ChrisS.
04-05-2009 19:04:10
Hello
This is my first post in the regular forum section.
What I have for you is a early Don Bluth animation that he did after leaving Disney. It was for a movie called "Xanadu" a musical starring Olivia-Newton John and Gene Kelly.
This animation helped Don and Gary get a deal with United Artists to do NIMH.
"Xanadu" failed at the box office and is considered a cult classic. The movie is pretty weird but the parts that stick out is the soundtrack by Olivia-Newton John and the Electric Light Orchestra (which outsold the film) and this animated gem by Don.
The song is "Don't Walk Away" by Electric Light Orchestra
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6IaURfFpLQ&feature=related
Simon
04-05-2009 21:13:57
Ooh, interesting. Makes me wonder if Bluth worked on Sword in the Stone. n.n
ChrisS.
07-05-2009 18:28:44
He did. His credit on IMDB is: assistant animator (uncredited)
Whiskers57
31-05-2009 11:36:52
When I saw the movie in 1980 I did not know who Don Bluth was, His animation goes well with Electric Light Orchestra`s music (One of my favorite rock groups).
HolyArrow
01-06-2009 09:40:33
I've heard stories about Don Bluth quitting Disney. I must say though, as a fan of both sides of the story, Bluth's origin and inspiration, is undeniably Disney.
I'm sure ignora... I mean normal people tend to mix up various Don Bluth films with Disney films, which is something I used to look down at, but I'm starting to think that it's not so hard to make that mistake.
In my opinion, Don Bluth took a MAJOR essence of Disney animation, made it deeper and more emotional, and made movies and animated sequences out of them. Successful or not, they really give me stuff to talk about. Honestly that's one thing Disney doesn't do as much.
There's something about Don Bluth animation that really hits me all the time. For this one it must be the music (which probably was quite modern back then but I don't know shlit about music), and the range from realistic depiction of human qualities (a characteristic of MANY Don Bluth humans), and purely animated facial expressions (which are REALLY cute).
I've heard of this film but I've never seen it. Maybe I should sometime in my life.