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Catch the QuickTime Disney trailer for Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo online.
The film hits theatres August 14th.
Noah Cyrus will voice the goldfish who wants to be a human and Frankie Jonas will be her human friend Sosuke while other cast members include Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Tina Fey, Cloris Leachman, Liam Neeson, Lily Tomlin and Betty White.*
Hayao Miyazaki will be in appearing at University of California, Berkeley's Zellerbach Auditorium July 25, 2009 in conjunction with the Center for Japanese Studies honoring the director with with 2009 Berkeley Japan Prize. An advanced screening of Ponyo will take place Friday, July 24, 2009. For more information, see here.
There are also rumors that Hayao Miyazaki will be appearing at this year's San Diego Comic Con. These seem to be out of character, but he will be in the area at the time, and Ponyo will be promoted at the event.*
For hints on how Disney has handled the film, check out producer producer Frank Marshall's recent conversation with Sci-Fi Wire.
In January, Variety reported that John Pixar's Lasseter was working with Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy to make Hayao Miyazaki/Ghibli's Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea "the studio's biggest hit ever Stateside." According to the piece, Ghibli has been frustrated that their films have only found a niche audience about anime fans and arthouse goers.
From the Variety piece:
The goal is to boost both the number of screens and the box office take beyond Ghibli's record for a U.S. release set by "Spirited Away," the Miyazaki toon that earned a little more than $10 million on 714 screens in 2002 and 2003.
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I love Mayazaki movies.
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whats it about exactly ?
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cuz that movie was bat-fucking-crazy genius (and had heart). I was less a fan of Howl's Moving Castle but it was visually interesting albeit muddled. Princess Mononoke was also good...and to be honest, I'm not even much of an animation fan but he does good work.
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Yay! I've been waiting for this trailer and this movie.
DAMN IT! I'm at work and the company won't let me have QuickTime!
That being said, I think Disney kind of blew it by not putting this trailer in front of "Up." -
Will forever remember "Heeeeeres, Johnny!"
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Jun 23, 2009 8:41:54 AM CDT
Ed McMahon dead in Thia closet ropes around neck and genitals.
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Erie isn't it.
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Matt Damon, so sad.
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This movie is more akin to Totoro in tone. Its definately alot more of a kids film - but thats a good thing in this case because its just so appealing. The animation is Miyazaki's best aswell.
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I've been waiting for this movie over a year now! I remember when I first heard the catchy theme song. YAY!
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...Can Save The World...Do It Now! voice over, but watching with subtitles will easily fix that. Images are beautiful...can't wait.
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Yea, voice cast is a little...strange, liam neeson sounds so out of place, but then so does pretty much every norn iron accent.
This trailer leaves much to be desired though, it pretty much shows some random stuff and goes on about its creator, how about selling the film based on its own merits for a change? The japanese trailers at least had some magic to them, childish as they may have been at least they have a target audience, im not sure what disney is aiming their version at, it seems to be trying to grab an older crowd by keeping mum on any actual story and flouting the big names. -
There's such an element of enchantment and beauty to Miyazki's film.
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... something to check out from this guy...
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I've seen Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle and both were beautifully animated but seemed to forget the plot for 45 minutes at a time. How the hell is all this stuff leading to removing your curse? Did you forget to ask about it? Ohhh...it all wraps up in the last two minutes so it's OK.
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it's more kid oriented than "Spirited Away" but it looks very good (fishes/waves animation is very cool) and it's a charming interpretation of the little mermaid tale.
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Don't know why... voice cast also seems mismatched... but anyway, it's Miyazaki, so I'm there!
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...or whoever puts up the headline- is this film not worthy of the all capitals film name on this site or something? And rockhpi I agree with you about Howls, but Spirited Away? That show knew EXACTLY what it was doing.
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It's beautiful, but that goes without saying for Miyazaki. Unfortunately the story is a little threadbare, and not unlike Howl's Moving Castle it fails to explain itself on numerous counts. It's clearly aimed at a younger audience than many of his movies, so this might explain why it's so simplistic. Still, it's the most stunning cartoon you'll see until Miyazaki's next one. There's a storm at sea that's the most incredible use of water in animation I've seen since Pinocchio.
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...style of drawing. In HOWL he seemed to be experimenting with the more thin, spiky, angular anime style figure drawing...I liked it a lot less.
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Not a fan of the aesthetics. Don't like exclamation points in most cases either, but I am occasionally guilty of that one.
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link to the trailer somewhere? I try to keep my pc clear of all Apple software & drivers. Hated them.
I don't mind the stunt voice casting in movies like this, because it really is one of the only ways Disney can try to reach normal American audiences. Sometimes stunt marketing is required. -
Did Ed McMahon Die?
"YES! You.....are correct ,Sir!"
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I saw this film ages ago. It's a cute movie, but I don't think this is the one that's going to break Studio Ghibli in North America. It's one of his lesser films. If they want to break out of the niche market, Disney should do a revival of Kiki's Delivery Service with a better translation.
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the actual film. It's not an epic you're-the-chosen-one type of story at all. It's about a mischievous magical water creature that fucks things up in an endearing if incoherent way.
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...if you're a fan of the complex Miyazaki dramas like Nausicaa, Mononoke, Spirited Away, or Howl's, this isn't the movie for you. Ponyo has MUCH more in common with Totoro. I really disliked Totoro, so I wasn't very pleased with Ponyo. I didn't find the children in this film cute; I found them exceedingly annoying, although not nearly as bad as the children in Laputa. SHEETAAAAAAAAA!
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Like Totoro, Ponyo is a character study. A character study done on exceedingly vapid two year olds. Spare me.
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If Harry does a screening at the Drafthouse I'm signing me and my girls up to go. Consider our butts in the theater seats!
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is ponyo somehow saving the world now? wtf. They make the bad guy look good in the trailer...awkword
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This should be released in the original Japanese or not at all. No subtitles, no shit dubbing. Fuck Disney.
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Probably not as good as Spirited away, but I'll check it out anyway. More 'Kiki' & 'Totoro' than 'Mononoke' or 'Spirited Away'. Aimed at the kids.
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...WHY THE FUCK NOT? This movie does not need to be "adapted" and re-written. Damn it, WHY do American movie studios always think they can "improve" on the original when they import non-American movies? Maybe one of the reasons for the success of this movies and other ones is the LACK of Hollywood clichés, did they ever think about that? And the celebrity voice cast... spare me. Yuck.
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