Monthly Archives: December 2011

Good Will To Men (1955) — MGM Theatrical Cartoon

Posted on December 23, 2011 by DaveK


Good Will To Men (1955) - MGM Theatrical Cartoon

CotD: A remake of 1939’s Peace On Earth, “Good Will To Men” with mice instead of squir­rels… and a bit more graphic point to the hor­rors of war.
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Gulliver’s Travels (1939) — Fleischer Studios Feature Animated Film

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Big Cartoon DataBase


Gulliver's Travels (1939) - Fleischer Studios

CotD: Yes­ter­day we had Snow White; two years and a day later, “Gulliver’s Trav­els” was released.… the sec­ond fully ani­mated fea­ture film.
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Chicago critics name “Rango” Best Animated Feature

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Ethan Minovitz


Rango
The Chicago Film Crit­ics Asso­ci­a­tion declared the trippy com­edy Rango on Mon­day to be the best ani­mated fea­ture of 2011. Rango won out over chal­lengers The Adven­tures of Tintin, Arthur Christ­mas, Puss In Boots and Win­nie the Pooh.
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Animated tunes vie for Oscars’ 2011 playlist

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Paul Anderson


Oscar Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The orig­i­nal songs include “Col­li­sion of Worlds” from Cars 2; “Hello Hello” and “Love Builds a Gar­den” from Gnomeo & Juliet; “Bridge of Light” and “The Mighty Sven” from Happy Feet Two; “Life’s a Happy Song,” “Man or Mup­pet” and “Pic­tures in My Head” from The Mup­pets; “Hot Wings,” “Let Me Take You to Rio” and “Real in Rio” from Rio; and “The Back­son Song” and “So Long” from Win­nie the Pooh.
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937) — Walt Disney Studios Feature Animated Film

Posted on December 21, 2011 by DaveK


Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937) - Walt Disney Studios Feature Animated Film
CotD: They say it all started with a mouse; well then it was the seven lit­tle men in “Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs” pushed it into high gear! Show us how much you love this clas­sic Dis­ney film– the one that started it all.
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N. Korea’s Kim Jong-Il was “Team America” villain

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Mr. Clevland


Kim Jong-Il
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, depicted as the leader of a vio­lent ter­ror­ist plot in the 2004 marionette-animated com­edy movie Team Amer­ica: World Police, died Sat­ur­day of a heart attack, state media announced Mon­day. He was 69.
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“The Adventures of Tintin” wins Satellite Award

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Mr. Clevland


The Adventures of Tintin

“The Adven­tures of Tin Tin: The Secret of the Uni­corn” won for Motion Pic­ture, Ani­mated or Mixed Media at the 16th Satel­lite Awards, held Sun­day night at the Bev­erly Hills Hotel.

It defeated fel­low nom­i­nees Kung Fu Panda 2, The Mup­pets, Puss in Boots, Rango and Rio in the cat­e­gory.
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Disney, Bluth effects animator Dorse Lanpher dies

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Ethan Minovitz


Dorse Lanpher
Dorse Lan­pher, “the Grand Old Mas­ter of effects ani­ma­tion,” has died, The Ani­ma­tion Guild (Local 839 IATSE) announced Sun­day. He was 76.

He died at home, get­ting ready to go out to eat with old effects crew bud­dies, accord­ing to reports from friends.
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Spooky Space Kook (1969) — Scooby Doo, Where Are You! Cartoon Episode Guide

Posted on December 20, 2011 by DaveK

Spooky Space Kook (1969) - Scooby Doo, Where Are You! Cartoon Episode Guide

CotD: One of my favorite Scooby-Doo episodes is “Spooky Space Kook” and the crazy glow­ing alien in it. CLASSIC Scooby!
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NFB’s Hothouse seeks submissions from new artists

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Ethan Minovitz


National Film Board of Canada

Got an idea for an ani­ma­tion project cre­ated with new technologies?

For its eighth year, the National Film Board of Canada’s Hot­house pro­gram is issu­ing a call for sub­mis­sions for emerg­ing ani­ma­tors across Canada, one that will fea­ture an empha­sis on dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies and a Genie-winning ani­ma­tor as men­tor­ing direc­tor.
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A Flintstone Family Christmas (1993) — Hanna-Barbera Studios Animated TV Special

Posted on December 19, 2011 by DaveK


A Flintstone Family Christmas (1993) - Hanna-Barbera Studios

CotD: Take a step back in time with “A Flint­stone Fam­ily Christ­mas” for a Yabba-Dabba-Do good hol­i­day spe­cial.
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Cat’s pajamas: “Puss In Boots” reaches #1 overseas

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Ethan Minovitz


Puss In Boots

For the first time since it opened abroad Octo­ber 27, Dream­Works Animation’s Puss In Boots has clawed its way to the top of the for­eign box office.
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How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) — Chuck Jones Animated TV Special

Posted on December 18, 2011 by DaveK


How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) - Chuck Jones Animated TV Special

CotD: The grand-daddy of all Christ­mas spe­cials, “How The Grinch Stole Christ­mas!” showed us that some things are best as car­toons, big bud­gets and Jim Car­rey or not!
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Disney storyboard artist Ricky Garduno dead at 35

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Ethan Minovitz


Ricky Garduno
Ser­vices will be held today in Hol­ly­wood for sto­ry­board artist Ricky Gar­duno, who died at 35.
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The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (1973) — DePatie-Freleng Animated TV Special

Posted on December 17, 2011 by DaveK


The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (1973) - DePatie-Freleng Animated TV Special
CotD: An early Christ­mas spe­cial, “The Bear Who Slept Through Christ­mas” orig­i­nally aired on NBC and was rebroad­cast on CBS.
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