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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 […]

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An Aardman Chronology/Filmography

January 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Film historian Kristin Thompson is trying to compile a rather extensive chronology/filmography for Aardman Animations. The results so far have been posted on her and David Bordwell’s blog in hopes of filling in the blanks, so to speak.
The project arose as a byproduct of Thompson and Bordwell’s work on revising their Film History: […]

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Blue Sky Moves to Connecticut

January 13th, 2008 · No Comments

News broke on Thursday, January 10th, that Blue Sky Studios, producers of Ice Age, Robots and Ice Age: The Meltdown, as well as the forthcoming Horton Hears a Who! (pictured above), is moving some 12 miles from White Plains, New York, just north of New York City, to Greenwich, Connecticut. While the move […]

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Of Christmas Cards Past

December 25th, 2007 · No Comments

While in the midst of unpacking files left over from my last big move, I came across a batch of Christmas cards I got in the 1990s and thought this would be a good time to share them. I was then a freelance animation journalist and these cards were among the perks.
Christmas cards can, in […]

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