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Foundation date 1 january 1978
Wang Film Productions (also known as Hong Guang (宏廣) and Cuckoo's Nest Studio) is one of the oldest and most prolific Taiwanese animation studios. The company, based in Xindian, Taipei, has done animation/ink and paint for various TV shows and films for studios in North America, Europe and Asia.
Its founder, James Wang (王中元), started the studio in 1978 as an overseas facility for the U.S. animation outlet Hanna-Barbera. At the time, it was called Cuckoo's Nest Studio.
The company is also famous for their work on the overseas production for Nelvana's Care Bears franchise, Film Roman's Garfield and Friends, Klasky Csupo's Rugrats pilot and first season, Disney's DuckTales and Stretch Films' Courage the Cowardly Dog. They also helped produce effects for the 1982 film Tron and some Peanuts television specials.
Filmography of Wang Film Productions (8 films)
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, 1h12Directed by Phil Alden Robinson
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Les fées, Children's films
Actors Matt K. Miller, Connie Champagne, Michel Papineschi, Thierry Wermuth, Pierre-François Pistorio, Joël Zaffarano
Crysta is taking care of three baby animals and demonstrating greater control over nature. She and Pips begin a small contest over who can grow the more impressive plant, while Pips expresses a desire to see more of the outside world.
Felidae (1994)
, 1h22Genres Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about cats
Actors Ulrich Tukur, Mario Adorf, Helge Schneider, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Mary Kay Bergman
A green-eyed black and white tomcat named Francis moves in with his owner to an abandoned house in a new neighborhood, and no sooner has he set paw into his new home than he is greeted by Sascha's slain body. Local street cat Bluebeard is convinced that this, and the other three recent killings, must have been committed by a "can-opener" (cat slang for a human).
Once Upon a Forest (1993)
, 1h11Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Environmental films, Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Michael Crawford, Benji Gregory, Elisabeth Moss, Ben Vereen, Will Estes, Charles Adler
The story opens in a forest known as Dapplewood, where "Furlings" (a term for animal children) live alongside their teacher, Cornelius (Michael Crawford). The four Furlings central to the story are Abigail (Ellen Blain), a woodmouse; Russell (Paige Gosney), a hedgehog; Edgar (Benji Gregory), a mole; and a badger named Michelle (Elisabeth Moss), who is Cornelius' niece.
Bebe's Kids (1992)
, 1h12Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Political films
Actors Vanessa Bell Calloway, Marques Houston, Robin Harris, Faizon Love, Tone Loc, Nell Carter
The film is based on a stand-up routine of Robin Harris that is shown in a brief live-action segment at the beginning of the film.
, 30minutesDirected by Milton Gray
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about health care
Actors Jason Marsden, Lindsay Parker, Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Townsend Coleman, Jeff Bergman, Joey Dedio
In Corey's bedroom, an unseen person steals her piggy bank from her dresser. The theft is witnessed by Papa Smurf, who emerges from a Smurfs comic book with the other Smurfs and alerts the other cartoon characters in the room (Garfield as a lamp, ALF from a framed picture, Baby Kermit as an alarm clock, Winnie the Pooh as a doll, Alvin and the Chipmunks from a record sleeve, and Slimer who passes through a wall).
, 1h18Origin USA
Genres Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Jeu, Films about music and musicians, Films about dogs, Musical films, Films about toys, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Greg Berg, Ruth Buzzi, Betty Jean Ward, Nancy Cartwright, Tony Longo, Cathy Cavadini
Whopper is taking his niece and nephew to the museum. Along the way, he tells them the origin of Puppy Power, the ability of humankind to understand the Pound Puppies and Purries. In the Dark Ages (specifically 958 AD), a young boy named Arthur and his dog Digalot came across a stone which contained both the mythical sword Excalibur and the magical Bone of Scone. While Arthur pulled the sword from the stone, Arthur’s dog Digalot pulled the Bone of Scone from the same stone, and soon afterward Arthur discovered that the dog could talk. Sir McNasty, who had witnessed the withdrawal of Excalibur and the Bone and Arthur's coronation as King of England, planned to conquer the world by retrieving the Bone. However, it was kept hidden by the giant guardian, Big Paw.
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
, 1h31Directed by Jerry Rees
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Timothy E. Day, Jon Lovitz, Timothy Stack, Thurl Ravenscroft, Phil Hartman, Joe Ranft
Toaster is a feminine-voiced leader of a group of appliances consisting of an antique radio, a gooseneck lamp, Lampy; an electric blanket, Blanky; and a vacuum cleaner, Kirby, who belong to their master, Rob. They wait every day at Rob's cottage for his return with an increasing sense of abandonment, causing Blanky to hallucinate about finally seeing Rob return. One day, the appliances are devastated to learn that a real estate broker is selling the house. Not wanting to accept the fact that the Master would abandon them, Toaster decides that the group should head out and find Rob. The appliances connect a car battery to an office chair pulled by Kirby and set out into the world, following Radio's signal broadcasts from the city, where Rob lives.
The Wind in the Willows (1987)
, 1h36Directed by Terry Jones, Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass, Rachel Talalay
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Animation
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Charles Nelson Reilly, Bob Hoskins, Roddy McDowall, Mark Gatiss, José Ferrer, Matt Lucas
The "well-known and popular" Mr. Toad of Toad Hall (voice of Charles Nelson Reilly), a conceited and impulsive animal, embarks on a madcap river voyage in a paddleboat, nearly shipwrecking his friend Ratty (voice of Roddy McDowall) who is out for a leisurely row. At the same time, Toad whelms the entrance to the subterranean home of Moley (voice of Eddie Bracken). So disturbed, Moley comes above ground for the first time in his life, and is positively amazed by the surface world. At once he meets Ratty, who invites him to come along on his river cruise ("Wind in the Willows"). All too soon, Toad returns and recklessly overturns Ratty's boat, nearly drowning Moley, but Ratty saves him and pushes him along to shore.