Cinderella II: Dreams Come True coming this December to DVD
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Right. I've only seen about two-thirds of this film. On that fateful day, it aired on an Italian TV Channel. I remember seeing a pretty "Walt Disney Pictures" logo, which was animated differently. I think it involved fireworks. I looked hopefully to see what animated treat was in store for me, only to see the title: "Cenerentola II: Quando I Sogni Diventano Realtà", at which point I rolled my eyes in agony. The film was dubbed in Italian.
Here goes:
JULIAN CARTER PRODUCTIONS
in association with
ULTIMATE DISNEY MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
proudly presents
An Interview with the VAMPIRE, ... er VISIONARY ... John Kafka!
JC: Welcome Mr. Kafka. I hope you can take the time to reminisce on your beloved production, "Cinderella II".
JK: (Chuckles) I don't know about beloved, but yeah ... we had a good time.
JC: Was your movie particularly difficult to develop? How long did it spend in actual production?
JK: Well uh ... (scratches head) I remember being assigned to the project. We were expressly told to make the film "fast and quick". We took our bosses to their word. We storyboarded the entire film in three hours sometime in October 2001. Oh, and we wrote the script afterwards. My then 7-year old niece did that. Her name is Kimberley. She goes to St. Duff's Grammar School in Ewtah. She's really sweet. You should see her. In the morning she wears fluffy pink slippers and she brushes her teeth before she goes to bed. Oh ... and she says she was once visited by the tooth fairy. She says she didn't give up the tooth because 1$ was too friggin' small a price in return. Oh, and by the way ... she adores Cinderella and I just couldn't deny her such a treat ... to write the script I mean (laughs). Unfortunately we couldn't credit her for it as Disney thought Jill E. Blotevogel, Tom Rogers and Jule Selbo were doing that. So um, no, the movie was not difficult to develop. Child's play really.
JC: How did you handle the animation?
JK: We just sent a bunch of information to some animation studio in Taiwan. Then we used whatever they came up with. It would have been nice if they followed the instructions and came up with animation that matched the "story" (giggles), but a lot of stuff they gave us was derivative of the "plot" and we had to change some story elements. Initially, my niece's script dictated that Anastasia be burnt at the stake, but we never got animation relating to that dramatically powerful scene. Similarly, we planned on quartering the stepmother by wild horses (another one of my niece's more ingenious ideas), but the animation studio only delivered Lucifer getting naughty with Pom-Pom. We weren't sure Disney would allow that material and we had a slight suspicion that such visuals would breach the G-Rating. However, we didn't use the Lucifer material mostly because we'd have had to get Disney to spend more money making a featurette on sex education to be included on the DVD.
JC: What software did you utilize for the animation process?
JK: Er ... the hand-drawn animation we got from Taiwan came in reams of paper containing the animation in the correct order. At night we would slip into the Walt Disney Feature Animation building and crank up CAPS. It took us a couple of weeks to figure out how it worked. In the end, however, we had our backgrounds scanned in (my niece most kindly drew them at school during art class) and the animation combined. Problem was we had no sound.
JC: How did you solve that problem?
JK: We went to Eisner and he summoned some voice actors that were in his vicinity. They promptly recorded their lines in about two hours. Then, the fine folks at Dolby Digital decided to pay us some bucks if we would not include a DTS track. We accepted. And the fine folks at DTS too decided to pay us some bucks if we would not include a Dolby track. We lied to both companies and got both tracks. Before they could sue us we flew the money over to the Amazon Jungle were we hid it under a trap door.
JC: Where is the trapdoor?
JK: Hmm... It's kinda difficult. But all you need to do is get a GPS system and input "Cinderella II hideout trapdoor Amazon" and it should promptly show you the way. The money's still there. But you need to know the password to get through. You punch it through an electronic keypad.
JC: So what's the password?
JK: I dunno. Jennifer Hale was in on the deal and she was supposed to remember it. Thing is, she forgot it after she read the reviews for Cinderella II. She's been in the Amazon ever since trying to crack it. To record her lines for Cinderella III, the guys at Disney had to record her reading them over the phone. She never said she was at the Amazon - that was secret. Come to think of it, I haven't heard from her since last March. Maybe I should send someone to look for her. I won't be pleased if she got swallowed by an anaconda. I need her to crack the password.
JC: Thank you Mr. Kafka for that enlightning interview.
JK: You're welcome. Just don't publish this anywhere, will you? The guys at Disney will be on my tail when they read some of this stuff, and I don't think the folks at Dolby Digital and DTS will be sending me "Get Well Soon" cards in case of injury.
JC: Er ... I won't tell a soul.
Here goes:
JULIAN CARTER PRODUCTIONS
in association with
ULTIMATE DISNEY MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
proudly presents
An Interview with the VAMPIRE, ... er VISIONARY ... John Kafka!
JC: Welcome Mr. Kafka. I hope you can take the time to reminisce on your beloved production, "Cinderella II".
JK: (Chuckles) I don't know about beloved, but yeah ... we had a good time.
JC: Was your movie particularly difficult to develop? How long did it spend in actual production?
JK: Well uh ... (scratches head) I remember being assigned to the project. We were expressly told to make the film "fast and quick". We took our bosses to their word. We storyboarded the entire film in three hours sometime in October 2001. Oh, and we wrote the script afterwards. My then 7-year old niece did that. Her name is Kimberley. She goes to St. Duff's Grammar School in Ewtah. She's really sweet. You should see her. In the morning she wears fluffy pink slippers and she brushes her teeth before she goes to bed. Oh ... and she says she was once visited by the tooth fairy. She says she didn't give up the tooth because 1$ was too friggin' small a price in return. Oh, and by the way ... she adores Cinderella and I just couldn't deny her such a treat ... to write the script I mean (laughs). Unfortunately we couldn't credit her for it as Disney thought Jill E. Blotevogel, Tom Rogers and Jule Selbo were doing that. So um, no, the movie was not difficult to develop. Child's play really.
JC: How did you handle the animation?
JK: We just sent a bunch of information to some animation studio in Taiwan. Then we used whatever they came up with. It would have been nice if they followed the instructions and came up with animation that matched the "story" (giggles), but a lot of stuff they gave us was derivative of the "plot" and we had to change some story elements. Initially, my niece's script dictated that Anastasia be burnt at the stake, but we never got animation relating to that dramatically powerful scene. Similarly, we planned on quartering the stepmother by wild horses (another one of my niece's more ingenious ideas), but the animation studio only delivered Lucifer getting naughty with Pom-Pom. We weren't sure Disney would allow that material and we had a slight suspicion that such visuals would breach the G-Rating. However, we didn't use the Lucifer material mostly because we'd have had to get Disney to spend more money making a featurette on sex education to be included on the DVD.
JC: What software did you utilize for the animation process?
JK: Er ... the hand-drawn animation we got from Taiwan came in reams of paper containing the animation in the correct order. At night we would slip into the Walt Disney Feature Animation building and crank up CAPS. It took us a couple of weeks to figure out how it worked. In the end, however, we had our backgrounds scanned in (my niece most kindly drew them at school during art class) and the animation combined. Problem was we had no sound.
JC: How did you solve that problem?
JK: We went to Eisner and he summoned some voice actors that were in his vicinity. They promptly recorded their lines in about two hours. Then, the fine folks at Dolby Digital decided to pay us some bucks if we would not include a DTS track. We accepted. And the fine folks at DTS too decided to pay us some bucks if we would not include a Dolby track. We lied to both companies and got both tracks. Before they could sue us we flew the money over to the Amazon Jungle were we hid it under a trap door.
JC: Where is the trapdoor?
JK: Hmm... It's kinda difficult. But all you need to do is get a GPS system and input "Cinderella II hideout trapdoor Amazon" and it should promptly show you the way. The money's still there. But you need to know the password to get through. You punch it through an electronic keypad.
JC: So what's the password?
JK: I dunno. Jennifer Hale was in on the deal and she was supposed to remember it. Thing is, she forgot it after she read the reviews for Cinderella II. She's been in the Amazon ever since trying to crack it. To record her lines for Cinderella III, the guys at Disney had to record her reading them over the phone. She never said she was at the Amazon - that was secret. Come to think of it, I haven't heard from her since last March. Maybe I should send someone to look for her. I won't be pleased if she got swallowed by an anaconda. I need her to crack the password.
JC: Thank you Mr. Kafka for that enlightning interview.
JK: You're welcome. Just don't publish this anywhere, will you? The guys at Disney will be on my tail when they read some of this stuff, and I don't think the folks at Dolby Digital and DTS will be sending me "Get Well Soon" cards in case of injury.
JC: Er ... I won't tell a soul.
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That doesn't happen that often. For the number or releases Disney releases in each year. The only ones that I remember hearing of being delayed were Aristocats, Lilo and Stitch and about five or six live-action films. Correct me if I'm wrong though.DisneyFreak5282 wrote:I am actually excited for this one, but I'm not gonna hold my breath ("AristoCats" 2-Disc SE, anyone??). The reason I'm gonna be getting this one is because I'm a completist, and for that reason only.
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Well there is the whole 101 Dalmatians PE thing, but would that be different because we know they will have to release it at some point?Robin Hood wrote:That doesn't happen that often. For the number or releases Disney releases in each year. The only ones that I remember hearing of being delayed were Aristocats, Lilo and Stitch and about five or six live-action films. Correct me if I'm wrong though.DisneyFreak5282 wrote:I am actually excited for this one, but I'm not gonna hold my breath ("AristoCats" 2-Disc SE, anyone??). The reason I'm gonna be getting this one is because I'm a completist, and for that reason only.
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Isn't it coming out in March 2008? Did it get delayed?singerguy04 wrote:Well there is the whole 101 Dalmatians PE thing, but would that be different because we know they will have to release it at some point?Robin Hood wrote: That doesn't happen that often. For the number or releases Disney releases in each year. The only ones that I remember hearing of being delayed were Aristocats, Lilo and Stitch and about five or six live-action films. Correct me if I'm wrong though.
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Word!PeterPanfan wrote:IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER!
Anyway, I was
at Julian's interview. *sigh* if only I still had that kind of devotion to forum humor.Scaps
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TheSequelOfDisney: Damn, did Lin-Manuel Miranda go and murder all your families?
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Jules
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FINALLY someone actually read it!! After all the trouble I took to write it!* Finally someone appreciates the work, toil and trouble associated with the creative process! ... er I mean the interviewing process! Thanks Escapay, thanks!!Escapay wrote:Anyway, I was
*About 25 minutes of my life actually.
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That's longer than the production time of this movie. Good job JulianJulian Carter wrote:
*About 25 minutes of my life actually.
I already have this on DVD (saying that and "Macbeth" are tied for bad luck), so I won't buy it unless Disney Duster or Prudence gives us and in-depth look at all aspecs of the DVD and claims it's good. Also, if this has 2 DVDs, I will probably go insane.
BTW, Disneykid where are those paintings in your signature from?
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Julian Carter wrote:Initially, my niece's script dictated that Anastasia be burnt at the stake, but we never got animation relating to that dramatically powerful scene. Similarly, we planned on quartering the stepmother by wild horses (another one of my niece's more ingenious ideas), but the animation studio only delivered Lucifer getting naughty with Pom-Pom.
I really did LOL...that was awesome, Julian!
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Same here,LOL. Nice Julian,now I can't stop laughing!blackcauldron85 wrote:Julian Carter wrote:Initially, my niece's script dictated that Anastasia be burnt at the stake, but we never got animation relating to that dramatically powerful scene. Similarly, we planned on quartering the stepmother by wild horses (another one of my niece's more ingenious ideas), but the animation studio only delivered Lucifer getting naughty with Pom-Pom.
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Yup. Sums it up. To repeat, C-II was a DVD collage of three episodes from a proposed (but never made) TV series, held together with a "storybook" motif and recycled Godmother animation from C-I. Total budget was around $5 mil. The thing made $120 mil and was Diz's top DVD seller in 2002. Critics were generally unanimous that C-II was the worst of the Disney sequels.Julian Carter wrote: JC: Was your movie particularly difficult to develop? How long did it spend in actual production?
JK: Well uh ... (scratches head) I remember being assigned to the project. We were expressly told to make the film "fast and quick". We took our bosses to their word. [/b]
The colors are good, the music and voice talent fine, but the animation quality is all over the map (episode 1 reduces Cindy to Pokemon-Ella, while episode 3 has echos of Cinderella III). Prudence makes her debut in episode 1 while the "nicer" Antastasia appears in episode 3.
The only possible way I'd even consider buying this __again__ (my 2002 copy is buried way back in the bookcase) would be if update had extensive director or cast commentary.
Meanwhile, it's surprising the other Cinderella DVD's have been in retaliers for an unusually long time! C-I's been on continuous sale for nearly two years!
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Half an hour of billable time is $100.00!!! With $100.00 you can buy from 5 to 8 movies!!!
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Julian, everyone reads what you write. It is a known fact.
My 2002 copy of C II is- well, it almost doesn't run anymore because I've played episode one too many times in these past five years and eight months. (Well, I can also blame the friends I lent it to.) I might buy the new release for that reason alone! I'll also certainly buy it if there are special features that intrigue me enough.
The majority of UD must find me to be the strangest person on earth.
My 2002 copy of C II is- well, it almost doesn't run anymore because I've played episode one too many times in these past five years and eight months. (Well, I can also blame the friends I lent it to.) I might buy the new release for that reason alone! I'll also certainly buy it if there are special features that intrigue me enough.
The majority of UD must find me to be the strangest person on earth.
That's hot.