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...find out next week, when Anastasia, the winsome, often winning debut film from Fox Animation Studios, arrives on screens nationwide. Directed by Disney renegades Don Bluth and Gary Goldman (An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven), this fanciful story about the lost princess of the Romanovs has all the elements for a cartoon hit: a girl-becomes-a-woman plot; a chipper, Alan Menkenish score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Once on This Island, Ragtime); and a cute, chatty bat. Close your ears to the Fox fanfare in the opening moments...
There probably aren't, so what is Anastasia's target audience? "We wanted our story to appeal to adults," says Mechanic, "particularly women who are most likely to take their kids to the movies." To keep Bluth from wandering too far into his trademark whimsy, the Fox creative brass kept tight reins on script and character development. They also insisted that he and Goldman give up their old-fashioned Rostrum camera and use Silicon Graphics computers in the studio Fox built for them in Phoenix. Says Goldman: "They pulled Don and me into the 21st century, kicking and screaming...
Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman...
...twirls. She giggles. She's no bigger than your thumb. Who is she? Why, Thumbelina, of course, the aptly-named "star" of the latest animated adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. The movie was produced and directed by Don Bluth of "An American Tail," with music by Barry Manilow. "Thumbelina'"s makers try hard to follow Disney's lead in producing animation that appeals to both adults and children. However, the movie's confused plot and lack of engaging characters, despite a number of talented voices, prevent it from achieving this goal. A film of a few good...
Rock-a-Doodle is definitely not a Disney flick--it reeks of Don Bluth. Don't expect this one to garner any Oscar nominations...