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...little wooden boy is led astray but quickly recovers, and the price he pays is small: his nose grows, but there are no burned feet. And when the cricket gets in his face, it isn't squashed; it sings Give a Little Whistle. For 62 years - ever since Walt Disney brightened up the grimmer corners of Carlo Collodi's 1883 classic The Adventures of Pinocchio - there have been two competing versions of the little wooden guy's story: one headquartered in Italy, where people rightly regard the original as a work of dark genius; and one in the U.S., where...
...have not actually been to France, but I have seen Amelie and been to Disney World. These two experiences, I think, amount to all I need to judge Metro’s authenticity. The mosaic-tiled floor, big windows and lots of light wood are charming and airy, a contrast to the more moody Cottonwood Café that used to occupy the space. Deep red pleather booths and chairs are cute, but the Art Deco lighting (in addition to Art Deco everything) is too new-looking and the “tin” ceiling and the huge mirrors...
...animation here doesn't boast the meticulously rendered character expressions of the early Disney features. Nor does it go for the slam-bang effects of Shrek and the other canny computerized cartoons that have dominated the box office. Instead, Miyazaki goes for--and gets--the big picture, the grand emotion, one spectacular set piece stacked on another in brilliant colors and design. There's not a more impressive sequence in recent movies than the arrival at the bathhouse of a huge, amorphous river-god, encased in centuries' worth of stink and sludge, whom Chihiro has the daunting task of giving...
...here to stay," says a Farmers' Union spokesman, "and we won't see the old volumes again." Even in the small, high-end market for young, prime beef, there's no guarantee that consumers, especially in France, will bite. THE BOURSE When Mickey Gets Militant How intense are Disney's troubles? The company hired George Mitchell, who helped forge Northern Ireland's Good Friday agreement, to co-chair the corporate governance committee. Better Luck For The Irish Allied Irish will sell Allfirst, the troubled subsidiary where the company uncovered a $691 million fraud in February, to U.S. bank...
Ideal date: At Disney World with someone special, watching the fireworks...