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Media FX News Archives
Friday
- August 17, 2001
- Waking Life Given "R"
Rating
- Pearl Harbor DVD
Coming December 4
- Tim Burton Says "No"
to Sequel
- News Link of the Day
- Imax Reports Deep Loss
 Waking
Life Given "R" Rating
(by digitalmediafx.com) The unique rotoscoping animated movie,
Waking Life, that received a lot of attention at this year's Sundance
Festival, has been given an "R" rating by the Motion
Picture Association of America. Fox secured distribution rights
to the movie, after Sundance, and is opening it in LA and NY this
October with the potential of a wider release in January 2002.
The movie
has been described as a "dream-like" sequence, following
the adventures of a man as he takes a journey that leads him to
many unique encounters.
Here's an
official description of the process:
"Waking
Life, originally shot on digital video with live actors, stars
Wiley Wiggins (Dazed and Confused) along with numerous other Linklater
film alumni and presents a revolutionary  approach
to animation by transforming a cast of dozens of live actors into
unique characters, each interpreted and animated by a different
artist...The software allows artists to paint over the digital
footage using a technique of interpolated rotoscoping. Individual
brushstrokes can be stretched smoothly across a range of frames,
giving the animation a unique look."
The reason
for the "R" rating is "for language and some violent
images."
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Pearl Harbor
DVD Coming December 4
(by digitalmediafx.com) The critically panned Pearl Harbor
movie is coming to video and DVD on December 4, 2001. The DVD
will include a bonus documentary on the real attack on Pearl Harbor
and the unsung heroes, as well as the Faith Hill music video "There
You'll Be." The two disc DVD includes all VHS features as
well as an introduction by Director Michael Bay, a documentary
on the real life Pearl Harbor veterans and their return to the
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial for the film's premiere, and interviews
with the cast.
The movie
is rated PG-13.
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Tim Burton
Says "No" to Sequel
(by digitalmediafx.com) Tim Burton is has publicly stated
that he does not want to see a sequel to this summer's blockbuster
Planet of the Apes. In speaking with The Independent (Britain
newspaper), Burton stated, "The idea of doing a sequel --
I'd rather jump out of the window, I swear to God." He also
took swipes at Hollywood suits and studios saying at one point,
"I'm fascinated by the studio technique that sort of leaves
you bloodied, beaten and left for dead right before you're supposed
to go out and make a great movie for them."
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News Link
of the Day - Imax Reports Deep Loss
According
to the CBC:
"Big-screen
movie company Imax has reported sharply lower revenues and a second-quarter
loss after taking major restructuring charges... The CEOs said
they expect next year's release of Disney's Beauty and the Beast
in Imax theatres would help to turn the company around..."
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