Hey folks, Harry here... Damn I want to see the Brizzi Brothers' take on DON QUIXOTE. Personally, I'd prefer to see Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote flick first, but if that project is doomed to exist on another plane of existence, then shucks... this would rule as well. Their sequence in FANTASIA 2000 and HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME and TARZAN were all three the best and most cinematic animated moments from the post-LION KING period at Disney Animated. The Brizzis are pure super talent. Perhaps we'll see them and this film get off the ground!
Hi Harry!
Olivier here from Animated Movies (Click Here). Just got my hands on two great character drawings from the long delayed DON QUIXOTE project from the Mouse House.
The Brizzi Brothers (who directed the Firebird sequence in Fantasia 2000 and who are also responsible for the opening sequences in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Tarzan) started working on this project in the late '90s. Supposedly the tone of their drawings was so dark and spooky that the project was cancelled by Disney in September 2000. Nevertheless, in a November 2000 to Anime Magazine, Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi said that they were still working on the film and that the project would surely be greenlighted soon. So there's still a little hope, even though the Brizzis supposedly resigned from Disney after the salary cuts of April 2001...
As a sidenote, Disney has tried to make a movie based on Don Quixote for decades but could never find the right approach.
Enjoy the pictures if you will, and keep up the fantastic work!
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