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Saturday
- September 8, 2001
- A Bug's Life to Air in HDTV
Format on September 23, 2001
- Friday Box Office
Results
- Pixar and Disney Movies Coming
to Your Computer Screen
- News Link of the Day
- Giant Screen Theaters Will Debut in January
A Bug's
Life to Air in HDTV Format on September 23, 2001
(by digitalmediafx.com) Pixar's A Bug's Life will air in
HDTV on ABC's The Wonderful World of Disney on September 23, 2001
from 7-9pm.
A Bug's
Life tells the story of Flik (Dave Foley), the smartest ant
in his colony. Flik invents a device to harvest grain faster so
the colony can build a mountain of food as an offering to a tyrannical
band of grasshoppers. Unfortunately Flik spills the offering and
Hopper (two-time Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey), the leader of the
grasshoppers, makes his great displeasure known - and promises
grave consequences if the offering is not restored.
Flik apologizes
to the Queen (Phyllis Diller) and is encouraged by Princess Atta
(Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Emmy Award-winner for "Seinfeld")
and Mr. Soil (Roddy McDowall), then sets out on a journey with
a plan to hire mercenaries to defend the colony against the grasshoppers.
Alas, the nine bugs he hires - believing they are fierce warriors
-- are actually discontented flea-circus performers.
Randy Newman,
who has received 10 Oscar nominations in music categories since
1985, was nominated in 1999 for his music for A Bug's Life,
Pleasantville, and Babe: Pig in the City.
The 1998 animated
film was directed by John Lasseter (Toy Story, Toy Story 2)
and Andrew Stanton (Monsters, Inc., Toy Story, Toy Story 2)
from a story by Lasseter, Stanton, Joe Ranft, Don McEnery (Hercules)
and Bob Shaw (Hercules). The film is a production Pixar Animation
Studios and Walt Disney Productions.
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Friday's
Box Office Results
(by digitalmediafx.com) There were no major animated or visual
effects films in the top 10 on Friday although The Musketeer,
which came in first, does have a few visual effect scenes.
Here are Friday's
Top 5 Movies
1. The Musketeer
- $3.5 Million
2. Two Can Play That Game - $2.7 Million
3. Rock Star - $2.0 Million
4. Jeepers Creepers - $1.9 Million
5. The Others - $1.6 Million
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Pixar and
Disney Movies Coming to Your Computer Screen
(by digitalmediafx.com) Disney and Fox have reached an agreement
to begin broadcasting select films over the Internet beginning
next year. Certain movies like Star Wars and Toy Story will be
amongst the first available through the new pay-per-view Internet
movie service. Both Disney and Fox will also air newer movies
through the service prior to them being shown on television.
Disney and
Fox were encouraged to join a similar service agreed upon by Sony,
Universal, MGM, Paramount and Warner Bros. Both studios declined,
however, deciding upon their own service.
Under the
other studios plans, people will be able to dowload movies to
their hard drive for a period of 30 days for a cost of less than
$5 per movie. The new services are expected to be a direct threat
to video store chains like Blockbuster.
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News Link
of the Day - Giant Screen Theaters Will Debut in January
According to Entertainment News Daily:
"Edwards
Theatres Circuit Inc. will debut its new large-format screen theaters
in Valencia and two other Southern California locations in January
with some help from a Disney animation classic.
The launch
of Edwards Giant Screen Theatres will showcase an enhanced version
of Disney's Beauty and the Beast..."
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