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A Trip to London and Paris

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

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After the success of 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit? The Disney folks offered animation director Richard Williams more feature projects, but Dick preferred to focus on his personal project, the Thief and the Cobbler. So Disney turned to Dick’s former lieutenant and top animator Dick Purdum, who came recommended by many in the London animation scene. By then Dick and his wife Jill Thomas had their own studio in London.

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Dick took the job to direct Beauty & the Beast if he could do some of the initial preproduction in London, and a research trip was added to get texture for the French setting. (more…)

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Be Our Guest

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Here’s a little ditty written by the people at Touchstone Pictures:
**Sung to the tune of “Be Our Guest” from Beauty and the Beast”

[cue music on]
Dummmmmmmmm…..Doo doo doo…….doo doo doo

Madames et Monsiers, it is with deepest pride, and greatest pleasure, that we welcome you to yet another one of our theme parks. And now, relax, let us sell you a churro, as the Disney Company happily empties…..
Your wallet.

Be our guest, be our guest,
Put your paycheck to the test.
When it comes to making profits,
Michael Eisner is the best! (more…)

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