Awesome Music: The entire soundtrack, from David Newman's gorgeous score to the musical numbers written by Van Dyke Parks.According to director Jerry Rees, several judges at the 1988 Sundance Film Festival admitted that it was the best film there, but didn't want the festival to lose credibility by giving the top award to an animated film (the first animated film in Sundance history). Award Snub: A sad example of a quite literal one.Sadly, this trope still reared its ugly head when the film screened at Sundance and several judges told Jerry Rees point blank that it was the best film there, but they were afraid of losing credibility for giving the honor to a "cartoon." Animation Age Ghetto: In his own words, Jerry Rees, along with his small team, set out to make a film that was sophisticated enough for adults to appreciate without relying on Animated Shock Comedy-style humor, paying special attention to Character Development, using a professional Hollywood score ( David Newman), and especially sound design (all of the sound effects are foley).Fox also financed some of the film in exchange for the foreign rights. The only part of the production Disney had was opticals, titles and lending out the Disney Chorus to sing on the soundtrack. Director Jerry Rees and most of the American staff went to Taiwan for six months to supervise, however), then re-purchased and distributed it. ![]() To make a long story short, it was supposed to be a Disney movie, but they shelved it, pushed it onto Hyperion (with Wang Film Productions in Taiwan handling most of the physical production. All Animation Is Disney: This is where things get a little confusing.On the way to college, he eagerly awaits all the new knowledge he'll get from the books Rob will read under his light. ![]() Lampy is overeager and bumbling much of the time.Rob, the Master, is designed as a prototypical nerd, with big glasses and a skinny body frame.According to Wikipedia, Disney had bought the movie rights to the first book before it was even able to get published! It doesn't help that both have since gone out of print. ![]()
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