Daniel P
05-25-2003, 10:54 AM
From Animated Movies:
The Disney CEO can't help himself from getting involved in the details when he’s passionate--about making a movie or, better yet, making a deal. "I’ve been nervous about these gnomes since day one," Eisner warned his animators during a recent meeting, according to Newsweek. Eisner fears the protagonists of Gnomeo & Juliet, a tale of forbidden love among lawn ornaments, may look klutzy and tacky. His new animation chief, David Stainton--whom Eisner plucked from the TV-animation division with an eye toward holding down feature costs--assures him the gnomes will be nimble and their gardens only "a bit garish," with a supporting cast of plaster frogs, a Greek torso and a pink flamingo. Eisner likes the flamingo. "Remember the flamingos in Fantasia 2000?" he muses. "That came from 10 years of my wife and a major shareholder sending uglier and uglier flamingos to each other as a joke."
The Disney CEO can't help himself from getting involved in the details when he’s passionate--about making a movie or, better yet, making a deal. "I’ve been nervous about these gnomes since day one," Eisner warned his animators during a recent meeting, according to Newsweek. Eisner fears the protagonists of Gnomeo & Juliet, a tale of forbidden love among lawn ornaments, may look klutzy and tacky. His new animation chief, David Stainton--whom Eisner plucked from the TV-animation division with an eye toward holding down feature costs--assures him the gnomes will be nimble and their gardens only "a bit garish," with a supporting cast of plaster frogs, a Greek torso and a pink flamingo. Eisner likes the flamingo. "Remember the flamingos in Fantasia 2000?" he muses. "That came from 10 years of my wife and a major shareholder sending uglier and uglier flamingos to each other as a joke."