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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Monday
- June 4, 2001
- dFX and Disney Animation
Archives Form Alliance
- Shrek Almost Upsets
Pearl Harbor for #1 Spot
- Release Charts: Animated,
Anime, and FX DVDs
- News Link of the Day
- Rascal or Racist? Censoring a Rabbit
dFX and
Disney Animation Archives Form Alliance
(press release) Digital Media FX, a leading online publication
for animators, visual effects artists, and animation enthusiasts,
has announced that it will host, and assist with updating, Tim
Montgomery's Disney Animation Archive. The Disney Animation Archive
is a comprehensive archive of news, features, and information
related to Disney animation. It is now officially located at Animation
History - www.animationhistory.com
- a non-profit subsidiary of Digital Media FX.
"For
years, Tim Montgomery has put together a vital resource for the
animation community through the Disney Animation Archives,"
says Joe Tracy, Publisher of Digital Media FX. "We are honored
that we can host the site at our Animation History subsidiary
and help Tim maintain it. His work is significant to preserving
an important aspect of animation history - Disney animation information."
Throughout
the next several months The Disney Animation Archive and AnimationHistory.com
will undergo major refurbishing for enhanced style and navigation
abilities. Both will remain accessible at www.animationhistory.com
during this time.
"I am
very excited about this partnership between myself and Digital
Media FX," says Tim Montgomery, Webmaster of the Disney Animation
Archive. "I believe that this will be a good venture for
both Digital Media FX and The Disney Animation Archive."
The Disney
Animation Archive can be accessed directly at http://www.animationhistory.com/disneyanimation/index.html.
About Digital
Media FX
Digital Media FX is a free online magazine for animators, FX artists,
students, and animation enthusiasts. The publication is updated
365 days a year, including holidays and weekends. The magazine
is located at www.digitalmediafx.com.
About the
Disney Animation Archive
The Disney Animation Archive is the largest Internet site covering
every aspect of Walt Disney Animation imaginable, including past,
present and future Disney animated movies, videos, and shorts.
About AnimationHistory.com
Animation History is a non-profit work in progress to preserve
the history of animation.
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 Shrek
Almost Upsets Pearl Harbor for #1 Spot
(by digitalmediafx.com) Shrek almost pulled off a major
upset by nearly beating out Buena Vista's Pearl Harbor
at movie theaters over the weekend. According to weekend estimates,
Pearl Harbor made exactly $30 million from Friday - Sunday
and PDI/DreamWorks Shrek made $28.4 million. Shrek
premiered in theaters a week earlier than Pearl Harbor
making the near upset in Pearl Harbor's second weekend
even more amazing.
Even though
Shrek didn't upset Pearl Harbor, it had a much lower
drop-off rate than Pearl Harbor, leading analysts to believe
that Shrek will easily gross more money than Pearl Harbor.
Shrek
next opens in Italy on June 15, 2001.
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Release
Charts: Animated, Anime, and FX DVDs
(by digitalmediafx.com) It's a decent week for anime and animated
releases. While there are no FX selections this week, there are
two Muppet selections:
Bubblegum
Crisis - Tokyo 2040, Vol 6: For All Mankind (anime)
Escaflowne
- Light & Shadow - Vol. 7 (2000 - anime)
Escaflowne
- Forever & Ever - Vol. 8 (2000 - anime)
The
Muppet Movie (1979 - puppetry)
The
Muppets Take Manhattan (puppetry)
Oliver
and Company (1988 - animation - may be delayed further)
Quest
For Camelot (1998 - animation)
X-Men
- Reunion/Out of the Past (animation)
X-Men
- Sanctuary/Proteus/Weapon X (animation)
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News Link
of the Day - Rascal or Racist? Censoring a Rabbit
According to The New York Times:
"Cartoon
Network acquired the rights to all the Bugs Bunny cartoons, it
announced, in early May, that it would celebrate by holding a
marathon 49-hour broadcast of the entire Bugs oeuvre — the
first complete airing ever. Then the network blinked.
Twelve cartoons
would not be aired because they contained racially offensive material,
the network said. Animation fans hit the roof…"
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