Monday, June 15, 2009

Animation movie catalogue

1. Toy story 1&2.
2. The Incredibles.
3. A bugs life.
4. cars.
5. The Jungle book.
6. Snow white &seven dwarfs.
7. The prince of egypt.
8. sleeping beauty.
9. Anastacia.
10. Rescuers.
11. Lady& the tramp.
12. Bambi.
13. The sword in the stone.
14. Ratatouille.
15. Madagascar-2.
16. Wall-E.
17. Black cauldron.
18. Robinhood.
19. The simpson movie.
20. Surfs up.
more to come..... keep checking blog.

Monday, June 8, 2009

Movie Treats- entertaining movies





Born Free (1966)


Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Run Time: 95 minutes

Born Free is a bona fide family classic. The tale of how Kenya game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy (on whose book the film is based, with Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers in the principal roles) adopted and raised three orphaned lion cubs, taking a particular shine to the one they call Elsa before helping her return to the wild, is familiar by now; so's John Barry's Oscar-winning title song. And while the movie has its flaws (it contains references to "Bwana George" and such that would be considered frightfully un-PC nowadays), the animal footage, especially that of the lions in their various stages of development, is extraordinary and timelessly entertaining. DVD bonus features are limited to theatrical trailers, but the digitally remastered film can be viewed in both widescreen and full screen. A keeper.

Animals Are Beautiful People (1974)


Run Time: 92 minutes

On the short list for the "world's toughest place to live" award, Southwest Africa's Namib Desert houses a wealth of intriguing creatures, featured in Jamie Uys's Animals are Beautiful People. As various beasts, bugs, fish, and fowl appear, a soft-spoken narrator pinpoints behaviors that mirror human ones, often inventing whimsical tales meant to inspire chuckles or sighs. A male wart hog, a "homely bachelor," lands a "wife" with a penchant for redecorating his burrow; austere maribou glower like disapproving undertakers; a billowy, nameless fish is called a dizzy blonde. Uys's respect for the harsh lifestyle these creatures endure clearly displays itself amid the comical sound effects and Fantasia-lite melodies that infuse the 90-minute show. The result: a richly informative, beautifully filmed lesson in the power of adaptation and the lush wildlife that inhabits the cradle of civilization. Six years after completing this project, Uys went on to create The Gods Must Be Crazy. (Ages 5 and older)






Dirkie

SYNOPSIS: Dirkie Lost in the Desert is a story of suspense, conflict and incredible human courage as an 8 year old boy and his dog are left to face this vast wasteland alone after an airplane crash while an army of men and machines penetrate the desert searching for them. The film is based on true events and is sure to hold you spellbound!

EDITORIAL REVIEW: This rare and obscure piece of art comes from South Africa (our first from that region)! Some of you may remember director Jamie Uys' (Jamie Hayes) 1980 blockbuster The Gods Must Be Crazy (Coca-Cola bottle falls from the sky in the Kalahari desert and a Sho thinks it is "new technology" given to him from the Gods)? Well, Dirkie is the film Hayes directed 11-years earlier, in 1969, and cast his own son, Wynand Uys (or Dirkie Hayes in English) as the lead. Young Dirkie and Uncle Pete (and Dirkie's doggy) are involved in a plane crash, stranding the three in these badlands of Africa. Battles with scorpions, hyenas and other desert animals leave Dirkie fighting for survival. With very little battery power left to operate the plane's damaged radio, it may be too late before someone knows what happened. Dirkie will set out, alone, and find his own way to safety! Will Dirkie overcome events that can make even the strongest adult quiver with fear? (you know he will, we just like to entice you to buy!) This is a nice family picture.

The Goonies

Actors: Jeb Stuart Adams, Steve Antin, Sean Astin, Bill Bradley, Josh Brolin
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)

Following a mysterious treasure map into a spectacular underground realm of twisting passages, outrageous booby-traps and a long-lost pirate ship full of golden dubloons, the kids race to stay one step ahead of a family of bumbling bad guys... and a mild-mannered monster with a face only a mother could love.

Drazon Ball collection




Dragon Ball
Due to the high popularity of the Dragon Ball manga, Toei Animation produced two anime television series based on the manga chapters, and a third based on the series characters. The first series, also titled Dragon Ball, premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on February 26, 1986 and ran until April 12, 1989.[3][22] Spanning 153 episodes, it covered the first 16 volumes of the 42 volume manga series.[22]

Harmony Gold USA licensed the series for an English language release in North America in the late 1980s. In their voice dub of the series, Harmony renamed almost all of the characters, with some names appearing very odd, such as the central character Goku being renamed "Zero" and the character Korin's name changed to "Whiskers the Wonder Cat". This dub version was quickly canceled.[citation needed]

In 1995, Funimation Entertainment acquired the license for the series for broadcast and home video distribution in North America. Funimation contracted with BLT Productions to create an English voice track for the series, and the dubbed episodes were edited for content.[23] Thirteen episodes aired in syndication before Funimation canceled the project due to low ratings, switching to working on the second anime series Dragon Ball Z.[3] In March 2001, Funimation announced the return of Dragon Ball to American television, featuring a new English audio track produced in house and with less editing.[23][24] The redubbed episodes aired on Cartoon Network from August 2001[25] to December 2003. Funimation also broadcast the series on Colours TV and their own FUNimation Channel starting in 2006.[26] Funimation began releasing the uncut episodes to Region 1 DVD box sets in March 18, 2003. Each box set, spanning an entire saga of the series, included the English dub track and the original Japanese audio track with optional English subtitles. These sets were released in Australia the following year. They were eventually discontinued and the series was re-released in 2008 as two box sets, the first containing 12 discs and the second containing 10 discs.

In 2003, a new dub, produced by Blue Water Studios, was created and began to air in the United Kingdom and Canada. It used different episode titles and voice actors versus the Funimation version.[22]


Dragon Ball Z
Main article: List of Dragon Ball Z episodes
With the ending of Dragon Ball, Toei Animation quickly released a second anime television series, Dragon Ball Z (ドラゴンボールZ(ゼット), Doragon Bōru Zetto?, commonly abbreviated DBZ). Picking up where the first left off, Dragon Ball Z is adapted from the final twenty-six volumes of the manga series. It premiered in Japan on Fuji Television on April 26, 1989, taking over its predecessor's time slot, and ran for 291 episodes until its conclusion on January 31, 1996.[3][27]

Following the canceled dub of Dragon Ball, Funimation licensed Dragon Ball Z for an English language release in North America. For the dubbing of the series, the Ocean Group was contracted to produce an English dub track. Like the original dub of Dragon Ball, the Ocean Group's dub of Dragon Ball Z was heavily edited for content, reducing the first 67 episodes into 53. The dubbed episodes of the first saga premiered in the United States on Fox in September 1996 and ended in May 1997. The second saga premiered on the The WB in September 1997, though it was eventually canceled in May 1998, once again due to low ratings. Three months later, the dub began airing on Cartoon Network as part of the channel's new Toonami programming block. Soon after, Funimation continued dubbing the series from where the cancelled dub left off, now using its own in-house voice actors, a new musical score, and less editing. The new dub of Dragon Ball Z ran on Cartoon Network from September 1999 to April 2003. In August 2004, Geneon Entertainment lost its licensing rights to the old Ocean Group dubbed episodes of Dragon Ball Z, allowing Funimation to re-dub the first 67 episodes, restore the removed content and replace the old dubbing with its in-house voice cast. These re-dubbed episodes aired on Cartoon Network throughout the summer of 2005. The Funimation dubbed episodes also aired in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Republic of Ireland.[28][29]

In the United Kingdom, the Funimation dub of episodes 107 through the final episode were replaced with a new dubbed version. This version used a dub language track produced by Blue Water and dubbed by the Ocean Group.


Dragon Ball GT
Main article: List of Dragon Ball GT episodes
Produced by Toei Animation, Dragon Ball GT (ドラゴンボールGT(ジーティー), Doragon Bōru Jī Tī?, G(rand) T(our)[3]) premiered on Fuji TV on February 2, 1996, and ran until November 19, 1997.[30] Unlike the first two series, it was not based on the original Dragon Ball manga.[31] The series lasted 64 episodes.[3] In Dragon Ball GT, Goku is turned back into a child by the Black Star Dragon Balls and is forced to travel across the universe to retrieve them.

Funimation Entertainment licensed the series for an English language Region 1 DVD release and broadcast in North America. Funimation's English dub of the series aired on Cartoon Network from November 2003 to January 2005. The television broadcast skipped the first 16 episodes of the series. Instead, Funimation created a composition episode entitled "A Grand Problem", which used scenes from the skipped episodes to summarize the story. The skipped episodes were later aired after the remaining episodes of the series had been broadcast.[30] The dubbed episodes also aired in Canada on YTV, which divided the episodes into two seasons instead of sagas.[32][33]

Dragon Ball- 153 episodes
Dragon BallZ -276 episodes
Dragon BallGT-64 Episodes