![]() ![]() And so I developed it with that idea and I believed with all my heart that Disney had to make this fairy tale. ![]() I was attracted to the story because of what I imagined to be Rapunzel's irrepressible nature. This story captured my desire to animate characters that have this burning desire inside of them to do what seems impossible. Glen Keane: While I was working on Tarzan, I was simultaneously developing Rapunzel. What was it about this Grimm's fairy tale that grabbed and then held your attention? I'm told that you took a run at developing an animated version of Rapunzel in the mid-1990s, before you started work on Tarzan. Before answering questions, he gave a nifty live webcam demonstration, drawing and discussing some of the famous Disney characters for which he is responsible, including Ariel and Tarzan. Patrick's Day virtual roundtable with journalists. In conjunction with Tangled's DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D debut last week, Keane participated in a St. Those titles may not be familiar to you, but they indicate that Keane's stamp is all over this comedic and adventurous computer-animated fairy tale. A health issue led him to turn the helm over to Bolt's Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, but Keane remained involved in this long production, ultimately receiving credit as animation supervisor, directing animator, and executive producer. And he returned to action on Tangled.īack when it was called Rapunzel: Unbraided and simply Rapunzel, Keane was to make his directorial debut. Keane was there in the middle of this century's first decade, when Disney disavowed traditional animation, an invitation to look elsewhere to pursue his preferred medium of thirty years. Lending his touch to less acclaimed features like The Rescuers and Pete's Dragon. He was there twelve years before that boom, Keane was front and center during Disney's 1990s renaissance, supervising animation of title characters in the beloved musicals The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. Glen Keane's career extends as far back as practically anyone working in animation today.
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