It’s a guest article by author and long-time associate Stuart Galbraith IV, an interview with Arnold Leibovit, the man behind an impressive, on-going restoration of the animation legacy of George Pal. The beloved producer-director persists as a fan favorite. All know his famous sci-fi pictures but the revival of interest in his fantasy replacement-animation ‘Puppetoons’ is well underway.
CineSavant Guest Article by Stuart Galbraith IV
Sometimes it takes a one-man army to preserve and resurrect movies the big conglomerates have forsaken. Think Dave Strohmeier and his efforts to preserve and give new life to the original Cinerama films, or Bob Furmanek’s 3-D Film Archive. While they’d be first to insist they were fronting a team of restoration experts and myriad financial backers, without them would the films they champion ever have seen the light of day, or would they still be languishing in warehouses, slowly deteriorating into nothingness?...
CineSavant Guest Article by Stuart Galbraith IV
Sometimes it takes a one-man army to preserve and resurrect movies the big conglomerates have forsaken. Think Dave Strohmeier and his efforts to preserve and give new life to the original Cinerama films, or Bob Furmanek’s 3-D Film Archive. While they’d be first to insist they were fronting a team of restoration experts and myriad financial backers, without them would the films they champion ever have seen the light of day, or would they still be languishing in warehouses, slowly deteriorating into nothingness?...
- 1/19/2021
- by Stuart Galbraith
- Trailers from Hell
Talk about the Lost Arts — Animation of various kinds, even stop-motion, is now a major part of filmmaking entertainment. But back in the 1940s the wonder man for ‘how’d they do that’ Technicolor marvels was George Pal, a grateful displaced European who made marvelous ‘trickfilm’ animations using little wooden puppets with hundreds of interchangeable pieces. Arnold Leibovit follows up his first Puppetoon disc with a bounteous, bigger collection of animated gems in Blu-ray HD. They’re fascinating to study in slow motion — the volume of craft, patience and artisan labor that goes into these shows is staggering.
The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2
Blu-ray + DVD
Arnold Leibovit Entertainment
1934 – 1946 / Color + B&w / 1:37 Academy / 186 min. / Street Date December 1, 2020 / Available from Puppetoon Dot Net / 39.95
Starring: Jim Dandy, Punchy & Judy, Jasper, Professor Scarecrow, Rusty, Bugs Bunny, Wilbur the Lion.
Disc produced by Arnold Leibovit
Produced and Directed by George Pal
Arnold Leibovit follows up his extraordinary,...
The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2
Blu-ray + DVD
Arnold Leibovit Entertainment
1934 – 1946 / Color + B&w / 1:37 Academy / 186 min. / Street Date December 1, 2020 / Available from Puppetoon Dot Net / 39.95
Starring: Jim Dandy, Punchy & Judy, Jasper, Professor Scarecrow, Rusty, Bugs Bunny, Wilbur the Lion.
Disc produced by Arnold Leibovit
Produced and Directed by George Pal
Arnold Leibovit follows up his extraordinary,...
- 12/5/2020
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Trailers From Hell Guru Arnold Leibovit has an extended conversation with Tfh Fearless Leader Joe Dante about the work of George Pal, Arnold’s excellent documentaries on Pal’s work, and Arnold’s plans for his upcoming collection The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2! The follow-up to Arnold’s 1987 George Pal animation showcase The Puppetoon Movie will be an historic collector’s edition comprised of at least 15 uncut, digitally restored Puppetoons in high definition.
For more information on Arnold’s The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2 fundraising, visit this site.
George Pal Gallery
Here is a gallery of unique George Pal imagery from Arnold Leibovit’s collection.
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For more information on Arnold’s The Puppetoon Movie Volume 2 fundraising, visit this site.
George Pal Gallery
Here is a gallery of unique George Pal imagery from Arnold Leibovit’s collection.
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- 8/1/2019
- by Joe Dante
- Trailers from Hell
It was bound to happen, The Puppetoons meet Gumby in Arnold Leibovit’s 1987 tribute to director/animator George Pal. The film features 11 of the shorts Pal made between 1933 and 1948, some of the most charming animation ever produced – the essence of childhood fantasy. Pal’s classic work is also supplemented by newly animated wraparound segments including Gumby and Pokey, among others. Art Clokey supplied the Gumby and Pokey figures and provided the voice of Pokey. Gumby animator Peter Kleinow animated the characters, Gene Warren Jr. directed the animation, and Leibovit produced the enterprise and directed the voice performances of Art Clokey, Dallas McKennon, Dick Beals, and Paul Frees.
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- 7/29/2019
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Joseph Baxter Nov 2, 2018
Andy Muschietti will direct a reimagined version of The Time Machine, the bellwether H.G. Wells sci-fi novel.
Andy Muschietti’s directorial dance card continues to expand after last year’s release of his big screen Stephen King adaptation, It; an effort he’s following up behind the camera for next year’s follow-up, It: Chapter Two. Just a few days after news surfaced that he signed up to direct anime adaptation Attack on Titan, Muchietti has been made official to helm a remake of a sci-fi classic – arguably literature’s most important sci-fi novel – in H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine.
The trifecta of Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures and (Leonardo DiCaprio’s company) Appian Way are set to (re)revive Wells’s The Time Machine for another big screen iteration, and they’ve already locked in Andy Muschietti as the director’s chair occupant, reports Deadline.
Andy Muschietti will direct a reimagined version of The Time Machine, the bellwether H.G. Wells sci-fi novel.
Andy Muschietti’s directorial dance card continues to expand after last year’s release of his big screen Stephen King adaptation, It; an effort he’s following up behind the camera for next year’s follow-up, It: Chapter Two. Just a few days after news surfaced that he signed up to direct anime adaptation Attack on Titan, Muchietti has been made official to helm a remake of a sci-fi classic – arguably literature’s most important sci-fi novel – in H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine.
The trifecta of Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures and (Leonardo DiCaprio’s company) Appian Way are set to (re)revive Wells’s The Time Machine for another big screen iteration, and they’ve already locked in Andy Muschietti as the director’s chair occupant, reports Deadline.
- 11/2/2018
- Den of Geek
“It” director Andy Muschietti is attached to develop a movie version of H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine” with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way producing along with Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures.
Andy Muschietti and his producer sister, Barbara Muschietti, have written a treatment for the film and Andy Muschietti will direct the project. Barbara Muschietti will produce with DiCaprio and Appian Way’s Jennifer Davisson.
Wells published the original “Time Machine” in 1895 with the unnamed Time Traveller using a machine to stop in A.D. 802,701, where he finds that society has devolved into an elite of Eloi and the downtrodden Morlocks, then travels 30 million years ahead to find the Earth dying before returning to Victorian times.
Arnold Leibovit is executive producing. He was an exec producer of the 2002 movie version that starred Guy Pearce. The first film version was directed by George Pal in 1960.
Variety reported on Oct. 29 that Muschietti...
Andy Muschietti and his producer sister, Barbara Muschietti, have written a treatment for the film and Andy Muschietti will direct the project. Barbara Muschietti will produce with DiCaprio and Appian Way’s Jennifer Davisson.
Wells published the original “Time Machine” in 1895 with the unnamed Time Traveller using a machine to stop in A.D. 802,701, where he finds that society has devolved into an elite of Eloi and the downtrodden Morlocks, then travels 30 million years ahead to find the Earth dying before returning to Victorian times.
Arnold Leibovit is executive producing. He was an exec producer of the 2002 movie version that starred Guy Pearce. The first film version was directed by George Pal in 1960.
Variety reported on Oct. 29 that Muschietti...
- 11/2/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The director of Stephen King’s It, Andy Muschietti, has just landed another big directing gig. It was recently announced that he would be directing the live-action film adaptation of Attack on Titan. Now we’ve learned that he will also take on a new film adaptation of H.G. Wells’ classic novel The Time Machine.
The movie is set up at Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures and Appian Way with Leonardo DiCaprio producing. The filmmaker and and his sister, Barbara Muschietti, have already written a treatment for the film.
I love The Time Machine book! I guess it was only a matter of time before we saw another film adaptation. I’m a fan of the work that Muschietti did on It, so of course I’m curious to see what his vision is for this classic story, which revolves around an inventor who hopes to alter the events of the...
The movie is set up at Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures and Appian Way with Leonardo DiCaprio producing. The filmmaker and and his sister, Barbara Muschietti, have already written a treatment for the film.
I love The Time Machine book! I guess it was only a matter of time before we saw another film adaptation. I’m a fan of the work that Muschietti did on It, so of course I’m curious to see what his vision is for this classic story, which revolves around an inventor who hopes to alter the events of the...
- 11/2/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures and Appian Way have teamed with It: Chapter 2 director Andy Muschietti and his producer sister Barbara Muschietti to develop a new version of The Time Machine. Andy and Barbara Muschietti have written a treatment for the film and Andy Muschietti will direct it. Barbara Muschietti will produce it with Appian Way’s Jennifer Davisson and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Arnold Leibovit will be executive producer. He exec produced the 2002 version of the film that Simon Wells directed and starred Guy Pearce. That was the second version of the film, with the first directed by George Pal in 1960. Both are based on the science fiction classic written by H.G. Wells, the visionary science fiction author who also wrote War of the Worlds.
Warner Bros is leading the charge on this one, steering the picture creatively. The tale revolves around an inventor who hopes to alter the events of...
Arnold Leibovit will be executive producer. He exec produced the 2002 version of the film that Simon Wells directed and starred Guy Pearce. That was the second version of the film, with the first directed by George Pal in 1960. Both are based on the science fiction classic written by H.G. Wells, the visionary science fiction author who also wrote War of the Worlds.
Warner Bros is leading the charge on this one, steering the picture creatively. The tale revolves around an inventor who hopes to alter the events of...
- 11/1/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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