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Episode 736 – Cruella Summer

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This Week: Kevin kicks things off with his thoughts on Amazon buying MGM. Then he cautions everyone about becoming over-anxious about the box office numbers this weekend. Next, he looks at new trailers for The Tomorrow War and Eternals. Later, he reviews the new films and series Cruella, A Quiet Place: Part II, Panic, Launchpad and The Fugitive. Finally, he wraps things up with the Home-Cinema Round-Up, featuring a look at The Prince’s Voyage and a brief buzz-by on the Friends Reunion. (clap! clap! clap! clap!)


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Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 02/10/15

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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: 101 Dalmatians, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, Nightcrawler, Kill the Messenger and Rosewater

Stinker of the week: Laggies

Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 02/10/15

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'101 Dalmatians' DVD Review

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101dalmatians101 DALMATIANS

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MOVIE: *** (out of 5)
DVD EXPERIENCE: * (out of 5)

STARRING
Glenn Close as CRUELLA DE VIL
Jeff Daniels as ROGER
Joely Richardson as ANITA
Joan Plowright as NANNY
Hugh Laurie as JASPER
Mark Williams as HORACE

Directed by: Stephen Herek

Studio: Disney
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'101 Dalmatians: 2-Disc Platinum Edition' DVD Review

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101dalmatiansdvd101 DALMATIANS: 2-DISC PLATINUM EDITION

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MOVIE: ***** (out of 5)
DVD EXPERIENCE: **** (out of 5)

STARRING
Rod Taylor as PONGO
Betty Lou Gerson as CRUELLA DE VIL
Cate Bauer as PERDITA
Ben Wright as ROGER
Lisa Davis as ANITA

Studio: Disney

Directed by: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton S. Luske and Wolfgang Reitherman
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Disney Letters 101

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dodiesmithBY KEVIN CARR

On a visit to the Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, I had a chance to see – and touch – a part of Disney history. Resident Disney historian David Smith gave the press a peek at some of the correspondence between Walt Disney and Dodie Smith, the author of the original book “The One Hundred and One Dalmatians.”

While the letters from Walt Disney were carbon copies from 1961 (as the originals are with Mrs. Smith’s estate in England), the letters to Disney are the originals.
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Cruella De Vil 101

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cruella101A look into Disney history with never-before-seen cells of Cruella De Vil.”

BY KEVIN CARR

During an interview with Alice Davis, the widow of legendary Disney animator Marc Davis, she was kind enough to pull out a piece of Disney history. In addition to designing characters like Maleficent and Tinkerbell, Marc Davis was also in charge of designing the classic Disney villain Cruella De Vil for “101 Dalmatians.”

Due to the fact that “101 Dalmatians” used a new, innovative technology to strike the cells from the original artists’ renderings, Davis was in charge of animated the entire character for the film. Because of this, Davis did not need to create reference sheets of Cruella De Vil for other animators. However, he did a number of sketches and drawings for his own reference.
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Dalmatian Art 101

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art101BY KEVIN CARR

Kevin Carr takes an art class at Walt Disney Studios in preparation for the Platinum Edition DVD release of “101 Dalmatians.”

A childhood dream of mine came true this month at the Walt Disney Studios. I had a chance to sit in with an art class at Disney’s California Adventure in Anaheim and at the Animation Studios in Burbank, California. Master animator Andreas Deja, who is responsible for designing such classic villains as Scar from “The Lion King” and Jafar from “Aladdin,” led a class of journalists from around the world.

We got a chance to follow a piece of art from a pencil sketch, through the Xerox photographic process, onto an animated cell and through the ink-and-paint department.
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