Ghibli’s Tales from Earthsea (Gedo Senki) Gets U.S. Theatrical Release
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Ghibli’s Tales from Earthsea gets US release
May 12, 2010 1:30 am
Disney has just announced that it will theatrically release Goro Miyazaki’s Tales from Earthsea (Gedo Senki) in the US on August 13th under its Touchstone Pictures banner. This marks the second fully animated feature to be released under that label — the first being Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, another Touchstone picture, was live-action/animated).
Hayao Miyazaki’s son, Goro directed this adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea novels in 2006. The film was held up from US distribution due to an existing non-compete arrangement with Sci-Fi Channel, over their live action mini-series based on the same material. The voice cast in Disney’s dub includes Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Cheech Marin and Mariska Hargitay.
May 12, 2010 1:30 am
Disney has just announced that it will theatrically release Goro Miyazaki’s Tales from Earthsea (Gedo Senki) in the US on August 13th under its Touchstone Pictures banner. This marks the second fully animated feature to be released under that label — the first being Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, another Touchstone picture, was live-action/animated).
Hayao Miyazaki’s son, Goro directed this adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea novels in 2006. The film was held up from US distribution due to an existing non-compete arrangement with Sci-Fi Channel, over their live action mini-series based on the same material. The voice cast in Disney’s dub includes Timothy Dalton, Willem Dafoe, Cheech Marin and Mariska Hargitay.
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And I hate sassy little girls who think they've got a right to tell me how to feel.
God, does that look sappy. And a rehash of the elder Miyazaki's varied, now-timeworn motifs. And noticeably sparse on action to boot. I hate to say this, but I haven't really been enthused about a Studio Ghibli film since PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997). I've had the DVD of this one for about three years now and still haven't watched it. I'll go see it in a theater if I can because all of these films need to be seen that way, good or not, but I'm not terribly hopeful.
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I hate to say it, but considering the poor reviews this one got, I'd almost like it to go straight to video so it doesn't dilute the track record of Ghibli on the big screen here.
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^ that is sooo true... 'Earthsea' was painfully bad, Disney is probably under contract to release this, but they really don't want to waste the time, money or resource on this release.
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I hate to say this, but I haven't really been enthused about a Studio Ghibli film since PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997). I've had the DVD of this one for about three years now and still haven't watched it. I'll go see it in a theater if I can because all of these films need to be seen that way, good or not, but I'm not terribly hopeful.
The US trailer was just released in 1080p over at iTunes. Personally this film doesn't excite me at all. I doubt I'll see it, but here's the US trailer link anyway.
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/d...sfromearthsea/
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There'll be one showing of TALES FROM EARTHSEA in New York on Sun. Aug. 1 at 11AM at the IFC Center, under the auspices of the New York International Children's Film Festival.
Here's the link for info/tickets:
http://www.gkids.tv/intheaters.cfm
Here's the link for info/tickets:
http://www.gkids.tv/intheaters.cfm
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I finally finished the basic Earthsea trilogy, I'm glad to have read them, though I'm not sure they're worthy of the frothing praise they seem to have. So can anyone who has seen this movie explain what story they've adapted? From the presence of the younger boy, it seems like The Farthest Shore.
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There'll be one showing of TALES FROM EARTHSEA in New York on Sun. Aug. 1 at 11AM at the IFC Center, under the auspices of the New York International Children's Film Festival.
Here's the link for info/tickets:
http://www.gkids.tv/intheaters.cfm
Here's the link for info/tickets:
http://www.gkids.tv/intheaters.cfm
I saw something on Youtube, where someone was talking about how Le Guin was livid over the fact that Miyasaki personally didn't direct this (when it stated early on that he would) and was basically put into his son's incompetent hands
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As you can see from that response she was in no way "livid". She simply felt that the movie made was not really based on her works but sort of an extension of it. Taken on its own I didn't necessarily think it was a bad movie at all.
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I caught this film on its original UK theatrical release a few years back, funny that it took so long to get over here.
Honestly, the music/soundtrack was more haunting than anything in the actual film, which is rather dry and forgettable (indeed, not a patch on the senior Miyazaki's work). Worth a rent, but otherwise I'd say only for Ghibli completists (of which I may become)...
I did purchase an import of the soundtrack, though!
Honestly, the music/soundtrack was more haunting than anything in the actual film, which is rather dry and forgettable (indeed, not a patch on the senior Miyazaki's work). Worth a rent, but otherwise I'd say only for Ghibli completists (of which I may become)...
I did purchase an import of the soundtrack, though!
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I wonder when Disney will release this on Blu-ray. It's too bad it didn't get a wider release. I still haven't seen this yet.
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Doubt it would actually hit Blu-Ray, as it still hasnt been released in Japan on BD yet. DVD only I assume.
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I had no idea. That's disappointing. I certainly hope they are able to put it out on Blu-ray anyway, but perhaps not...