chad@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (darknight) (01/23/90)
[if you can read this, you're line eater is defective] Thought this might be of general interest. I got it from various articles in rec.arts.movies... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In article <6930@sun.acs.udel.edu> paris@sun.acs.udel.edu (Paris H Magasiny) writes: >Does anybody know whether The Tin Toy -the computer animated film which >was the first computer animated film to win the best short film award at >the oscars a year or two ago- is availble on videotape. Tin Toy, along with three other John Lasseter animation shorts, is available on video tape, although you'll probably never see them in your local video store. You can order them from Direct Cinema Limited: Film Price Luxo, Jr. $14.95 Red's Dream $19.95 Tin Toy $24.95 Knickknack $24.95 Luxo, Jr./Red's Dream/Tin Toy $49.95 All tapes are on 1/2" VHS NTSC. Add $10/tape for PAL format. Also available: Tin Toy T-shirt $15.00 Knickknack 3D T-shirt $15.00 (includes glasses) Add $5 S&H for the first tape or shirt, $2 for each additional tape or shirt. Foreign shipping, add $3/tape or shirt. Call 213-652-8000 to charge to your credit card. I would suggest calling first to verify prices and availability. Luxo, Jr is the story of a parent Luxo lamp and its rambunctious child. (I'll refrain from assigning gender, since I know people who have perceived the characters as both male and female.) Red's Dream tells the tale of a neglected unicycle with visions of grandeur. Tin Toy shows us how a wind-up tin toy makes the world's ugliest baby happy again. Knickknack is the engrossing drama of a paperweight's attempt to esape his prison. Knickknack includes both the 3D and "flat" versions of the film, as well as 3D glasses. If you have any interest at all in animation, you should spring for these tapes. They are the state of the art in computerized character animation. John Lasseter is a Disney-trained animator who has since moved on to using computers to animate his ideas. His characterizations and stories are wonderful, and I've yet to find a person who is not engrossed by these tapes. Real fans should make plans to attend SIGGRAPH each year, to see the latest from Lasseter and his cohorts at Pixar. Believe me, Knickknack using polarized 3D glasses on a giant screen is much better than seeing it on your puny TV set. Also, you might get to see things no one else ever will. I was in the animation tutorial when John Lasseter showed the first cuts of Tin Toy, with some parts still in wire frame, and it was neat to be the first people to ever see what went on to become the first Oscar-winning computer animated short film. Chuck Musciano ARPA : chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com Harris Corporation Usenet: ...!uunet!x102a!trantor!chuck PO Box 37, MS 3A/1912 AT&T : (407) 727-6131 Melbourne, FL 32902 FAX : (407) 727-{5118,5227,4004} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :>Does anybody know whether The Tin Toy -the computer animated film which :>was the first computer animated film to win the best short film award at :>the oscars a year or two ago- is availble on videotape. : :Gee, I bet Craig (whose address includes the word PIXAR) knows! Gee, I guess you win that bet! Yes, "Tin Toy" won the Academy Award last year (1989) as Best Animated Short Film. And yes, it is available on VHS (Laserdisc is yet in the future). You may call 1 (800) FILMS4U to reach our distributor. I don't know the price. --Craig ...{ucbvax,sun}!pixar!good -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTERNET: chad@ucscb.ucsc.edu Chad 'The_Walrus' Netzer->AmigaManiac++ ------====== "The memory of others cannot be trusted." ======-------