The above photo of Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston and Roy Disney was taken on November 2, 2002, at the Disney Studio tribute to Ward Kimball, which took place at the Directors Guild. Frank and Ollie were among those giving tribute and it was probably their last public appearance I went to. Frank died at […]
Entries from April 2008
Ollie Johnston
April 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Animators
Why I Stopped Going to Atlanta’s Midtown Art Cinema and Learned to Use Earplugs
April 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Enough is enough! I finally had it with the Midtown when, on April 2nd, I went there to see Brett Morgen’s Chicago 10, a documentary that mixes live action and animation. When the commercials and trailers started, the sound was so loud I immediately left to protest, only to be told that it would probably […]
Tags: Movie exhibition
Blue Sky Tax Credits
April 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
In January, I commented on Blue Sky Studios’ announced move from one New York suburb to another, i.e., from White Plains, New York, to Greenwich, Connecticut. The main reason for the move was because of Connecticut’s lucrative tax credit program. It seemed to give Connecticut a successful animation house, proved again by the subsequent release […]
Tags: Animation studios