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Burbank Animation Studios

August 25, 2023

Burbank Animation Studios was an Australian film animation production company, formerly named Burbank Films Australia.

Burbank Animation Studios
FormerlyBurbank Films Australia (1982-1989)
IndustryFilm animation studios
Founded1982; 41 years ago (1982)
Defunct2008; 15 years ago (2008)
Headquarters
Sydney, New South Wales
,
Australia
Websitehttp://www.burbankanimation.com

History Edit

The company's first animated productions in 1982 were a series of adaptations of books from Charles Dickens; these first few films characterized themselves by their grim appeal. The sketch-styled backgrounds and the simplicity of the original score, such as in Oliver Twist (1982), added to the dramatic tone of those first stories. The eight total Dickens adaptations were produced during two years.

At the same time, in 1983, the company produced a short series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories, adapted from the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In the years that followed, until 1988, Burbank adapted the works of many other well-known authors and legends,[1] including Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers among many others.[2]

By 1987, the animation was entirely made in Philippines (Burbank Animation Incorporated based in Manila).[3]

In 1991, the company was resurrected under the name of Burbank Animation Studios. The new studio continued the production of "animated classics" in association with Anchor Bay Entertainment and Bridgestar Entertainment.[4] David Field as managing director and executive producer and Roz Phillips as producer.

From 1991 to 1994, Burbank Animation Studios utilized the newly formed Sydney studio's Unlimited Energee as its production facility. The shows were traditionally drawn but then digitally inked, painted, and composited to first Betamax and then Ampex cartridge recording systems, which allowed for some unusually detailed backgrounds, various digital FX, and infrequent 3D (sparingly used due to low budgets). In 1994 Burbank Animation Studios chose to switch production facilities to Colorland Studios of China.

Filmography Edit

Burbank Films Australia Edit

Burbank Animation Studios Edit

TV series Edit

  • The Wizard's Tales (1991-2001)

Copyright status Edit

There has been much confusion as to whether ownership of these films has fallen into the public domain. Despite the number of releases of these films, every Burbank film has a valid United States copyright and cannot be considered an orphaned work or public domain. Burbank's catalogue is an example of the type of budget copyright content regularly parallel licensed to multiple home video distributors.

When Burbank's parent company Film Funding & Management went into liquidation, the distribution rights to the "Animated Classics" were transferred to ABR Entertainment[13] and the copyright was later fully assigned to Omnivision.[14] These are now owned by Pulse Distribution and Entertainment[15] and administered by digital rights management firm NuTech Digital.[16] These titles are currently available in the US on NuTech's Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), Ltd. label. They have also been licensed to Genius Entertainment.

Budget-priced releases from Digiview Entertainment have also been sighted, but their legality is unknown.

The distribution rights to "The Dickens Collection" (A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, The Old Curiosity Shop, Nicholas Nickleby and The Pickwick Papers), "The Sherlock Holmes Collection" (A Study in Scarlet, The Baskerville Curse, The Sign of Four and The Valley of Fear), Black Tulip and The Corsican Brothers were transferred to Rikini,[17] which later became International Family Classics (IFC), who onsold the films to H.S. Holding Corporation[18] who currently own the titles.[19] Alice Through the Looking Glass is now also owned by H.S.[20] who purchased the rights from INI Entertainment Group, the distributor of Burbank Animation Studios' post-1991 films. These titles are currently distributed by Liberty International Publishing in the US, through Liberation Entertainment and Genius Entertainment.

As with the "Animated Classics", budget-priced releases from Digiview have been sighted, but again, their legality is unknown.

Payless Entertainment, an Australian distributor, began reissuing the Burbank catalogue in 2008.[21]

Production credits for the Burbank Animation Studios shows vary. Some distributors, including INI, retain the original complete credits (blue pages at end of story describing entire production crew). Other distributors have trimmed production credits so that for the producing studio, only the animation director, primary producer and administration staff remain.

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ Scott Murray, Ed. Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996, p116
  2. ^ Burbank Films Australia on Internet Movie Database
  3. ^ Australian Animation: An International History (Dan Torre, Lienors Torre)
  4. ^ Burbank Animation Studios
  5. ^ Oliver Twist, IMDB description page
  6. ^ A Christmas Carol, IMDB description page
  7. ^ Great Expectations, IMDB description page
  8. ^ David Copperfield, IMDB description page
  9. ^ The Old Curiosity Shop, IMDB description page
  10. ^ A Tale of Two Cities, IMDB description page
  11. ^ Nicholas Nickleby, IMDB description page
  12. ^ The Pickwick Papers, IMDB description page
  13. ^ US Copyright Office 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Document No V2555P425 1990-12-06
  14. ^ US Copyright Office 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Document No V2864P399 1992-09-15
  15. ^ US Copyright Office 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Document No V3285P205 1996-09-25
  16. ^ BTECH article on NuTech and Pulse distribution agreement.
  17. ^ US Copyright Office 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Document No V2542P018 1990-08-24
  18. ^ US Copyright Office 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Document No V3202P448 1996-01-31
  19. ^ Film Office v. HS Holding Corp. 11 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine 2/24/2004.
  20. ^ US Copyright Office 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Document No V3205P164 1996-02-12.
  21. ^ . Payless Entertainment. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012.

External links Edit

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Burbank Animation Studios was an Australian film animation production company formerly named Burbank Films Australia Burbank Animation StudiosFormerlyBurbank Films Australia 1982 1989 IndustryFilm animation studiosFounded1982 41 years ago 1982 Defunct2008 15 years ago 2008 HeadquartersSydney New South Wales AustraliaWebsitehttp www burbankanimation com Contents 1 History 2 Filmography 2 1 Burbank Films Australia 2 2 Burbank Animation Studios 3 TV series 4 Copyright status 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditThe company s first animated productions in 1982 were a series of adaptations of books from Charles Dickens these first few films characterized themselves by their grim appeal The sketch styled backgrounds and the simplicity of the original score such as in Oliver Twist 1982 added to the dramatic tone of those first stories The eight total Dickens adaptations were produced during two years At the same time in 1983 the company produced a short series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories adapted from the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle In the years that followed until 1988 Burbank adapted the works of many other well known authors and legends 1 including Kenneth Grahame s The Wind in the Willows Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote J M Barrie s Peter Pan Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland and Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers among many others 2 By 1987 the animation was entirely made in Philippines Burbank Animation Incorporated based in Manila 3 In 1991 the company was resurrected under the name of Burbank Animation Studios The new studio continued the production of animated classics in association with Anchor Bay Entertainment and Bridgestar Entertainment 4 David Field as managing director and executive producer and Roz Phillips as producer From 1991 to 1994 Burbank Animation Studios utilized the newly formed Sydney studio s Unlimited Energee as its production facility The shows were traditionally drawn but then digitally inked painted and composited to first Betamax and then Ampex cartridge recording systems which allowed for some unusually detailed backgrounds various digital FX and infrequent 3D sparingly used due to low budgets In 1994 Burbank Animation Studios chose to switch production facilities to Colorland Studios of China Filmography EditBurbank Films Australia Edit Oliver Twist 5 15 December 1982 A Christmas Carol 6 22 December 1982 Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four 13 January 1983 Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear 14 January 1983 Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet 15 January 1983 Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse 16 January 1983 Great Expectations 7 31 March 1983 David Copperfield 8 20 July 1983 The Old Curiosity Shop 9 17 February 1984 A Tale of Two Cities 10 8 June 1984 Nicholas Nickleby 11 16 March 1985 The Pickwick Papers 12 26 March 1985 The Adventures of Robin Hood 13 July 1985 The Man in the Iron Mask 26 July 1985 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea 17 December 1985 King Solomon s Mines 1986 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1986 Kidnapped 21 June 1986 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 10 July 1986 Ivanhoe 14 September 1986 The Three Musketeers 4 October 1986 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 21 December 1986 Don Quixote of La Mancha 1 January 1987 Rob Roy 1987 Alice Through the Looking Glass 15 May 1987 Black Beauty 19 June 1987 The Last of the Mohicans 31 July 1987 The Odyssey 19 November 1987 Treasure Island 25 December 1987 Black Tulip 10 February 1988 Westward Ho 1 May 1988 Prisoner of Zenda 9 May 1988 Hiawatha 15 June 1988 Peter Pan 23 June 1988 Alice in Wonderland 10 July 1988 The Black Arrow 18 October 1988 Around the World in 80 Days 25 November 1988 Wind in the Willows 13 December 1988 The Corsican Brothers 7 July 1989 Burbank Animation Studios Edit White Fang 1991 The Emperor s New Clothes 1991 The Count of Monte Cristo 1991 Hans and the Silver Skates 1991 Goldilocks and the Three Bears 1991 Frank Enstein 1991 Ali Baba 1991 The New Adventures of Robin Hood 1992 The Pied Piper of Hamlin 1992 The New Adventures of William Tell 1992 Thumbelina 1993 The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad 1993 Puss in Boots 1993 Pocahontas 1995 Cinderella 1996 Beauty and the Beast 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 Hansel and Gretel 1997 Hercules 1997 Anastasia 1997 The Little Mermaid 1998 Camelot 1998 Mulan 1998 Prince of the Nile The Story of Moses 1998 The Three Little Pigs 1999 D4 The Trojan Dog 1999 Easter in Bunnyland 1999 Anna and the King 1999 Silent Night The Story of the First Christmas 2000 The Canterville Ghost 2001 Joseph and the Coat of Many Colours 2001 The Little Drummer Boy 2001 Jungle Girl and the Lost Island of the Dinosaurs 2002 TV series EditThe Wizard s Tales 1991 2001 Copyright status EditThis section possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message There has been much confusion as to whether ownership of these films has fallen into the public domain Despite the number of releases of these films every Burbank film has a valid United States copyright and cannot be considered an orphaned work or public domain Burbank s catalogue is an example of the type of budget copyright content regularly parallel licensed to multiple home video distributors When Burbank s parent company Film Funding amp Management went into liquidation the distribution rights to the Animated Classics were transferred to ABR Entertainment 13 and the copyright was later fully assigned to Omnivision 14 These are now owned by Pulse Distribution and Entertainment 15 and administered by digital rights management firm NuTech Digital 16 These titles are currently available in the US on NuTech s Digital Versatile Disc DVD Ltd label They have also been licensed to Genius Entertainment Budget priced releases from Digiview Entertainment have also been sighted but their legality is unknown The distribution rights to The Dickens Collection A Christmas Carol Oliver Twist David Copperfield Great Expectations A Tale of Two Cities The Old Curiosity Shop Nicholas Nickleby and The Pickwick Papers The Sherlock Holmes Collection A Study in Scarlet The Baskerville Curse The Sign of Four and The Valley of Fear Black Tulip and The Corsican Brothers were transferred to Rikini 17 which later became International Family Classics IFC who onsold the films to H S Holding Corporation 18 who currently own the titles 19 Alice Through the Looking Glass is now also owned by H S 20 who purchased the rights from INI Entertainment Group the distributor of Burbank Animation Studios post 1991 films These titles are currently distributed by Liberty International Publishing in the US through Liberation Entertainment and Genius Entertainment As with the Animated Classics budget priced releases from Digiview have been sighted but again their legality is unknown Payless Entertainment an Australian distributor began reissuing the Burbank catalogue in 2008 21 Production credits for the Burbank Animation Studios shows vary Some distributors including INI retain the original complete credits blue pages at end of story describing entire production crew Other distributors have trimmed production credits so that for the producing studio only the animation director primary producer and administration staff remain See also EditList of animation companiesReferences Edit Scott Murray Ed Australia on the Small Screen 1970 1995 Oxford Uni Press 1996 p116 Burbank Films Australia on Internet Movie Database Australian Animation An International History Dan Torre Lienors Torre Burbank Animation Studios Oliver Twist IMDB description page A Christmas Carol IMDB description page Great Expectations IMDB description page David Copperfield IMDB description page The Old Curiosity Shop IMDB description page A Tale of Two Cities IMDB description page Nicholas Nickleby IMDB description page The Pickwick Papers IMDB description page US Copyright Office Archived 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Document No V2555P425 1990 12 06 US Copyright Office Archived 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Document No V2864P399 1992 09 15 US Copyright Office Archived 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Document No V3285P205 1996 09 25 BTECH article on NuTech and Pulse distribution agreement US Copyright Office Archived 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Document No V2542P018 1990 08 24 US Copyright Office Archived 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Document No V3202P448 1996 01 31 Film Office v HS Holding Corp Archived 11 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine 2 24 2004 US Copyright Office Archived 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine Document No V3205P164 1996 02 12 Storybook Classics Payless Entertainment Archived from the original on 13 February 2012 External links EditIndex of Films post 1991 Official website Burbank Films at The Big Cartoon DataBase Burbank Animation Studios at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Burbank Animation Studios amp oldid 1170597165, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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