disney's Aristocats: The Animated Series , O'Malley , teenagers, Delancey, Justin Timberlake , Usher, Street Cats , classic Disney characters , Flash, unnecessary sequel business, unnecessary sequel, unnecessary sequels, The Aristocats II , Chicken Little 2, Meet the Robinsons 2, Aristocats: The Animated Series , Frank Wells building, Dick Sherman , Maurice Chevalier

"Dream Worlds" offers look at abandoned Disney animated features

Jim Hill reviews Hans Bacher's new "Production Design for Animation" book. Which features visual development art from "My Peoples," "Fraidy Cat" and "Wild Life" Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments

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What a doll ! Remembering Joyce Carlson (1923 - 2008)

Jim Hill pays tribute to this Disney Legend, who passed away this past Tuesday following a long bout with cancer Read More...

Posted Friday, January 04, 2008 12:00 AM | 3 Comments

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Animation fans prematurely shoot off their mouths about "Bolt"

Jim Hill points out the parallels between what WDAS's next release is now going through and "Beauty & the Beast" & "The Lion King" 's troubled productions Read More...

Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 12:00 AM | 18 Comments

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Toon Tuesday: The story behind "The Pixar Story"

Jim Hill chats with acclaimed filmmaker Leslie Iwerks about her new documentary. Which will be screening this evening at Hollywood's Egyptian Theater and will be followed by a panel discussion with Roy E. Disney Read More...

Posted Tuesday, December 11, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments