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    Pixar's (more than) good deed.....



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    Pixar fulfills dying girl’s wish to see ‘Up’

    10-year-old with cancer couldn’t go to theater, studio brought DVD to house

    HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - Colby Curtin got her final wish.

    The 10-year-old girl desperately wanted to see the new Disney-Pixar movie, “Up.” But the cancer-stricken girl was too sick to go to a theater.

    Thanks to a family friend who got in touch with the movie studio Pixar, an employee of the Emeryville-based company arrived at Colby’s home with a DVD copy of the movie, The Orange County Register reported Friday. The girl died later that night.

    Colby’s mother, Lisa, said she had asked her daughter if she could hang on until the movie arrived.

    “I’m ready (to die), but I’m going to wait for the movie,” she said her daughter replied.
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    Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 20 June 2009, 21:19.
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  • #2
    Damn. Got something in my eye...

    Kevin

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    • #3
      A good deed indeed.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by KRSESQ View Post
        Damn. Got something in my eye...

        Kevin

        Me too.

        Getting mellow with age...

        ~~DukeP~~

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        • #5
          Originally posted by DukeP View Post
          Me too.

          Getting mellow with age...

          ~~DukeP~~

          Speak up sonny, I can't hear you.

          Me three. Heck, watching Up put a few tears in my eyes too. Damn good movie, but very dark (maybe not the right word) for an animated kids flick.
          “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
          –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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          • #6
            You want dark kids stories?

            Read the original version of Grimm's and other fairy tales.
            Dr. Mordrid
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            An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

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            • #7
              Some of Hans Christian Anderson's stories are pretty bleak too.

              Kevin

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              • #8
                I've read some of the original Hans Christian Andersen stories (Danes use -sen not -son like Norway and Sweden ), and yes they can be bleak. Haven't read original brother's Grimm though I hear the word grim is a good description.

                My point is that Pixar/Disney rarely puts out stories this gloomy. Hunchback was about as close as they got. Up just brought it to a new level. Not in a bad way, it was excellent storytelling and I liked the movie from start to end. Just different.
                “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
                –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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                • #9
                  wow, must be something in the air...

                  That is an awesome story
                  "I dream of a better world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned."

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