The film uses interviews from Disney animation personnel including lead animator Andreas Deja, animator/director Barry Cook, and longtime ink-and-paint artist Carmen Sanderson, among others. Most of these interviews were done following the layoff of most of Disney's traditional animation artists in March 2002.[3] The Disney corporate executives had decided to produce only computer-animated films following the underperformance of traditionally animated films such as The Emperor's New Groove (2000) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) in the face of the successful output of Pixar.[3]
Dream On Silly Dreamer focuses on the effects of both the Disney studio's successes and failures on the Feature Animation employees, particularly their feelings on the competition from former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg's establishment of DreamWorks Animation[4] and their feelings on the layoffs. The film uses animated bookends and interstituals, done in a format reminiscent of Disney's Winnie the Pooh short films, of a young "dreamer" who achieves his dream to be a Disney animator with the unexpected real-life results.[3]
The film's score was composed and produced by Mike Brassell and Kuno Schmid.
Release and reception
Produced and released independently by Lund and West's WestLund Productions, Dream On, Silly Dreamer debuted at the Animex International Festival of Animation in the United Kingdom in January 2005,[3] and played at other film festivals throughout the year. WestLund released the film on DVD the following year, along with extended versions of several of the film's scenes and footage of its premieres at several film festivals. A review by Steve Daily of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B+ grade, likening it to "a real-life version of The Office.[5]
The film was produced and released in the midst of a public corporate battle between The Walt Disney Company's CEO Michael Eisner and Roy E. Disney, formerly a Disney board member and the chairman of Feature Animation.[6] Roy Disney, who was calling for Eisner's resignation in the face of a number of issues with his management, including laying off the traditional animation unit, praised Dream on Silly Dreamer, saying in a statement that "I have to say how very human a face it puts on an institutional tragedy."[7][8]
Following Eisner's resignation in 2005, Roy E. Disney returned to the Disney board, and the studio reinstated a traditional feature animation unit following The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Pixar in 2006.[9] It was eventually disbanded again after The Princess and the Frog and Winnie the Pooh underperformed at the box office.
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External links
Official website
January 29, 2023
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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Dream On Silly Dreamer is a 2005 American documentary film directed by Dan Lund and produced by Tony West Lund and West were both special effects animators at Walt Disney Feature Animation and the film chronicles the rise and fall of traditional animation at The Walt Disney Company from 1980 to 2005 1 2 Dream On Silly DreamerFilm posterDirected byDan LundWritten byDan LundProduced byTony WestStarringAndreas DejaBarry CookCarmen SandersonDorse LanpherJacqueline SanchezNarrated byRichard CookEdited byDan LundMusic byMike BrassellKuno SchmidProductioncompanyWestLund ProductionsDistributed byWestLund ProductionsRelease datesJanuary 31 2005 2005 01 31 Animex February 14 2006 2006 02 14 DVD Running time40 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 About the film 2 Release and reception 3 See also 4 Notes 5 External linksAbout the film EditThe film uses interviews from Disney animation personnel including lead animator Andreas Deja animator director Barry Cook and longtime ink and paint artist Carmen Sanderson among others Most of these interviews were done following the layoff of most of Disney s traditional animation artists in March 2002 3 The Disney corporate executives had decided to produce only computer animated films following the underperformance of traditionally animated films such as The Emperor s New Groove 2000 and Atlantis The Lost Empire 2001 in the face of the successful output of Pixar 3 Dream On Silly Dreamer focuses on the effects of both the Disney studio s successes and failures on the Feature Animation employees particularly their feelings on the competition from former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg s establishment of DreamWorks Animation 4 and their feelings on the layoffs The film uses animated bookends and interstituals done in a format reminiscent of Disney s Winnie the Pooh short films of a young dreamer who achieves his dream to be a Disney animator with the unexpected real life results 3 The film s score was composed and produced by Mike Brassell and Kuno Schmid Release and reception EditProduced and released independently by Lund and West s WestLund Productions Dream On Silly Dreamer debuted at the Animex International Festival of Animation in the United Kingdom in January 2005 3 and played at other film festivals throughout the year WestLund released the film on DVD the following year along with extended versions of several of the film s scenes and footage of its premieres at several film festivals A review by Steve Daily of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B grade likening it to a real life version of The Office 5 The film was produced and released in the midst of a public corporate battle between The Walt Disney Company s CEO Michael Eisner and Roy E Disney formerly a Disney board member and the chairman of Feature Animation 6 Roy Disney who was calling for Eisner s resignation in the face of a number of issues with his management including laying off the traditional animation unit praised Dream on Silly Dreamer saying in a statement that I have to say how very human a face it puts on an institutional tragedy 7 8 Following Eisner s resignation in 2005 Roy E Disney returned to the Disney board and the studio reinstated a traditional feature animation unit following The Walt Disney Company s acquisition of Pixar in 2006 9 It was eventually disbanded again after The Princess and the Frog and Winnie the Pooh underperformed at the box office See also EditThe Pixar Story a 2007 documentary film chronicling the history of Pixar Waking Sleeping Beauty a 2009 documentary by Disney producer Don Hahn and former executive Peter Schneider on the history of Disney Animation between 1980 and 1994 Notes Edit http jimhillmedia com editor in chief1 b jim hill archive 2004 11 29 502 aspx Mussenden Sean January 31 2005 After the credits rolled film documents the trials triumphs of fired animators who had given their hearts to Disney Orlando Sentinel Retrieved 2012 02 20 a b c d Teesside Live Number one for news opinion sport amp celebrity gossip Movie Reviews Trailers Interviews Wikis amp Posters for Movies IGN Movie Review Dream On Silly Dreamer DVD Entertainment Weekly February 24 2006 McCarthy Michael December 2 2003 War of words erupts at Walt Disney USA Today Retrieved 2009 12 17 Movie amp TV News IMDb com Studio Briefing IMDb Archived from the original on 2005 09 02 Retrieved 2012 02 20 NameBright Coming Soon Archived from the original on 2005 02 04 La Monica Paul R January 24 2006 Disney buys Pixar CNN Retrieved April 22 2008 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dream On Silly Dreamer amp oldid 1111729268, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
