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Topic: Beauty and the Beast...Coming soon to an IMAX theatre near you...
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John Wilson
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Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 02-23-2001 03:39 AM
From showbizdata.com
____________________DISNEY, IMAX TEAM FOR NEW BEAUTY
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Disney announced Wednesday that it plans to release an Imax version of its 1991 animated feature Beauty and the Beast on March 8, 2002 and will include a new musical number, Human Again, from the stage version of the musical. The studio said that it had never before added a new sequence to a previously released film. It marks the second time that Disney has teamed up with Toronto-based Imax. Last year it released Fantasia/2000 on 75 Imax screens, where it took in $64.4 million during a four-month run. In a statement on Wednesday, Dick Cook, chairman of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, said: "The success of Fantasia/2000 clearly indicates that Disney entertainment and giant-screen showmanship go together like Mickey and Minnie, and this is a relationship we want to continue." Disney also indicated that it is planning to produce Imax versions of the Broadway musical Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk, a prequel to The Black Stallion, and nature-adventure film called Birds of Prey and a film about the X Games. __________________________ That would be HUGE!
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John Wilson
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Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 02-26-2001 04:43 PM
>>So, will the picture look extreemly grainy like the sorcerers aprentice sequence in Fantasia 2000.<<No...as John says they will go back to the original digital artwork. I ran Cyberworld in 3D at IMAX last night with sequences from ANTZ and The Simpsons included. They looked as good as IMAX would normally look. But my only question would be whether or not all of BATB was digitally created. I know the 'Be Our Guest' sequence was and possibly some other parts...but wasn't it a bit early for the whole thing to be done that way? I guess we'll find out in 2002. ------------------
"It's not the years, honey...it's the mileage". Indiana Jones
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John Pytlak
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From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-26-2001 05:57 PM
AFAIK, much of the "ink and paint" work is now done digitally, even if the animation itself is not CGI. If so, there should have been digital files for all of B&B. That's a question only Disney can really answer.------------------
John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
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