Toon Talk: Hunchback of Notre Dame
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Toon Talk Trivia
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The score by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score - Musical/Comedy. They lost to Emma's Rachel Portman.
- A stage version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (titled Der Glockner Von Notre Dame and containing new songs from Menken and Schwartz, as well as more adherence to the original Victor Hugo source material) has been running in Berlin, Germany for years. While it is scheduled to close this June, word has it from reliable sources (namely, Steven Schwartz) that a live action version of the musical will be filmed for The Wonderful World of Disney television show and that the show will eventually premiere on Broadway in the future.
The Final Word:
"There is absolutely no question that the three
gargoyles in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre
Dame will become the most beloved characters in the history of Disney
animation."
- Jason Alexander, in "The Making of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'
featurette.
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Coming Soon in the Next Toon
Talk:
The debut of a new "sub-column",
devoted to animated films produced by studios other then Disney, titled Toon
Talk: From the Other Side. First up: 20th Century Fox's
Ice Age.
And a hearty congratulations are due ...
To Disney's and Pixar's 2001 Oscar winners:
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Randy Newman (16th times a charm!), Best Song for the delightful "If I Didn't Have You" from Monsters Inc.
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The hysterical For the Birds, Best Animated Short.
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And Pearl Harbor, Best Sound Editing.
As for the new Best Animated Feature Oscar? Shrek ??? Bleck ...
Discuss It
Related Links
- Purchase The Hunchback of Notre Dame from The LaughingPlace Store: DVD or VHS
- List of all Toon Talk articles
-- Kirby C. Holt
Kirby, a former Walt Disney World Resort Cast Member (and Trivia Champ), is a lifelong Disney fan and film buff. He is also an avid list maker and chronic ellipsis user ...
Took Talk: Disney Film & Video Reviews by Kirby C. Holt is posted whenever there's something new to review.
The opinions expressed by our Kirby C. Holt, and all of our columnists, do not necessarily represent the feelings of LaughingPlace.com or any of its employees or advertisers. All speculation and rumors about the future plans of the Walt Disney Company are just that - speculation and rumors - and should be treated as such.
-- Posted March 25, 2002