Bird wants respect for toon scribes

Published 12/29/2007 at Variety.com

Award Central: 'Ratatouille' writer chafes at misconceptions -- Since Brad Bird is writer-director of three of the best animated films of the past decade, "The Iron Giant," "The Incredibles" and "Ratatouille," it's no surprise to hear him extol the virtues of both Warner Bros. toon legend Michael Maltese and "Lawrence of Arabia" scribe Robert Bolt. [link]

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First Look: Disney's Bolt

OH NO!! found this 12/27/2007 on www.firstshowing.net

Almost everyone is familiar with Pixar's Wall-E by now, but Disney also has another CGI animated film in the works. It's titled Bolt and is one of Disney's major 3D releases for 2008, similar to Meet the Robinsons from earlier this year. The ...

Thomas Lawrence's war.

Rover found this 12/25/2007 on filmchatblog.blogspot.com

The following scene from Lawrence of Arabia (1962) -- depicting a conversation between General Allenby (Jack Hawkins), Mister Dryden (Claude Rains) and Colonel Brighton (Anthony Quayle) -- came to mind while watching Charlie Wilson's War last week: DRYDEN: Are you really going to give them artillery, sir? BRIGHTON: I was wondering that, sir. Might be deuced difficult to get it back ...

SpoutBlog • Top of Then: 2007
This is nothing like my top ten of 2007. I don’t not do top ten lists because I think they’re stupid, pointless or pretentious. I don’t do them because I never see enough films in the year to feel I’m adequately representing ...

SpoutBlog • Hancock and Bull in a China Shop - Trailer
I’d like to still say that I’ll watch Will Smith in anything, but as I still haven’t gotten around to seeing I Am Legend (and because of friends’ responses, I may not anytime soon), such a statement would be egregious. ...

Film School Rejects • 2008 Movie Preview: Walt Disney Studios
We continue our 2008 movie preview with Walt Disney Studios. This upcoming year, they will bring us plenty of groovin’, plenty of well-animated robots and puppies and of course, some Martin Lawrence. Let’s take a look at what ...

All About My Movies. • 2007 Films that film stars liked.
I watched Films of the Year 2007 last night, and I think this is the first year that they haven’t had viewers phone/text/e-mail in with their own choices. Is this because of the whole BBC-Blue Peter fixed winner thing? Anyway, to compensate, they ...

Upcoming Pixar • Ratatouille One Of The Best of 2007
Rotten Tomatoes via Animated News , have posted their editors' "Best Movie Picks of 2007" list. Ratatouille earns its mark on the list with a 97% Fresh rating and this comment: "Another home run from Pixar. And I found the scene where the critic ...

Walt Disney Pictures 2008 Preview
Walt Disney Pictures has released their 2008 Film Previews. Get details and new images from Prince Caspian, Bolt, Wall E, Hannah Montana and many more!