5 must-see movies to check out at L.A.’s Animation Is Film festival this weekend. Click through to see the ones that include music, a special appearance by the Muppets and the return of the original ‘Muppet Babies.’
Animated films may be all the rage in Los Angeles, but the event is also a home for a different kind of animation: movie-related live-action. There are movies that are shot with stop-motion animation (or animated with photographs), but there are also documentaries, shorts and films that were created specially for the L.A. festival.
The latest to join the festival’s roster is the return of the original “Muppet Babies” to the lineup. The film, which was released in 1989, starred the original Muppet characters Jim Henson and Jerry Nelson as a couple who adopt a baby elephant and teach it to communicate. The film won a number of big awards, including a Peabody Award and an Annie Award for Best Animated Short.
Animated films may be all the rage in Los Angeles, but the event is also a home for a different kind of animation: movie-related live-action. There are movies that are shot with stop-motion animation (or animated with photographs), but there are also documentaries, shorts and films that were created specially for the L.A. festival.
The latest to join the festival’s roster is the return of the original “Muppet Babies” to the lineup. The film, which was released in 1989, starred the original Muppet characters Jim Henson and Jerry Nelson as a couple who adopt a baby elephant and teach it to communicate. The film won a number of big awards, including a Peabody Award and an Annie Award for Best Animated Short.
The two movies that are getting the live-action treatment this weekend are “Cars” and “Dumb and Dumber To.” You may not have picked up on the former, but the latter is a sequel to the