May, 2010

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Jim Hill

Animation Guild kicks off its Pres-Aid fund-raising program with a reception & silent auction

Posted 05-31-2010

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Jim Hill interrupts your Memorial Day festivities to talk up a very worthwhile effort which gets underway this Friday night in Burbank, CA...
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Disney’s “Prince of Persia” ends well. But is that really enough?

Posted 05-28-2010

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WARNING !! There be spoilers a-plenty in today’s article. As Jim Hill uses this new Mike Newell movie as an excuse to talk about the ending of “Lost,” Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” series, even “Star Trek: The Motion Picture”...
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“We Make Our Own Destiny” reveals how Disney’s “Prince of Persia” movie actually came together

Posted 05-26-2010

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Jim Hill reviews this new making-of book. Where Michael Singer walks you through how Jordan Mechner’s best-selling video game was turned into a romantic action adventure film...
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Why For did Walt Disney pull the plug on “Pinocchio”?

Posted 05-21-2010

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Jim Hill’s back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, he talks about all the struggles that the “Shrek Forever After,” “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “Pinocchio” story teams went through...
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“The Art of Shrek Forever After” illuminates DreamWork’s struggle to come up with a fitting final chapter for this popular film franchise

Posted 05-19-2010

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WARNING !! There be spoilers in Jim Hill's review of this new Insight Edition book. Which reveals how Mike Mitchell & his story team drew much of their inspiration for this sequel from the original “Shrek”...
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“Stuffed and Unstrung” recaptures the chaotic comic energy of the classic “Muppet Show”

Posted 05-18-2010

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Jim Hill reviews this WestBeth Entertainment / Henson Alternative improv show. Which continues at NYC’s Union Square Theatre...
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“What’s Opera, Doc?” celebrates the marriage of animation and classical music

Posted 05-17-2010

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Michael Giacchino, Pete Docter and Bruce Broughton came together this past Friday Night in Beverly Hills as part of the A.M.P.A.S.'s annual Marc Davis Celebration of Animation...
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Why For does Howard Stark look like Walt Disney in “Iron Man 2” ?

Posted 05-14-2010

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Jim Hill’s back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, he reveals who the real inspiration for Tony Stark’s father is. He also points out the obvious parallels between the look & layout of the Stark Expo and the 1964 New York World’s Fair...
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“The Men Who Would Be King” recalls the bad old days when Disney, DreamWorks & Pixar used to brawl

Posted 05-12-2010

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Jim Hill reviews Nicole LaPorte’s account of how Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffery Katzenberg tried (and failed) to change the entertainment industry...
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Tune Tuesday: Reimagined "Beauty and the Beast" puts a contemporary spin on this " ... Tale as Old as Time"

Posted 05-11-2010

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Jim Hill reviews NETworks Presentations, Inc. touring company of this Disney musical. Which the original Broadway creative team has transformed into a far tighter, faster paced piece of entertainment...
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Monday Mouse Watch: “Toy Story 3” aims to be less like Fredo & more like Frodo

Posted 05-10-2010

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Jim Hill recalls Lee Unkrich’s comments at a 2009 Comic Con roundtable session. Where this Pixar veteran revealed the role that the “Godfather” films and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy played in the shaping of this “Toy Story” sequel...
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How a Toon Elevator helped Mickey Mouse learn how to talk

Posted 05-07-2010

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Jim Hill uses some stories & images from “Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making MORE Magic Real” to explain the importance of WDI’s playtest process...
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You’re gonna need a bigger boat … er … theater

Posted 05-06-2010

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Jim Hill chats with J Michael Roddy, producer of “The Shark is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of JAWS” about why tonight’s screening of this acclaimed documentary got shifted from LA’s Los Feliz Theater over to the Vista...
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Volume 9 of the “Walt’s People” series features some great behind-the-scenes stories

Posted 05-05-2010

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Jim Hill reviews the latest installment in this excellent collection of paperbacks. Where noted Disney historians share some of their very best Mouse House-related interviews & articles...
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How do you carve “Snow White” ‘s Hag and Evil Queen out of clay?

Posted 05-04-2010

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Jim Hill talks with pop artist / sculptor David Kracov about the two hand-painted sculptures that he created to accompany eFX Inc.’s Heart Box collectible...
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Monday Mouse Watch: DIMG departs from the standard Disney playbook

Posted 05-03-2010

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Jim Hill talks about the new listen-and-then-act attitude that’s transforming Disney’s Virtual Worlds. He also reveals who’s now in the driver’s seat on Pixar’s highly anticipated Summer 2011 release, “Cars 2: World Grand Prix”...

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