Bring Your Paintbrush and Your Dance Shoes “The Princess and the Frog” marks Walt Disney Animation Studios’ return to hand-drawn animation, a return to the classic fairy tale and a return to the musical. “If there was a single lesson we could take from Walt himself to take Walt Disney Animation Studios into the future,”…
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Walt Disney Animation Studios serves up a joyous gumbo of adventurous storytelling, captivating characters, offbeat comedy and memorable music in the all-new feature “The Princess and the Frog,” an animated comedy set in the great city of New Orleans. From the creators of “The Little Mermaid” and “Aladdin” comes a modern twist on a classic…
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee Production Notes (2009)
About the Story The film chronicles the life of a woman named Pippa Lee, with flashbacks to her tumultuous past. Pippa Sarkissian was the youngest child and only girl in her large christian family. Her mother Suky (Maria Bello) was a neurotic mother with an obsessive fixation on her daughter’s looks. By her teen years,…
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
Tagline: The life you love may be your own. “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” is an adventurous trip through Pippa Lee’s past and present, as a methamphetamine-addicted mother whose husband leaves her for a younger woman. Pippa indulges in an array of erotic adventures while heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown. From all outward…
The Proposal Movie Production Notes (2009)
Producer Todd Lieberman was drawn to the film’s premise. “What I really responded to was the concept of an older woman, younger man relationship. The dynamic between the two characters is really funny,” says Lieberman. “There’s a guy assistant who’s been dreaming of being in publishing his whole life. He moves to New York and…
The Proposal (2009)
Tagline: Here comes the bribe. When high-powered New York book editor Margaret (Sandra Bullock) faces deportation to her native country-Canada, the quick-thinking exec declares that she’s actually engaged to her unsuspecting put-upon assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds), whom she’s tormented for years. He agrees to participate in the charade, but with a few conditions of his…