#simon wells

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STEELE

BALTO (1995) Dir. Simon Wells

[victoriaswillow]

The Time Machine - 2002

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[tenjad129]

THE ART OF AN AMERICAN TAIL: FIEVEL GOES WEST (1991)

Today, all of Tumblr, may I present to all of you something VERY rare this way comes:

A series of 10 photos that I just happened to find on the Worth Point website of a rare portfolio, though already bought by and sold to someone on eBay long ago, of actual, rare storyboards, animation production cels and drawings, and even concept art for Amblimation's work on An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991).

And inside this extremely rare portfolio, though long since bought out on eBay by someone else long, long ago, are some 20+ pieces of storyboards, animation cels and drawings, and even conceptual artwork done for An American Tail: Fievel Goes West by Steven Spielberg's London, England, UK-based Amblimation studio (which was founded on the back of the success of 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and which is also the ancestor of today's DreamWorks, the latter being the studio most famous for Shrek, as well as Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon) between 1989 and 1991...among the rare pieces of art in that portfolio includes some of the following things:

Some rare animation art that were done for and during the making of Fievel Goes West, including a storyboard panel of the struggling Mousekewitz family, a colorful drawing of Tiger being held captive by a tribe of Native American mice (who obviously decided to adopt him as some sort of god), a rare prototype logo for An American Tail II before they eventually changed the final title to An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, a model sheet of the sewer mice crowd, an animation drawing of Fievel, and some Fievel facial expressions, plus a running Fievel drawing, a drawing of the train that took the Mousekewitz family out west to Green River, Utah, some kind of animation layout drawing, and a map of the continental USA with different kinds of cheese depending on each state, plus a drawing of a falling candlestick, all done for Fievel Goes West.

And finally, last but not least among the twenty plus pieces of storyboards, animation cels and drawings, and conceptual artwork done for An American Tail: Fievel Goes West by the Amblimation studio between 1989 and 1991, are two production drawings that really intrigues or even fascinates me the most...

An early drawing of the cowboy outfit worn by Fievel the cute little cowboy mouse done for Fievel Goes West...

And a cleaned-up production drawing of the dress worn by Fievel's sister Tanya Mousekewitz after her beautiful and pretty saloon showgirl makeover some 48 minutes into the 75 minute long Fievel Goes West movie. (maybe I really liked or especially admired the latter design for some reason, but I just don't know, for sure, but anyway...)

Well, yes, I know it's been over three decades late for all this, but I really do wish that there really could have been a beautiful coffee-table book on "The Art of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West" or something like that!

But, anyway, what do you think, Tumblr?

[filmjunky-99]

h a p p y b i r t h d a y

Guy Pearce

5 October 1967

🎈🎈🎈

[pic: pearce as dr. alexander hartdegen, the time machine, 2002]

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The Time Machine directed by Simon Wells

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The Prince of Egypt (1998, Brenda Chapman/Steve Hickner/Simon Wells, USA)

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Title: Balto

Rating: G

Director: Simon Wells

Cast: Kevin Bacon, Bob Hoskins, Bridget Fonda, Jim Cummings, Phil Collins, Juliette Brewer, Jack Angel, Danny Mann, Robbie Rist, Sandra Dickinson, Frank Welker, Miriam Margolyes, Donald Sinden

Release year: 1995

Genres: adventure

Blurb: An outcast half-wolf risks his life to prevent a deadly epidemic from ravaging Nome, Alaska.

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[randomrichards]

THE PRINCE OF EGYPT:

A clash of brothers

Fate of hebrews in their hands

Epic Dreamworks gem

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SG-13

[tenjad129]

"There's a long history of beautiful saloon girls in American cinema, and Tanya fits right in with her hair piled high and her zealous use of rouge. But it's her voice that earns her a spot...one so melodic, it even makes cats fall at her feet."

--Entertainment Weekly on Tanya Mousekewitz (voice of Cathy Cavadini) of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) fame, June 12, 2024

In your most honest opinion, animation fans and cartoon lovers everywhere, what do you really think of Fievel's pretty cartoon saloon girl mouse sister Tanya Mousekewitz, or at least the version of her as she appeared in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) and as she was voiced in that 1991 animated film by The Powerpuff Girls' Blossom's original voice actress Cathy Cavadini?

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CANCELLED MOVIES MEME [70/∞]- THE WANDERER

year: 2000s

plot: traditionally animated film to be directed by the Brizzi Brothers and Simon Wells for Dreamworks, about a wandering wild bear who meets up with a group of circus bears and ends up changing their lives. Voices of Ellen Greene, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jon Cryer, Amy Yasbeck, Joey Fatone, Dick Van Dyke and James Gandolfini.

reason for cancellation: studio changes when Wells left to direct the live-action remake of The Time Machine.