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remember The Emperor's New Groove (2000)?
There was a documentary made about the conflict between executives and creatives when they were making it.
Disney has never released it. And I'm about to watch it.
There was a documentary made about the conflict between executives and creatives when they were making it.
Disney has never released it. And I'm about to watch it.
ok so "the sweatbox" is a screening room at the Disney Studios with no A/C (in Burbank 
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they pitched the movie to...Sting?
was he a producer? was he doing the soundtrack?
was he a producer? was he doing the soundtrack?
Sting passionately talking about the importance of llamas in mayan culture
yikes, they had a theme but no script. Sting's trying to write Disney songs to a movie WITH NO SCRIPT.
which is funny bc the animators have a VERY clear idea of what the movie looks like.
Rooms full of storyboards and sketches.
Rooms full of storyboards and sketches.
OOOO this is the guy who designed Scar in the lion king, and Jafar for aladdin
*Incan not Mayans, my bad.
They even flew to Peru to research the stonework of the buildings.
They even flew to Peru to research the stonework of the buildings.
Owen Wilson was originally the voice of Pacha.
also look at this animator's colorful smock!
also look at this animator's colorful smock!
llama research
oh man, Sting is getting killed working on this project.
He's writing beautiful songs but I don't remember any of these making final cut.
He's writing beautiful songs but I don't remember any of these making final cut.
I don't know if this normal...
but they're writing and RECORDING the songs before the script is finished
but they're writing and RECORDING the songs before the script is finished
woah they animate the whole movie, color and all, then screen it for the Disney heads of Animation.
then they tear it apart and you have to start over again.
then they tear it apart and you have to start over again.
Sting writing songs by his seaside house
ooo when Disney creatives have writer's blocks, they consult the best in the industry:
The creatives working on Disney's other movies.
The creatives working on Disney's other movies.
Eartha Kitt has the weirdest voice. Go listen her talk. It doesn't even sound like an american accent.
Sting was SOOO burnt out doing the song rewrites.
They literally had to fetch him out of the Himalayas.
They literally had to fetch him out of the Himalayas.
they're having a backwards office chair race 
Sting, with tears in his eyes, wrote a letter to Disney which changed the ending to what it is now.
