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Pencils vs Pixels

"Animating dreams, shifting reality."

A documentary told from the voices of the "second golden age" of animation in the 1990s and 2000s about the rise, fall and rise again of hand-drawn animation. They were trained by animation masters that created the principles of animation, they took animation to heights no one dreamed of - and then came the computer.

Top Cast

  • Ming-Na Wen

    Ming-Na Wen

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Pete Docter

    Pete Docter

    Self

  • John Musker

    John Musker

    Self

  • Tony Bancroft

    Tony Bancroft

    Self

  • Jorge R. Gutierrez

    Jorge R. Gutierrez

    Self

  • Seth MacFarlane

    Seth MacFarlane

    Self

  • Glen Keane

    Glen Keane

    Self

  • Tina Price

    Tina Price

    Self

  • Lorna Cook

    Lorna Cook

    Self

Overview

A documentary told from the voices of the "second golden age" of animation in the 1990s and 2000s about the rise, fall and rise again of hand-drawn animation. They were trained by animation masters that created the principles of animation, they took animation to heights no one dreamed of - and then came the computer.

Rating

8.5 / 10
10 Reviews
1 Popular

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