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Author Topic: Pixar downsizes short for the big screen Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-11-2003 05:43 PM                     Disney and Pixar before re-releasing their 1989 short "Knick Knack" and attaching it to their release of "Finding Nemo". Disney and Pixar virtually eliminated the breasts of two female charactors. USA today observed "In the original, the girls have breasts the size of large grapefruits", In the new version the breasts just aren't there". http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-06-10-pixar_x.htm Cineplex ran these Pixar shorts as part of a promo with AMEX back then. The shorts were available in flat and scope and in Dolby A Stereo.  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-11-2003 09:44 PM                     In San Diego (well, La Jolla, actually), "Knick Knack" was shown in twin-projector Polaroid 3-D on selected nights for the 1990 Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation. Boy, was that a treat! Given this recent development, I wonder if that 3-D print still exists...  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-12-2003 01:39 AM                     I posted an image of the original film under "Finding Nemo" in the reviews section. In addition to the fact that the femails don't have breasts, they are also wearing more in the new version. In the original, the first girl's top was a blue line that looked as if they were holding the breasts to her chest. The second girl was topless, with the exception of two strategicly placed starfish. I have the original short, but I don't think it would be a good idea to post it due to copywrite violations. I might digitize a few frames from it though.  |  IP: Logged Nicholas Roznovsky Expert Film Handler Posts: 156 From: College Station, TX, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-12-2003 01:46 AM                        quote: I have the original short, but I don't think it would be a good idea to post it due to copywrite violations. Forget the copywrite concerns, man, it's the copyright violations that'll do you in.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-12-2003 01:55 AM                     <Double Post, scroll on my freinds!> [ 06-12-2003, 11:52 AM: Message edited by: Mike Olpin ]  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 06-12-2003 02:26 AM                        It is an original idea simply to repeat your post completely unchanged. However, Nicholas is still right.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 06-12-2003 03:07 AM                        I posted an image of the original film under "Finding Nemo" in the reviews section. In addition to the fact that the femails don't have breasts, they are also wearing more in the new version. In the original, the first girl's top was a blue line that looked as if they were holding the breasts to her chest. The second girl was topless, with the exception of two strategicly placed starfish. I have the original short, but I don't think it would be a good idea to post it due to copywrite violations. I might digitize a few frames from it though. -------------------- Number of times Pixarologist Mike Olpin has seen "Finding Nemo" so far: 7  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-12-2003 05:45 AM                        Damn. I was looking for some awesome WAREZ moviez! You mean Film-Tech don't let u download the whole movie????!!??? I want to download Little Nemo now! And can someone e-mail me Leeg of Extrordinary Gentlemen?  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 06-12-2003 07:08 AM                        I posted an image of the original film under "Finding Nemo" in the reviews section. In addition to the fact that the femails don't have breasts, they are also wearing more in the new version. In the original, the first girl's top was a blue line that looked as if they were holding the breasts to her chest. The second girl was topless, with the exception of two strategicly placed starfish. I have the original short, but I don't think it would be a good idea to post it due to copywrite violations. I might digitize a few frames from it though.  |  IP: Logged Mike Olpin Chop Chop! Posts: 1852 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Jan 2002 posted 06-12-2003 11:53 AM                     Uh-Oh. I think there's a bug in the system. Heres the image I posted in Reviews. Mr. Redifer: Dooood! 1 No TH1S HuaTe L1NK 2 GeT uR W4ReZ, pr0n, Mp3Z, BooTLeGZ, & F1LeZ. 4KSeS HoTL1Ne 4Twww.freestuffs.com oN PoRT 8989. DoWN WiTH ©! 1T 1Z TH4 ReVuLooSHuN!  |  IP: Logged Christian Appelt Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 505 From: Frankfurt, Germany Registered: Dec 2001 posted 06-13-2003 03:55 PM                     Whoever made the decision to "clean up" the short: What a sick mind he must have! In the 1950s, many classic comic books (like PRINCE VALIANT) were censored over here in Germany, and they painted out all the female breasts. Maybe these brilliant Disney people should look in their vaults for the pornographic animation scenes done by the animation staff after the ordeal of the SNOW WHITE production (1937) was over. What a DVD bonus track they would make!  |  IP: Logged Fred Georges Master Film Handler Posts: 257 From: Lombard, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2000 posted 06-13-2003 05:49 PM                     Eleven years ago I did a double interlock 3D "portable" for a kids fest in Bloomington-Normal IL. I made up a reel with 3 3D cartoons with shows on the half hour. The "Breasticles" in "Knick Knack" caused enough noses to become disjointed that, at the sponsors request, I had to remove the short. I couldn't believe it! It's so innocent in nature. The following week I moved the same show to Peoria IL. And included "Knick Knack" to a much larger audience. The approval was unanimous with zero complaints. Seems the folks in Peoria were more "with it" then the Rubes in the previous town. And yes, it is a superb 3D short.  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 07-05-2003 09:32 AM                     Had the breasts not been altered Knick Knack probably would have been rated PG-13. With the breasts altered this short should be rated PG. The music in Knick Knack is by Bobby McFerrin, famous for his one and only hit "Don't Worry, Be Happy" -- from the Tom Cruise movie Cocktail.  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 07-05-2003 10:39 AM                     I posted an image of the original film under "Finding Nemo" in the reviews section. In addition to the fact that the femails don't have breasts, they are also wearing more in the new version. In the original, the first girl's top was a blue line that looked as if they were holding the breasts to her chest. The second girl was topless, with the exception of two strategicly placed starfish. I have the original short, but I don't think it would be a good idea to post it due to copywrite violations. I might digitize a few frames from it though.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-05-2003 02:04 PM                        If there is a joke here, I don't get it...why are you people repeating a post from above over and over? (Or are you just violatting Mike O.'s "copywrite?" If that's it, lemme give it a shot: I posted an image of the original film under "Finding Nemo" in the reviews section. In addition to the fact that the femails don't have breasts, they are also wearing more in the new version. In the original, the first girl's top was a blue line that looked as if they were holding the breasts to her chest. The second girl was topless, with the exception of two strategicly placed starfish. I have the original short, but I don't think it would be a good idea to post it due to copywrite violations. I might digitize a few frames from it though. Gee, that IS fun!  |  IP: Logged

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