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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Monday
- May 21, 2001
- Pearl Harbor Premiere Under
Attack
- Digital Media
FX Opens Atlantis Movie Site
- Release Charts: Animated,
Anime, and FX DVDs
- News Link of the Day
- Shrek: No Mickey Mouse Picture
Pearl Harbor
Premiere Under Attack
(by digitalmediafx.com) Disney can't seem to escape continued
criticism over its upcoming Pearl Harbor movie. Disney
is currently holding a $5 million premiere party in Pearl Harbor
for the movie, which opens in theaters nationwide this Friday.
Press criticized Disney for ordering a record number of layoffs
then turning around and holding a huge multimillion dollar premiere
for the movie. Disney isn't the only one to receive criticism,
however. Over the weekend, the Pentagon came under attack for
its participation in the premiere, by sailing the USS John C.
Stennis (nuclear powered aircraft carrier) from San Diego to Pearl
Harbor so that Disney could premiere the film on the ship's deck.
The premiere takes place tonight for 2,000 select guests.
According
to the Electronic Telegraph, audiences who have seen the FX-filled
movie are giving it mostly negative reviews. The Telegraph further
states, "early indications are that, although the huge publicity
blitz accompanying the launch will bring in curious audiences,
it may have trouble recouping its budget." Disney is setting
its opening weekend predictions at around $75 million.
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Digital
Media FX Opens Atlantis Movie Site
(by digitalmediafx.com) Digital Media FX has opened up a special
site dedicated to Disney's newest animated movie, Atlantis:
The Lost Empire. The site, which will be updated on a daily
basis from now through July is located here.
The Features section of the site contains descriptions and links
to online multimedia, including the recently released Mya Atlantis
music video.
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Release
Charts: Animated, Anime and FX DVDs
(by digitalmediafx.com) There's a little something for everyone
in this weeks releases. Also, Disney has released the soundtrack
for Atlantis that you might want to check out.
Alien
Defender Geo Armor - Kishin Corps (anime)
Gasaraki
- Vol. 5: Revelations (anime)
Shadow
Raiders - Alliance Attack - Vol. 4 (animated - 2001)
Stargate
SG-1 Boxed Set (Vols. 1-5) 1st whole Season (TV-FX)
Stargate
SG-1 Season 1, Vol. 2: Episodes 4-9 (TV-FX)
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News Link
of the Day - Shrek: No Mickey Mouse Picture
According to the Philadelphia Daily News:
"Great
rivalries can produce great art, but to date, the feud between
Disney and DreamWorks has only given us the sort of dull mimicry
typical of Hollywood.
When spurned
Disney exec Jeffrey Katzenberg left the Mouse several years ago
to build the new DreamWorks studio with Steven Spielberg, the
first thing he did was commission some hasty copies of big movies
in the Disney pipeline…"
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