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John Pomeroy
John Foster Pomeroy (born March 26, 1951) is an American animator who has worked for several major studios, including Walt Disney Animation Studios and Sullivan Bluth Studios. He has also worked as producer, and screenwriter on several animated feature films. Career John Pomeroy started work at Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1973 as a background artist, and became a full animator in 1974 to work on '' Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too''. While working at Disney, he met fellow animators Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, and began working with them on an independent short film project, ''Banjo the Woodpile Cat''. In 1979 he, Bluth, Goldman and several other Disney animators left the studio to form the independent studio Don Bluth Productions (later to become Bluth Group), which produced the film ''The Secret of NIMH'' and the animation for laserdisc video games ''Dragon's Lair'' and '' Space Ace''. The independent studio encountered financial difficulties and declared bankruptcy in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Hahn
Donald Paul Hahn (born November 26, 1955) is an American film producer. He served as a producer for the Disney films '' Beauty and the Beast'' (1991, the first out of three animated films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture), '' The Lion King'' (1994), '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996), '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' (2001), and ''The Haunted Mansion'' (2003). Hahn has executive produced films by Disneynature since 2007, and founded the company Stone Circle Pictures in 2008 to produce the animation documentary film '' Waking Sleeping Beauty'' (2009). Early life Hahn was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father was a Lutheran minister. When Hahn was three, his family moved to Bellflower, California, where he went to school and shot his first animated shorts in the high school film club. His family then moved to Burbank, California, when he was a teenager. He graduated from North Hollywood High School (where he was a drum major) in 1973, went on to stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory
''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart from a screenplay by Roald Dahl, based on his 1964 novel ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''. It stars Gene Wilder as chocolatier Willy Wonka. The film tells the story of a poor child named Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) who, upon finding a Golden Ticket in a chocolate bar, wins the chance to visit Willy Wonka's chocolate factory along with four other children from around the world. Filming took place in Munich from August to November 1970. Dahl was credited with writing the film's screenplay; however, David Seltzer was brought in to do an uncredited rewrite. Against Dahl's wishes, changes were made to the story, and other decisions made by the director led Dahl to disown the film. The musical numbers were written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley while Walter Scharf arranged and conducted the orchestral score. ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' was released in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Back To Oz
''A Beginner's Mind'' is a collaborative album by American musicians Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine. The album was released by Asthmatic Kitty on September 24, 2021. After being teased by Asthmatic Kitty for several days, the album was formally announced on July 7, 2021, along with its track listing and two singles, "Reach Out" and "Olympus". Daniel Anum Jasper created the album's cover artwork. The album was met with widespread acclaim from music critics. Background ''A Beginner’s Mind'' was created in a cabin in upstate New York. There, Stevens and Augustine watched movies every day for inspiration. Critical reception The album received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 81, based on 11 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a 8.0 out of 10, based on their assessment of the criti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spy Quest
''Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest'' is a 2015 American animated direct-to-video action comedy film produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Despite the film being purposed for the ''Tom and Jerry'' franchise, it is a crossover between ''Tom and Jerry '' and Hanna-Barbera's ''Jonny Quest'' and served as a direct sequel to the original 1964 series. It is also the first ''Jonny Quest'' entry produced without the assistance of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who died in 2001 and 2006 respectively. It was originally released digitally on June 9, 2015, followed by a DVD release on June 23, 2015. In this film, Jonny Quest's original voice actor, Tim Matheson, is involved. Plot The film begins with a trip to the beach for Tom and Jerry who soon get into a chase. On the same day, the duo later encounter Jonny Quest and Hadji, along with their canine companion Bandit. Tom fights off an evil cat army and sends them to retreat. Later, they meet Race Bannon who takes them to Quest Labs where they mee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Dragon
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom And Jerry And The Wizard Of Oz
This is a list of feature-length films of the ''Tom and Jerry'' franchise. Theatrical films Direct-to-video films All direct-to-video films are produced by Turner Entertainment Co. and Warner Bros. Animation. ''Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring'' ''Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars'' ''Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry'' ''Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers'' ''Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale'' ''Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes'' In London, Tom and Jerry work together with Sherlock Holmes to stop Professor Moriarty from stealing the Crown Jewels during a solar eclipse. ; Voice cast * Spike Brandt (uncredited) as Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse * Michael York as Sherlock Holmes * Malcolm McDowell as Professor Moriarty * John Rhys-Davies as Dr. Watson * Grey DeLisle as Red * Kath Soucie as Tuffy * Jeff Bergman as Butch and Droopy * Phil LaMarr as Spike and Policeman * Greg Ellis as Tin and Sergeant * Jess Harnell as Pan and Brett Jeremy * Richard McGonagle as Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
