Tag Archives: Documentary

Win Tix for “Persistence of Vision” World Premiere

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Ethan Minovitz

Persistence Of Vision

Want to go to the world pre­miere of “Per­sis­tence of Vision” for free?

The doc­u­men­tary fol­lows the 30-year quest of ani­ma­tor Richard Williams to make his mas­ter­piece, The Thief and the Cob­bler — per­haps the great­est ani­mated film never made.

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Saving Mr. Banks Tells Story Behind Mary Poppins Adaptation

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Ethan Minovitz

Saving Mr. Banks Tells Story Behind Mary Poppins Adaptation

Dis­ney began pro­duc­tion Wednes­day on “Sav­ing Mr. Banks,” the account of Walt Disney’s 20-year pur­suit of the film rights to P.L. Tra­vers’ pop­u­lar novel Mary Pop­pins, and the testy part­ner­ship that the upbeat film­maker devel­ops with the uptight author dur­ing the partly ani­mated film’s pre-production in 1961.

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Persistence of Vision World Premiere in Vancouver

Posted on September 19, 2012 by DaveK

Persistence Of Vision

Per­sis­tence of Vision, a doc­u­men­tary film about acclaimed Cana­dian ani­ma­tor Richard Williams, will pre­miere to the world at this years Van­cou­ver Inter­na­tional Film Fes­ti­val. The 83 minute film will show Thurs­day, Octo­ber 4th, 6:00 PM @ the Empire Granville 7 Cin­e­mas The­atre #4. The show­ing will be fol­lowed by a Q&A with director/producer Kevin Schreck plus a spe­cial guest animator.

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