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• A special "Where's WALL-E" edition of Why For?

  Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, Jim tries to put together a definitive list of where the in-jokes & self references in Pixar's feature films & shorts are located Read More... Posted Sunday, December 09, 2007 12:00 AM | 26 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Pixar, CG, John Lasseter, "Ratatouille", Brad Bird, "The Incredibles", "Finding Nemo", Pixar Animation Studios, Emeryville, "A Bug's Life", "Toy Story", "Toy Story 2", "Monsters Inc.", "WALL * E", DVD, film, movie, Disney / Pixar, animated feature, "The Adventures of Andre & Wally B", animated short, short, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, "Your Friend the Rat", "Plan B", "Luxo Jr", "Red's Dream", "For the Birds", "Boundin' ", "Lifted", "Jack-Jack Attack", "Geri's Game"

• Could you please have the Rat whip me up some crow?

  Here (finally) is the JHM column that Pixar fans have been waiting for. Where Jim Hill talks about how well "Ratatouille" has been doing overseas ... as well as other Disney-related matters Read More... Posted Friday, November 23, 2007 12:00 AM | 31 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, TV, Visual Effects, Gore Verbinski, Walt Disney Pictures, "Ratatouille", Brad Bird, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Pixar Animation Studios, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", television, "The Game Plan", Hollywood, WDSHE, DVD, box office, film, movie, Thanksgiving, leftovers, crow, international, worldwide box office, Disney / Pixar, animated feature, production costs, release date, stateside, exhibitors, ticket sales, top selling, FX, effects, The Michael Eisner building, Michael Eisner building, character-based merchandise, 2007, "Wild Hogs", "Wild Hogs 2", titles, floss, promotional costs, "The Best Reviewed Film of the Year", domestic performance, The Ivy, opening weekend grosses, opening weekend, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, strip-mining, wild-assed guess, Magic 8 Ball, television program, TV show, television programs, TV shows, The Hollywood Reporter, The Nielsen ratings, Nielsen ratings, domestic box office numbers, entertainment industry, initial domestic run, evergreen title, franchise, film franchise, film franchises, merch, nuturing, long term profit potential, long term profitability

• "Raggedy Ann" reunion features look at rarely seen Richard Williams film

  Jim Hill talks up this Saturday's benefit for the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. Which will feature a screening of this 1977 release, followed by a panel discussion with various members of the "Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure" production team Read More... Posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, theme park, Broadway, traditional animation, podcast, Ward Kimball, Art Babbitt, Disney Legend, benefit, television, YouTube, Disneyana, Hollywood, DVD, California, 30th anniversary, ASIFA-Hollywood, CinemaScope, 35MM, American Film Institute, West Coast, Mark Goodson, Mark Goodson Auditorium, Nathan Rose, MagicalMountain, resort, film, movie, Joe Raposo, Raggedy Andy, Raggedy Ann, VHS, Richard Williams, "Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure", Bobbs-Merrill, The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees, Magical Definition, Magical Definition Podcast, animated character, Mason Adams, Paul Dooley, George S Irving, Golden Age of Animation, Grim Natwick, Emery Hawkins, UPA, Corny Cole, Tissa David, Eric Goldberg, Dan Haskett, Tom Sito, Michael Sporn, master class, traditionally animated feature, break-out character, John Canemaker, rag dolly, Little Nemo, Winsor McCay, "Looney Land", John Kimball, animation student, roughs, clean-up, voicework, Joe Silver, candy, The Greedy, "Blue", Fred Stuthman, Laurel & Hardy, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, spine, car crash, 1974, 1977, Macmillan Publishing, "The Animated Raggedy Ann & Andy: An Intimate Look at the Art of Animation: Its History Techniques and Artists"