From: Rich_Koster@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Rich Koster)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.disney
Subject: Making of Aladdin
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Date: 17 Nov 92 07:47:04 CST
Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.

(This is from my wife Carol:)
 
                        *****VCR ALERT!*****
 
For those of you who have The Disney Channel, or have cable TV as of
the week of November 29 - December 6, watch for the 30-minute special
called "The Making of Aladdin".  Here is how The Disney Channel
Magazine describes the program listing:
 
"Disney Behind-the-Scenes Special:  The Making of Aladdin.  Relive the
age-old tale of Aladdin--and see how the story was redefined for the
new Disney animated film. 1992. 30-minutes."
 
Those of you interested in the computer graphics and texture mapping
done in the film might be particularly motivated to be on VCR alert.
 
Times and dates for Disney Channel subscribers (For Americans, ET is
Eastern Time zone, CT is Central Time zone.  Mountain Time zone
subtract 2 hours from the Eastern Time and Pacific Time zone subtract
3 hours from the Eastern Time I've listed.):
 
            Sunday, November 15, 5:30 pm ET/4:30 pm CT (This is the
            premiere showing.)
 
            Saturday, November 21, 8:30 pm ET/7:30 pm CT
 
            Thursday, November 26 (Thanksgiving Day), 2:30 pm ET/
            1:30 pm CT
 
If you have cable TV, but no Disney Channel subscription, you're
still in luck.  The Disney Channel will hold a freebie 8-day Holiday
Preview Sunday, November 29 - Sunday, December 6.  This means you
will be able to receive the Disney Channel for free during that week.
 
            Saturday, December 5, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT
 
For this particular showing, you might also comb your TV listings
midnight to 6 am ET.  Sometimes The Disney Channel will repeat their
prime time programming into those wee hours of the morning, thus
providing a second chance to see or VCR tape the show.  The brochure
about the Preview Weekend we got at our local Disney store does not
list Disney Channel programming between midnight and 6 am ET.  The
Disney Channel Magazine does, but our current issue only covers the
period through the end of November.
 
While you're programming your VCRs, look out for "It All Started with
a Mouse:  This 1989 documentary examines the history of the Walt
Disney Studios from 1929 to the 80s.  One hour thirty minutes (1:30)"
Shown only on Wedneday, November 18 8 pm ET/7 pm CT and Thursday,
November 19 3:30 am ET/2:30 am CT.  Then there's "Happy Birthday
                 ^^         ^^
Mickey:  Great moments as Mickey celebrates his golden anniversary.
Made in 1983.  1:29 or an hour and a half as well."  Shown only
Wednesday, November 18 6 pm ET/5 pm CT.
 
Offering a couple of other quick impresssions of Aladdin after having
seen the sneak preview:  The visuals, drawings and computer graphics
seem to have taken the center stage in this particular film, as
opposed to The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, where the
characters, story and songs took the limelight.  The staff must have
been bouyed by the positive reception of the BatB ballroom sequence
and decided to go for it in Aladdin.  The overall effect is very
pleasing, a new art form of computer animation in feature films.
Aladdin's pacing moves fast by comparison to TLM and BatB.
Also, for parents taking little ones, there are scenes not unlike
"Night on Bald Mountain" in Fantasia, where some of the characters
grow very menacingly and become dark in tone and look, there is a
giant snake.  In the theatre where we saw the preview, AMC Galleria 8
in Metairie LA, a one or two young 'uns were crying for Mommy at the
very end of the film, and one little girl (5 years old?) left her seat
so she could sit in Mommy's lap and be hugged during this particular
scene.  The film is funny, very G-rated, but it moves fast so be
prepared to do some whispering explainin' during it if your kids can't
follow the action.  Our preview showing was at 7:55 PM Central Time,
and the audience had maybe 1/4 young kids there.  We bought our
tickets at 11:30 am for this show and saw when we arrived for the
showing that it was sold out.
 
--Carol Koster, Rich Koster's wife

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