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From: kalash@ucbcad.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Bluth
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Date: Sun, 7-Oct-84 16:30:07 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct  7 16:30:07 1984
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> At one point Disney studios called all of the
> animators at Bluth offering them essential blank checks to come back and
> finish the Cauldron for them, and not one moved. I'm just glad that
> someone like Bluth is trying to carry on the traditional animation styles
> and qualities of Walt. I'm just very sorry that it couldn't have been at
> Walt's own studio... 
> 

	Before we get too far into praising Bluth, there are some things
you might want to know. First off, Bluth is bankrupt, and his studio has
gone under. Second, his animators were VERY unhappy with him after Secret
of NIMH. They were asked to work double and triple time for "a share of
the profits" (not for salary), which never came through (although Bluth
himself made a profit as he was directing). It is my understanding (and
this is a bit less sure then the first two) that there were a number of
defections after Secret.


			Joe Kalash
			kalash@berkeley
			ucbvax!kalash