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Celebrity voice acting in Disney movies wasn't really a thing until Aladdin and I don't think anybody really cared before that.
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In gratitude for his success with Touchstone Pictures's Good Morning, Vietnam, Robin Williams voiced the Genie for SAG scale pay ($75,000) instead of his usual asking fee of $8 million, on the condition that neither his name nor image be used for marketing, and that his character take no more than 25% of space on advertising artwork, since Williams's film, Toys, was scheduled for release one month after Aladdin's debut. For financial reasons, the studio reneged on both counts, especially in poster art, by having the Genie in 25% of the image but having other major and supporting characters portrayed considerably smaller. The Disney Hyperion book, Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film, lists both of Williams's characters, "the Peddler" and "the Genie", ahead of main characters, but was forced to refer to him as only "the actor signed to play the Genie".[43][47][48][49]
Disney, while not using Williams's name in commercials as per the contract, used his voice for the Genie in the commercials and used the Genie character to sell toys and fast food tie-ins, without having to pay Williams additional money. Williams unhappily quipped at the time, "The only reason Mickey Mouse has three fingers is because he can't pick up a check." Williams explained to New York magazine that his previous Mork & Mindy merchandising was different because "the image is theirs. But the voice, that's me; I gave them myself. When it happened, I said, 'You know I don't do that.' And they [Disney] apologized; they said it was done by other people."[50]
Disney attempted to assuage Williams by sending him a Pablo Picasso painting worth more than $1 million, but this move failed to repair the damaged relationship, as the painting was a self-portrait of Picasso, as the artist, Vincent van Gogh, and apparently really "clashed" with the Williams's wilder home decor.[51] Williams refused to sign for the 1994 direct-to-video sequel The Return of Jafar, so it was Dan Castellaneta to voice the Genie. When Jeffrey Katzenberg was replaced by Joe Roth as chairman at Walt Disney Studios, Roth organized a public apology to Williams.[52] In turn, Williams would reprise the role in the second sequel, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, in 1996.[53]
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Disney, while not using Williams's name in commercials as per the contract, used his voice for the Genie in the commercials and used the Genie character to sell toys and fast food tie-ins, without having to pay Williams additional money. Williams unhappily quipped at the time, "The only reason Mickey Mouse has three fingers is because he can't pick up a check." Williams explained to New York magazine that his previous Mork & Mindy merchandising was different because "the image is theirs. But the voice, that's me; I gave them myself. When it happened, I said, 'You know I don't do that.' And they [Disney] apologized; they said it was done by other people."[50]
Disney attempted to assuage Williams by sending him a Pablo Picasso painting worth more than $1 million, but this move failed to repair the damaged relationship, as the painting was a self-portrait of Picasso, as the artist, Vincent van Gogh, and apparently really "clashed" with the Williams's wilder home decor.[51] Williams refused to sign for the 1994 direct-to-video sequel The Return of Jafar, so it was Dan Castellaneta to voice the Genie. When Jeffrey Katzenberg was replaced by Joe Roth as chairman at Walt Disney Studios, Roth organized a public apology to Williams.[52] In turn, Williams would reprise the role in the second sequel, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, in 1996.[53]
Aladdin (1992 Disney film) - Wikipedia
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The movie didn’t really come together for me. Some cool shots/scenes, but I’m not sure yet what the point of it was.
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Didn't land for us (wife) either. They didn't do anything wrong exactly. Dark, tense, use of audio/cinematography, all of it really. There is just a lack of something. heart? Storyline? Lack of subtlety? Limited nuance?
Not sure.
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As far as voice acting goes...
Sucks for voice talent to get muscled out of limited jobs by A list celebrities that want a big and easy (relative to being on a movie set for months) job. Their agent calls up and boom goes the dynamite. Movie marketing gets starry eyes over the voices and gives the story short shrift.
Sucks for voice talent to get muscled out of limited jobs by A list celebrities that want a big and easy (relative to being on a movie set for months) job. Their agent calls up and boom goes the dynamite. Movie marketing gets starry eyes over the voices and gives the story short shrift.
Watched Alien with my younger son. He only wanted to watch it because there was franchise related stuff in the Fortnite item shop. Thanks Fortnite!
My older son and i watched Cinema Paradiso. One of my all time favorites. And perhaps the cutest kid in cinema history.
My older son and i watched Cinema Paradiso. One of my all time favorites. And perhaps the cutest kid in cinema history.
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Watched Burn After Reading for just my 2nd time ever, I forgot how funny John Malkovich is.
God i love that movie. Can watch it on repeat. I love Clooney’s character, how he is always talking about people’s flooring and “getting a run in.”
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Late Night with the Devil was good. First five minutes and last five minutes dinged it a little for me.
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Watched Drive-Away Dolls last night and really enjoyed it. It's super fun, kind of weird and very quirky. And it's less than 90 minutes, so it's a quick watch.