Toy Story 3
映时间:6月18日
June 18
一句话影评:受市场欢迎程度毫无压力。皮克斯动画工作室(Pixar)的首席创意总监拉斯特(John Lasseter)四年前与导演李•昂克瑞奇(Lee Unkrich)接洽,提议制作《玩具总动员》(Toy Story)系列的第三部。这一系列的前两部分分别于1995年及1999年发行,全球票房收入总计达8.47亿美元,而出售相关的玩具及家庭视频所得收入更达数十亿。昂克瑞奇提及对第三部的期望时说,他有许多个早上醒来时感觉不好。仅是构思故事情节,影片制作方就花费了两年半的时间。参加演出的玩具中有一个玩偶肯(Ken),由迈克尔•基顿(Michael Keaton)配音。肯在剧中是芭比(Barbie)的男朋友,有阴暗的一面。
The Pitch: No
pressure. Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter approached
director Lee Unkrich four years ago with an offer to make the third
installment in the 'Toy Story'
series. The first two movies, released in 1995 and 1999, had earned a total of $847 million at the global box office, and billions more in toy and home-video sales. 'I spent a lot of mornings waking up feeling sick,' Mr. Unkrich says of the expectations
surrounding the third
installment. The filmmakers needed 2 1/2 years simply to map out the story. Among the toys joining the cast is a Ken doll, voiced by Michael Keaton, who plays a
version of Barbie's male sidekick with a dark side.
票房展望:皮克斯也向并非其通常观众的目标群集中进行了市场宣传,即可能对第一部《玩具总动员》怀有儿时甜蜜记忆的大学生们。该片在部分大学校园里预映时大受欢迎,预映版删去了最后四分之一的内容,让人为结局悬心不已。
The Prospects: Pixar has focused marketing efforts
partly on an
audience that isn't its usual target: college kids likely to have fond
childhood memories of the first 'Toy Story' movies. It screened a 'cliffhanger'
version of the movie, omitting the last 25%, on some campuses, where the movie was well-received.
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