Where can I see this?
I've been interesting in seeing this documentary for years now, and apparently it has only been screened once- at the Toronto Film Festival? Will this ever be available to the public?
shareAccording to wikipedia.org, never. Disney owns the rights to it and will not release it.
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That's a shame. I wanted to know more about how "The Emperor's New Groove" went from originally being an epic musical drama titled "Kingdom of the Sun", to being a fun, silly comedy that we all know of toady. Hopefully, in the future, Disney will stop being such jerks about it and release it to the public. It could provide those people who want to go into the film buisness(Animation, in particular), with information of how one concept for a film can turn into something diffrent entirely. Even though I like "The Emperor's New Groove" in it's present form, one can only wonder what the movie could have been like if they had kept the original "Kingdom of the Sun" storyline. Who knows? We could have had another Disney Classic on ours hands. It could have been another Lion King or Beauty and the Beast. I also read on Wikipedia that when the filmmakers decided to revamp the story, they threw out 6 of Sting's original songs(only two of his songs remain in the final film). You get to hear a few of these deleted songs in you have "The Emperor's New Groove" soundtrack. It would have been amazing to see these songs actually animated.
shareFrom the people I knew who've actually SEEN the "finished" story reel, the film was HORRIBLE. The story was bad, the jokes were lame, it was too self-important and the only thing decent about the whole mess was the music.
That Disney won't put the film on DVD is a major tragedy, as it's a brilliant look at the creative process.
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it's in the Disney vault, right next to Walt's frozen head
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Mainly more about how tiresome the production was and how the executives and Eisner were being pushy and overdemanding on the animators. They don't want the public to see them in bad fashion, the cads. Dammit man, release this thing!
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the only thing decent about the whole mess was the music.
I recently saw the documentary on YouTube and to be honest, I wasn't really impressed with the songs. They weren't particuarly engaging or catchy for me. share