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Author Topic: Wild Thornberrys, "CinemaScope" David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 12-13-2002 09:47 PM                        Promotional materials for "The Wild Thornberrys Movie" are pointing out that the film is in 'scope. The voiceover in a TV ad mentions that it's in "CinemaScope", and this interview with Gabor Csupo (one of the creators) also mentions it: Gabor Csupo A review that praises the filmmakers for using scope (scroll down): Cartoon Research Review  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 12-14-2002 12:42 AM                    And Reel 5 is only credits. Just thought I'd throw that in.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-14-2002 12:47 PM                     I believe "Iron Giant" was also a 'scope cartoon. I was excited about it when we showed it, even though no one showed up. Then I saw a 24-hour marathon of it on TV. Do you think in ONE of those showings during the marathon they'd show the letterbox version? NOPE! It was horribly pan-n-scanned. I think the release of Scope cartoons, (Anastasia, Iron Giant, Wild Thornberrys) shows that the studio is indeed releasing the movie for theaters first, and Home Video as an afterthought. The way it SHOULD be! =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 12-14-2002 04:22 PM                     quote: Promotional materials for "The Wild Thornberrys Movie" are pointing out that the film is in 'scope. The scope status of this title has been known for some time. It was added to Widescreen Review's online Scope Filmography several weeks ago. Some other animated scope features from the past decade have included: Atlantis: The Lost Empire A Bug's Life The Thief And The Cobbler (aka Arabian Knight) ...and perhaps another couple I'm overlooking.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-14-2002 05:25 PM                     Also place 'Titan A.E.' on that animated Scope films list. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged David Favel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 764 From: Ashburton, New Zealand Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-14-2002 07:35 PM                     And Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 12-14-2002 08:33 PM                        Note that my point wasn't that the film is in scope, it was that the makers are actively promoting scope as a superior format.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 12-14-2002 09:14 PM                    The king of this category (as in fairly recent Scope animated films) is Fox's "Anastasia" (1997) which was officially in CinemaScope per the credits although what that actually meant from a production standpoint we never did figure out. But I don't think any others can make that claim.  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 12-14-2002 10:19 PM                        Wasn't "Lady and the Tramp" one of the first animated features in CinemaScope?  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 12-14-2002 10:27 PM                     quote: The scope status of this title has been known for some time. Possibly by at least (hopefully) the filmakers/animators in the planning stages. quote: Wasn't "Lady and the Tramp" one of the first animated features in CinemaScope? Yes, the first actually. Both a standard academy and scope version were filmed.  |  IP: Logged Mathew Molloy Master Film Handler Posts: 357 From: The Santa Cruz Mountains Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-14-2002 10:33 PM                     http://animationhistory.com/lady/Animation/animation.html Found that interesting tidbit about Lady and the Tramp being the first scope animated feature.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-14-2002 10:38 PM                     I remember some Tom and Jerry cartoons being in CinemaScope. Of other recent animated 'scope films, you might throw in "Osmosis Jones" (of course some of it is live action, but a great deal of it is animated).  |  IP: Logged Evans A Criswell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1579 From: Huntsville, AL, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-14-2002 11:08 PM                        quote: I remember some Tom and Jerry cartoons being in CinemaScope. Yes! I'm lucky enough to have many of them on laserdisc, letterboxed. I hate to see them on TV with the opening titles letterboxed than they go to full chop when the cartoon starts, especially after seeing them properly on laserdisc. Wasn't "Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom" the first cartoon ever done in Cinemascope? It was a short cartoon, not a movie.  |  IP: Logged Josh Jones Redhat Posts: 1207 From: Plano, TX Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-14-2002 11:16 PM                        "Winds of Change" aka "Metamorphesus" from 1976 was scope, and anime to boot Josh  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 12-14-2002 11:58 PM                     quote: Wasn't "Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom" the first cartoon ever done in Cinemascope? Yes. It debuted with the second CinemaScope feature, Fox's How To Marry a Millionaire" on November 10,1953 at Brandt's Globe and Loew's State theatres on Broadway in NYC. It was billed as one of the "first great shorts in CinemaScope;" the other being The Coronation Parade, also part of the same program.  |  IP: Logged

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