Teacher's Pet: The Movie
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Updates: 7/18/2002: Information section added.
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Title: Teacher's Pet
From: Walt Disney Television Animation
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Directed by: Timothy Bjorklund
To Be Released in: February 6, 2004
On DVD and Video: June 15, 2004
Running Time: 75 MinutesThe official site for the movie is here:
http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/teacherspet/main.html
To see the trailer in Windows Media Player, Realplayer, or quicktime go here
http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/t/teacherspet.php
Starring:
Nathan Lane as Spot Helperman
and Scott Leadready
David Ogden Stiers as Mr. Jolly
Jerry Stiller as Pretty Boy
Shaun Flemming as Leonard Helperman
Debra Jo Rupp as Mary Lou Helperman
Wallace Shawn as Principal Stickler
Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Krank
Paul Reubens as Dennis
For a VERY complete look at all the people who worked on the movie go here
http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?film=46388&p=c
INFORMATION
The Teacher's Pet movie has been mentioned in two different magazines.
The first magazine is Amid's wonderful magazine Animation Blast # 8.
It has a six page interview with Teacher's Pet creator Gary Baseman and director Timothy Bjorklund.
Here is a small snippet from the interview:Amid: Now you guys (Timothy Bjorklund and Gary Baseman) are making a Teacher?s Pet theatrical feature which is suppose to come out this fall. How is this big screen version going to differ from the tv series?
Gary: Well it?s a different type of story that we?re telling versus normal episodes. It?s bigger, broader, and with musical numbers.
Tim: I hate musicals and then I end up directing one. But the songs are actually funny. We?re making fun of other Disney movie songs. You know how they?re supposed to be sappy and emotional and bring heart to the story. We?re sticking a big fork in that.
Gary: But I think that we?re able to do really well is you can?t tell if we?re being politically correct or making fun of being politically correct. Even though we?re putting a fork in these sappy songs, there?s still a lot of heart in this movie, so you walk that fine line.
Tim: We?ve added some more depth to it, with overlays and more panning. It?s going to be a lot richer than the little screen.
The second magazine is Entertiment Weekly: The IT List of 2002.
They named Gary Baseman as IT animator of 2002. To see the article click on the image.
