Archives for February, 2008
Special Edition Horton Hears a Who THX opening
To help spread the word of the upcoming Horton Hears A Who, 20th Century Fox has teamed up with THX to create a special Horton edition of the THX opening that plays before the majority of films. Scroll down to check it out.
THX stands for Tomlinson Holman’s eXperiment. THX was developed by Tomlinson Holman at Lucasfilm in 1982 to ensure that the soundtrack for the third Star Wars film would be accurately reproduced in theaters.
The THX system is not a recording technology, and it does not specify a sound recording format. THX is mainly a quality assurance system. THX-certified theaters provide a high-quality, predictable playback environment to ensure that any film soundtrack mixed in THX will sound as near as possible to the intentions of the mixing engineer.
Pixar’s WALL-E Superbowl Commercial
During the Superbowl a commercial for Pixar’s upcoming film WALL-E aired. The commercial features Woody and Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story talking about WALL-E the robot. Their conversation cuts away to WALL-E playing with a vacuum cleaner. Below is the actual commercial and the full unedited clip of WALL-E playing with the vacuum. Enjoy!
Commercial
Full Vacuum Clip
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is a two-reel animated cartoon short in the Popeye Color Feature series, produced in Technicolor and released to theaters on November 27, 1936 by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Max Fleischer and directed by Dave Fleischer, with musical supervision by Sammy Timberg. In 1994, the film was voted #17 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.
Part One
Part Two
The Cat Came Back
The Cat Came Back is a 1988 animated film by Canadian director Cordell Barker. Based on the children’s song “And the Cat Came Back”, it concerns the increasingly desperate Mr. Johnson, an old man who attempts to rid himself of a small, yet extremely destructive, yellow cat. Produced in Winnipeg by the National Film Board of Canada, the film garnered over 15 awards, including a Genie Award for Best Animated Short, as well as an Academy Award nomination. In 1994 it was voted #32 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.
The Big Snit
The Big Snit is an animated short written and directed by Richard Condie and produced by the National Film Board of Canada. It was released in 1985. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film. In 1994 it was voted #25 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.
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