When Magoo Flew: The Rise and Fall of Animation Studio UPA - Abraham, Adam
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
ISBN-10
0819569143
ISBN-13
9780819569141
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112210329
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
332 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
When Magoo Flew : the Rise and Fall of Animation Studio Upa
Subject
Film / Genres / Animated, Film / General
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
24.9 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2011-041674
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Readers familiar only with the studio's most famous creation, the nearsighted and befuddled Mr. Magoo, can hardly begin to appreciate the range and diversity of the studio's best work. But Adam Abraham's When Magoo Flew, the first full-scale history of UPA, is a good place to start."รWill Friedwald, Wall Street Journal, ""Readers familiar only with the studio's most famous creation, the nearsighted and befuddled Mr. Magoo, can hardly begin to appreciate the range and diversity of the studio's best work. But Adam Abraham's When Magoo Flew, the first full-scale history of UPA, is a good place to start."", "Adam (Abraham) writes well, and certainly did his homework; I learned a lot and pass along my highest recommendation."--Leonard Maltin, Movie Crazy "This splendid, and long-overdue, book traces the colorful history of the studio that sought to reinvent American animation. Abraham has done his homework and weaves the individual stories of UPA's many artists and personalities into a seamless and highly readable narrative. A first-rate piece of film history."--Leonard Maltin, "Readers familiar only with the studio's most famous creation, the nearsighted and befuddled Mr. Magoo, can hardly begin to appreciate the range and diversity of the studio's best work. But Adam Abraham's When Magoo Flew, the first full-scale history of UPA, is a good place to start."-Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal, "Adam (Abraham) writes well, and certainly did his homework; I learned a lot and pass along my highest recommendation." รLeonard Maltin, Movie Crazy, "Adam (Abraham) writes well, and certainly did his homework; I learned a lot and pass along my highest recommendation." -Leonard Maltin, Movie Crazy, Adam (Abraham) writes well, and certainly did his homework; I learned a lot and pass along my highest recommendation., "This splendid, and long-overdue, book traces the colorful history of the studio that sought to reinvent American animation. Abraham has done his homework and weaves the individual stories of UPA's many artists and personalities into a seamless and highly readable narrative. A first-rate piece of film history."--Leonard Maltin "At last! The story of UPA, the influential little-studio-that-could--and did--challenge Disney's domination of animation design and content, has finally been told accurately, with wit, clarity, and insight.""--John Canemaker, Oscar-winning animator and director of animation at the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at New York University, "Adam (Abraham) writes well, and certainly did his homework; I learned a lot and pass along my highest recommendation."--Leonard Maltin, Movie Crazy "This splendid, and long-overdue, book traces the colorful history of the studio that sought to reinvent American animation. Abraham has done his homework and weaves the individual stories of UPA's many artists and personalities into a seamless and highly readable narrative. A first-rate piece of film history."--Leonard Maltin "At last! The story of UPA, the influential little-studio-that-could--and did--challenge Disney's domination of animation design and content, has finally been told accurately, with wit, clarity, and insight."--John Canemaker, Oscar-winning animator and director of animation at the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at New York University "The research is impeccable, the writing solid, the story fascinating..."--Amid Amidi, Cartoon Brew "Adam (Abraham) writes well, and certainly did his homework; I learned a lot and pass along my highest recommendation."--Leonard Maltin, Movie Crazy "Readers familiar only with the studio's most famous creation, the nearsighted and befuddled Mr. Magoo, can hardly begin to appreciate the range and diversity of the studio's best work. But Adam Abraham's When Magoo Flew, the first full-scale history of UPA, is a good place to start."--Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal, "Adam (Abraham) writes well, and certainly did his homework; I learned a lot and pass along my highest recommendation." --Leonard Maltin, Movie Crazy, ""Adam (Abraham) writes well, and certainly did his homework; I learned a lot and pass along my highest recommendation."", Readers familiar only with the studio's most famous creation, the nearsighted and befuddled Mr. Magoo, can hardly begin to appreciate the range and diversity of the studio's best work. But Adam Abraham's When Magoo Flew, the first full-scale history of UPA, is a good place to start., "Adam (Abraham) writes well, and certainly did his homework; I learned a lot and pass along my highest recommendation."--Leonard Maltin, Movie Crazy "The research is impeccable, the writing solid, the story fascinating..."--Amid Amidi, Cartoon Brew "Adam (Abraham) writes well, and certainly did his homework; I learned a lot and pass along my highest recommendation."--Leonard Maltin, Movie Crazy "Readers familiar only with the studio's most famous creation, the nearsighted and befuddled Mr. Magoo, can hardly begin to appreciate the range and diversity of the studio's best work. But Adam Abraham's When Magoo Flew, the first full-scale history of UPA, is a good place to start."--Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal, "Adam (Abraham) writes well, and certainly did his homework; I learned a lot and pass along my highest recommendation." --Leonard Maltin, Movie Crazy "Readers familiar only with the studio's most famous creation, the nearsighted and befuddled Mr. Magoo, can hardly begin to appreciate the range and diversity of the studio's best work. But Adam Abraham's When Magoo Flew, the first full-scale history of UPA, is a good place to start."--Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal "The research is impeccable, the writing solid, the story fascinating..."--Amid Amidi, Cartoon Brew
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
384/.850973
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Author's Note BEFORE THE BEGINNING Fantasyland in Revolt Wartime Experiments UPA AND THE ANIMATED IDEAL Industrial Films Columbia Pictures Presents Modern Art Triumphant INTERRUPTION The Red Menace FLIGHT OF ICARUS Mr. Magoo: Blindness and Insight Television and Advertising An Arabian Goodnight After the Fall Epilogue Notes Select Bibliography Select Filmography Image Credits Index
Synopsis
The story of the renegade artists who brought modern art to the world of animation What do Franklin Roosevelt, Dr. Seuss, the U.S. Navy, and Mr. Magoo have in common? They are all part of the surprising story of the pioneering cartoon studio UPA (United Productions of America). Throughout the 1950s, a group of artists ran a business that broke all the rules, pushing animated films beyond the fluffy fantasy of the Walt Disney Studio and the crash-bang anarchy of Warner Bros. Instead, UPA's films were innovative and graphically bold--the cartoon equivalent to modern art. When Magoo Flew is the first book-length study to chronicle the complete story of this unique American enterprise. The book features cameo appearances by Aldous Huxley, James Thurber, Orson Welles, Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Jim Backus, Eddie Albert, and Woody Allen, as well as a select filmography of the best of UPA. Ebook Edition Note: The ebook has three images redacted: figures 1, 2, and 51. Publication of this book is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving., What do Franklin Roosevelt, Dr. Seuss, the U.S. Navy, and Mr. Magoo have in common? They are all part of the surprising story of the pioneering cartoon studio UPA (United Productions of America). Throughout the 1950s, a group of artists ran a business that broke all the rules, pushing animated films beyond the fluffy fantasy of the Walt Disney Studio and the crash-bang anarchy of Warner Bros. Instead, UPA's films were innovative and graphically bold--the cartoon equivalent to modern art. When Magoo Flew is the first book-length study to chronicle the complete story of this unique American enterprise. The book features cameo appearances by Aldous Huxley, James Thurber, Orson Welles, Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Jim Backus, Eddie Albert, and Woody Allen, as well as a select filmography of the best of UPA. Ebook Edition Note: The ebook has three images redacted: figures 1, 2, and 51.
LC Classification Number
NC1766.U52U733 2012
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