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Published: 2010-04-10 04:33:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 18864; Favourites: 378; Downloads: 1383
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IMPORTANT:For the love of God, plz check out my original work! There isn't much (yet), but at least I worked on my actual drawings for more than 5 minutes!
Don Bluth was (and still is) one of the best animators, character designers and animation directors in the history of ever.
Okay, 4 of his films in the 90's were bad. He actually wanted his credit removed from one of them, he hated the final result so much.
But...
Banjo The Woodpile Cat
The Secret of N.I.M.H.
An American Tail
The Land Before Time
All Dogs Go To Heaven
Anastasia
Titan AE
... were great works of 4®†. Even Bartok The Magnificent was decent.
P.S. Since you really like this piece of crap so much, I updated it a little bit.
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Don Bluth was like MGMs version of Walt Disney (maybe that's why Anastasia had that disney feel to it). I love some of the films he made (I say some because I haven't seen all of them) and my all time faves are: NIMH, Anastasia, RockaDoodle, Land Before Time, ADGTH, and Banjo The Woodpile Cat. I also have Troll in Central Park but I didn't watch it all that much (even if it did have the guy that voiced Itchy and Fagan). I have also watched American Tail but it's been so long since I've seen the first movie @.@
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When asked by IGN "what film turned out not as good as you planned", Bluth and Goldman gave different answers. Gary said Troll or Pebble, while Don said Rock-a-doodle.
Yes, that's right! You like a film its own creator looks down upon.
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eh, to each their own views, I'm just a sucker for talking/singing animals and magic ever since I was little
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OMG I LOVED "All Dogs Go to Heaven" (Personally, I liked the 2nd movie better)
I used to watch it all the time as a kid-- This brings back many great memories...
I love this!
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The 2nd movie does not exist, thank you
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And he's the best one to do it right. 
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If you really think so, you haven't seen even half the animation the world has to offer.
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You mean like Alvin and the Chipmunks? =3 heh
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I've seen many animations to know Don Bluth isn't the only one that is great. I was just being silly.
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You know that, I know that.
BTW, Don is mostly a director.
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Yus, but he does draw =3 and he DID work as an animator for disney in early years.
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The guy is friggin' genious. I said it a thousand times and once again, I said it.
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Well, let's see how this "genius" makes another movie before... you know...
Teaching animation is VERY important, but I think one more movie should be made.
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Yeah, I agree.
Pity, he hasn't done much since Titan AE, but I'm interested that he's now educating us with animation tutorials. That has to be the best thing a future artist would love to study,(aka) me and my best friend and schoolmate, Shaury Miranda.
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Hands down no doubt Bluth is doin it rite
But I have yet to see Titan AE (would love to, though...)
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Read the short tie-in novels first. Since the story and the fictional universe ended up too big for one movie, two books were published, telling the story of the 2 mains. They explain a great deal about their world, technology, and some of the characters' motivations.
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Nice! 
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>Ppl keep commenting on the stupid poster I did in 3 minutes.
>Why.
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>spend 3 minutes
>make a silly poster
>my most viewed work
>wat
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I actually like Rock A Doodle.....Mostly because of the owls......
But my favorite Don Bluth movie is All Dogs Go To Heaven. Seriously, I wish more animated movies like that where made nowadays, but sadly there are more scoccermoms nowadays.
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If you read the two prequel light novels before watching, Titan A.E. is pretty damn awesome as well.
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I heard good things about it. I might check it out soon.
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Remember to read the novels mentioned above.
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I've seen some of your art. I am impressed with it. Anyways somebody made a video about the whole works of Don Bluth. Rather interesting video to look at as well. [link]
Oh and I heard somewhere that Don WAS considering on doing a film based on Dragon's Lair.
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The project has a finished story. That's right, Dragon's Lair: The (prequel) Movie is already written.
However, Don spends most of his time today teaching animation, since he believes that's the most important thing.
He may never make the film.
But the screenplay IS already written. He said so himself.
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If he's busy with that. Why doesnt he do that for a new video game of dragon's lair, and make something new for the film? I mean. It worked for ghostbusters. The ghostbusters got a video game made(And it did rather well too) and low an behold a new movie is on its way.
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He made 6 great films. That's enough for some ppl.
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I love Don Bluths movies...he really wanted his credit removed from one of his films? which one? I mean, yeah he made some bad movies but which one was so terrible it had to...oh wait....was it troll in central park? either that or the one with the penguins.
glad to meet another Bluth fan, and what's this about a website? I'm an aspiring animator and I'd love to hear more.
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donbluthanimation.com
Beware, the forum has trolls. And they are NOT of the nice variety, there are BAAAD.
And the film Don refused to finish was the one with Penguins.
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*sings* ♪I'm a bad troll♪
ok, Don bluth movie references aside, thanks for the link; I'll check it out but maybe steer clear of the forums.
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I love this picture! Where did you find it?
Interesting thing about his flops. I've heard that a lot of them involved a bunch of executive meddling. Conversely, with the Secret of N.I.M.H, arguable his best film, he had complete creative control. Could it be, that, with less henpecking from the studio executives, more of his films would have been better?
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Jawbreaker would have been such guilty fun to watch!
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Now that's nice! Very nice! Guilty fun, such a high word!
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Is that a FEMALE version of Pinocchio I see thar? O_o
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1 of the great Cartoonmakers of history!!
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wait, i actually liked the pebble and the penguin
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Which movie did he wanted his credit removed? im curious
BTW i love Don Bluth
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The Penguin one. And I think they did remove it.
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The reason no one looks at your original works is because you have so many uploads like this. Stop with these deviations and start with a hell of a lot more of your original artwork.
I hope I've helped.
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Making animated movies, yes.
Choosing his investors in said movies, no.
Seriously, a main reason four of his films in the 90s were so poorly produced was because he was an independent filmmaker and anyone who would give him money wanted him to do Disney's style. If you notice, NIMH, the one film where he had complete creative control, was one of his best, and upon a second viewing, I couldn't believe that the first ADGTH nearly made me cry, and I think that, too, was mostly independently produced. Sadly, he's in semi-retirement and, due to his troubled experiences as a filmmaker, he doesn't sound like he's too eager to come back. At least we have the DVDs to comfort us.
Have you ever seen his music video for "Mary" by Scissor Sisters? It's really cool!
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IDC (ai dawnt kare) about Mary.
Don is currently animating a short film by himself (taken from a 2009 interview). The Dragon's Lair movie WILL be made, they are now choosing a company to finance it.
And he is teaching animation now. His site is great, with a nice forum. BTW, he always said "fight for what you love". In other words, do nawt ask what the animation industry can do for you, but what YOU can do for the animation industry. He wants to teach (or at least oversee the teaching of) a new generation of animators to continue his work.
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I've seen his site, it looks awesome! I also have his "Art of Animation Drawing" book, which is awesome too. I heard mixed things about the Dragon's Lair movie, but if what you're saying is true and he's doing it independently, than I have high hopes for it! Never played the games, but it's DON BLUTH WORKING INDEPENDENTLY!!!!! (wow, that was dorky, lol)
I have heard a lot of stuff he's said about not letting the industry control you, and again, I find it ironic how that's sort of what killed his career. From what I read, he also had too many of the financiers taking creative control of his stuff, mainly because he kept asking for help in the story department, as he has admitted he is not a great storyteller. He'd get way too many people telling him how to tell a story, so they'd be halfway through production before they even finished the script, resulting in a huge clusterfuck of unfinished work thrown together towards the end of production. If anything, I thought Titan AE was his best post-80s work (Anastasia was ok, IMO)
I also saw he contributed to this Saudi Arabian film that I keep trying to find clips of.
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