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Disney was losing its way. And then it looked back to the future and discovered in TREASURE PLANET that some dogs should learn new tricks and others should be left well alone. rams: Ruth Hedges
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‘The more passion, the more emotion you put into it,
hoard l'oi‘ ’l'ri'mim' I’lum'l.
And on mccting thc aniiiiatoi'x ol' )ouiig .liiii and John Sil\ci'. xccing him tlic} xlip into charactci'. ph_\xicall_\ llittlillt‘Nllllg thcii' onxci'ccn ci‘cationx. )iiii undci'xtand that thc act of i'calixiiig charactci'x into hcing. ol hand drauiiig thoiixandx upon thouxandx of picturcx l'oi' xccoiidx ol l'ootagc. ix a ti'iic labour of iotc. In a Roll llai'rix kind of dcmonxtratioii. (ilcn lx'canc tSichri and John Ripa (Jim) hull and pull and than thcir altci' cgox into lil'c.
‘lt \\;tx thc moxt natural thing for mc to xtart acting it out.’ xa}x lx'canc. ‘thn _\oii arc animating )ou'i'c li\iiig in thc xkiii ol' that L‘liiit'ttL‘lcl'. IlillL‘ lk‘xl \lttll ix thc liitixl pci'xoiial. 'l‘hc inoi'c paxxion. thc morc cmotion _\ou put into it. thc lk‘llct‘.’
Ripa agrccx: '.'\llllllillltill ix a caricaturc ol lilic and that‘x uh} I zil\\;i)x go to thc xoiircc. l xtiid} a i'cal pci'xon. acting and li\'c action. .Iamcx l)can “ax a inaxxi\c llll‘lllCllL'L‘. \VllL‘li l ltitikc‘tl til /\’(’/)('/ nil/mu! (1 ('mm' I \\ttx hlouii a\\a_\. 'l‘hc tliingx that hc did \xith hix hod}
it \x‘ax a \VlltllL‘ attitudc. a uholc poxtui'c. You l‘cit thc pain. and I \\'LtlilCtl to iindci‘xtaiid that.'
Such dcdication ix morc than appai'cnt iii a film \xith xomc gcnuincl} touching momciitx. What .lamcx Dcan \Hillltl makc ol it ix anothcr qucxtion: l)ixiic)‘x iio i‘chcl. But it ccrtainl} docx hclich in making thc hcxt animation poxxihlc on itx qucxt for digital tilttxlct'} and li't'tlxill‘t' I’lil/lt'l ix onc (ll. thc lk‘xl.
Treasure Planet, general release from Fri 14 Feb.
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Activities and Fun
Beauty and the Beast Photo Op Sat 15 Sun lo l'ch. l'icc, ()ccan 'l'ci‘iiimal. l.citli. 55* HKHH, (‘oiiiciding \Hlll thc miixical xpcctactilai lira/11‘. (“14/ 111i li’uixl. lia\ c )oui‘ pictuic takcii \iith licllc and pick up xtilllt' [in ‘If gootlicx Handbag of Happiness and the Poetree Sat 15 l'ch.
lil. Wain l2 ‘Upm «k 2 inn, £2 iLli National l’oi'tiait (iallci‘). l ()iiccn Sltt‘cl. 02-10200 l'.\t'l’) Hl‘lL’c'l lt'll\ il xtoi'} or a pocm or a mug lot that inatth iii Sall} ('iahti'cc'x Handbag oi