Today in Disney Animation History, we have Disney's 42nd animated film, "Lilo and Stitch".
It was released on this day 10 years ago. It was written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois and produced by Clark Spencer.
The cast of the film included Daveigh Chase as Lilo, Chris Sanders as Stitch, Tia Carrere as Nani, David Ogden Stiers as Dr. Jumba Jookiba, Kevin McDonald as Agent Pleakley, Ving Rhames as Cobra Bubbles, Kevin Michael Richardson as Captain Gantu, Zoe Caldwell as Grand Councilwoman and Jason Scott Lee as David Kawena.
The 85 minute-long film features music by Alan Silvestri. It was made on a budget of 80 million dollars and made $273,144,151 at the box office. As marketing for the film, several teaser trailers featuring Stitch visiting past Disney films were produced. Here they are! (Click on each to view)...
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It was released on VHS & DVD for the first time on December 3rd 2002, and then a new "Big Wave Edition" was released on March 24th 2009.
Several direct to video sequels to Lilo and Stitch were released. The first was "Stitch! The Movie", which was the pilot to the TV show "Lilo and Stitch: the Series". This show aired from 2003-2006. Then, another sequel, "Leroy and Stitch", a TV movie to end the TV series was made. Then, finally on August 30th 2005, "Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch", the "official sequel" to the first film was released.
According to D23.com...
"When Lilo & Stitch co-writers and co-directors Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois visited Hawaii before beginning work on this beloved film about ‘ohana, the Hawaiian word describing the importance of family, they decided they would use watercolors to recreate the unique coloring, vegetation and landscapes found everywhere on the islands. It was a technique that hadn’t been employed at Walt Disney Feature Animation in more than 60 years — not since the making of Dumbo — and Lilo & Stitch is similar to that film in that they’re both simple, beautiful stories told using less complex and time-consuming animation. That less-is-more approach turned out to serve both movies well. As DeBlois wrote in Lilo & Stitch — Collected Stories from the Film’s Creators, the companion book to the movie, “The soft, rounded character designs and organic watercolors relax the imagery and ease the atmosphere, to portray a sense of Lilo’s endless summer, childlike perception of her world. We designed her town in such a way that Lilo could get everywhere she wanted to go by means of little paths, quiet back roads, and even a cavernous storm pipe that runs underneath the main street. We had spent time in Hanalei and Hanapepe while on a research trip to Kaua’i, and these beautiful, sleepy little spots became the inspiration for Lilo’s town.” The filmmakers recognized the debt they owed to Dumbo by including a Dumbo doll in Lilo’s room, which can be seen just before Stitch leaves her."
"Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten."
1 comment:
I love Lilo and Stitch! SUCH a great movie!
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