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    Pixar’s “Inside Out” Tugs At CinemaCon Attendees’ Heartstrings

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    In this image released by Disney-Pixar, characters, from left, Anger, voiced by Lewis Black, Disgust, voiced by Mindy Kaling, Joy, voiced by Amy Poehler, Fear, voiced by Bill Hader, and Sadness, voiced by Phyllis Smith appear in a scene from "Inside Out," in theaters on June 19. (Disney-Pixar via AP)

    By Lindsey Bahr, Film Writer

    LAS VEGAS (AP) --

    There wasn't a dry eye in the over 4,000-seat Colosseum theater as the credits rolled following the first screening of Pixar's "Inside Out" at CinemaCon on Wednesday morning.

    The film, out June 19, personifies the emotions of an 11-year-old girl who has just moved from Minnesota to San Francisco with her family. Inside the bright control center of Riley's mind, there's ringleader, Joy (Amy Poehler), volatile Anger (Lewis Black), snobby Disgust (Mindy Kaling), hysterical Fear (Bill Hader), and, of course, Sadness (Phyllis Smith).

    "Inside Out" presents a deeply humane, high-concept look at life, youth, and the complex beauty of nostalgia.

    Prior to the screening, Pete Docter told the audience of theater owners at the annual conference that the story was inspired by watching his own daughter grow up. Pixar fans might recall that Docter's daughter voiced young Ellie in the 2009 film "Up."

    Docter said that his daughter, named Elie, was very much like the character in the film: "Very spirited and spunky," he said.

    Then, she turned 11. Suddenly moody and withdrawn, Docter said it made him wonder what was going on in her head.

    In "Inside Out," amid the confusion of adolescence and the stress of the move, Joy and Sadness get sucked out of the control center, leaving only Anger, Fear and Disgust to run the ship. As Joy and Sadness struggle to find a way back to headquarters, Riley's life, personality and childhood innocence melts down as the remaining emotions try to do their best to emulate Joy.

    This leads to sassy tones where there weren't meant to be, mood swings, and irrationality — moments that parents of pre-teens, and former pre-teens, know all too well.

    Docter has infused the expansive land of Riley's mind, including explanations for why four years of piano lessons might fade from memory while an annoying gum commercial jingle lingers. The production of Riley's dreams takes place in an actual movie studio and there are a host of areas created to illustrate the subconscious (full of all the memories that cause trouble), abstract thought and the imagination.

    "Inside Out" was shown as part of Disney's presentation of their upcoming slate of films. Sony, Universal and 20th Century Fox will be previewing their films later in the week.

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    Is “Glicked” The New “Barbenheimer”? “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” Hit Theater Screens

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    "Barbenheimer" was a phenomenon impossible to manufacture. But, more than a year later, that hasn't stopped people from trying to make "Glicked" — or even "Babyratu" — happen.

    The counterprogramming of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" in July 2023 hit a nerve culturally and had the receipts to back it up. Unlike so many things that begin as memes, it transcended its online beginnings. Instead of an either-or, the two movies ultimately complemented and boosted one another at the box office.

    And ever since, moviegoers, marketers and meme makers have been trying to recreate that moment, searching the movie release schedule for odd mashups and sending candidates off into the social media void. Most attempts have fizzled (sorry, "Saw Patrol" ).

    This weekend is perhaps the closest approximation yet as the Broadway musical adaptation "Wicked" opens Friday against the chest-thumping sword-and-sandals epic "Gladiator II." Two big studio releases (Universal and Paramount), with one-name titles, opposite tones and aesthetics and big blockbuster energy — it was already halfway there before the name game began: "Wickiator," "Wadiator," "Gladwick" and even the eyebrow raising "Gladicked" have all been suggested.

    "'Glicked' rolls off the tongue a little bit more," actor Fred Hechinger said at the New York screening of "Gladiator II" this week. "I think we should all band around 'Glicked.' It gets too confusing if you have four or five different names for it."

    As with "Barbenheimer," as reductive as it might seem, "Glicked" also has the male/female divide that make the fan art extra silly. One is pink and bright and awash in sparkles, tulle, Broadway bangers and brand tie-ins; The other is all sweat and sand, blood and bulging... Read More

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