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Facts About MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS (1999)
The film is based on the manga Nono-chan by Hisaichi Ishii, which was originally just several four-panel comic strips. Because of this, My Neighbors the Yamadas does not follow one single storyline, but rather is made up of 5-15 minute vingettes.
The movie is was the third in Studio Ghibli’s lineup to be directed by Isao Takahata, his works before this being Grave of the Fireflies (1988) & Only Yesterday (1991).
Different from other Ghibli works with done with traditional oil paint-on-cel animation, the film is done in watercolor, giving it an almost unfinished look. In order to achieve this look, the production team had to draw all of the frames on computers, making this the first Studio Ghibli movie to be fully digitally animated.
David Ogden Stiers plays the Narrator in the English dub of the film. You may also recognize Stiers from his performance as Governor Ratcliff in Disney’s Pocahontas.
The film won an Excellence Award for Animation at the 1999 Japanese Media Arts Festival
Another fun fact for another Winchester Wednesday!
(And yes, I get constant brainworms about this patient being named “David” so thank you MASH).
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Thinking about the genius of this scene in “Stars and Stripes” when BJ and Charles are screaming at each other. You can see Mike Farrell, especially, hovering just below the point of breaking character and dying laughing. And look at the eyebrow movement on Winchester!
The role of Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast was written with actor John Cleese in mind. After he turned it down, it was offered to Patrick Stewart, but Scheduling conflicts with Star Trek: The Next Generation forced him to turn down the role. Ian McKellen was also considered for the role, and did eventually play the character in the 2017 live-action reboot.
David Ogden Stiers, who ended up being the voice of Cogsworth, had originally auditioned for the role of Lumiere.
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Despite being one of several Broadway veterans making up the cast of Beauty and the Beast, David Ogden Stiers was the only cast member to appear in both the animated film and the Brodaway musical. He once again recorded the Prologue for the stage adaptation.
David Ogden Stiers (Cogsworth), Anglea Lansbury (Mrs. Potts), and Jerry Orbach (Lumiere) in the recording studio for Beauty and the Beast(1991)
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Rupert Everett, Stephen Fry, Patrick Stewart, and Richard White were considered for the role of Governor Ratcliffe in Pocahontas. The role was originally given to White, but afterwards the filmmakers feared that audiences would not be able to separate his distinctive voice from that his previous villain, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast. He was replaced with David Ogden Stiers, who ended up also voicing Wiggins in the film.
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I know I’ve been so absent from this blog for a long time, but I was so saddened to hear about the passing of David Ogden Stiers this past Saturday that I wanted to post something. One of the things that saddened me most was the fact that his voice was such an ever present part of my childhood, since he lent it to about a dozen Disney movies, and almost all of the articles that I read about his death didn’t mention his voice work at all! So I’ll be posting some things about him and those movies today.
These two are such a knockout
i am asking again, WHAT was the purpose of Alan looking at David like that and saying “I lovecompatibility”
love is love in the IBM cinematic universe
presented without comment.
#alan alda #david ogden stiers #ibm #i thought I’d seen all the MASH/IBM commercials… but I had not. #charles x hawkeye #office au WHEN #sir WHAT is your ACCENT
me six months ago had the right idea
Well well well, what have we here? Could it be The one and only Charles Emerson Winchester III?
Making this series has been a goal of mine for a very long time. I‘m beyond proud of it, but I‘m even more touched by all the love I have received these past few weeks. These paintings have brought joy to myself and others. What more can any artist ask for? ❤️
11 seasons, 11 paintings - what an unforgettable and fun ride! Thank you folks SO MUCH for all the love. ❤️ I’ll keep on painting but now if you‘ll excuse me…
Please, Mozart!
