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A Christmas Quiz --Answers; Part 12 to follow
8 years ago
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For the record...
1.) "Gertie the Dinosaur" was a short film by Winsor McCay and was featured as part of a vaudville act. It debuted in 1914. However, the very first animated feature dates back to 1888! Well before Gertie. That cartoon was "Pauvre Pierrot" by Charle-Emil Reynaud. It was part of an exhibition and included live piano music for dramatic effect. 500.000 people in Paris came to see it.
2.) The first color cartoon was "Flowers and Trees" by Walt Disney. It was part of the Silly Symphonies series and was released in 1932.
3.) The single most expensive animated feature --to date-- is "Tangled", cracking in at a whopping $275 million. For comparison, "Treasure Planet" cost a modest $140 million, "Zootopia" $150 million. "Brave" $170 million. "COCO" $175 million. And $180 million for "WALL-E"
Part 12 will follow this evening.
1.) "Gertie the Dinosaur" was a short film by Winsor McCay and was featured as part of a vaudville act. It debuted in 1914. However, the very first animated feature dates back to 1888! Well before Gertie. That cartoon was "Pauvre Pierrot" by Charle-Emil Reynaud. It was part of an exhibition and included live piano music for dramatic effect. 500.000 people in Paris came to see it.
2.) The first color cartoon was "Flowers and Trees" by Walt Disney. It was part of the Silly Symphonies series and was released in 1932.
3.) The single most expensive animated feature --to date-- is "Tangled", cracking in at a whopping $275 million. For comparison, "Treasure Planet" cost a modest $140 million, "Zootopia" $150 million. "Brave" $170 million. "COCO" $175 million. And $180 million for "WALL-E"
Part 12 will follow this evening.
Really liked David Hyde Pierce's character too. The Freudian slip was priceless.
The cat/dog dimorphism makes a lot more sense when you realize both of them are ALIENS and just happen to resemble Terran cats and dogs. The film has a fair amount of these little in-jokes. It really is a grossly underrated gem.
But, yeah. I agree we're talking Oscar here.