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Spirited Away Set for 800 Theatre Rerelease

Posted by chrisd on from the so-good-it-hurts dept.

Robotech_Master writes "According to the website of Jerry Beck, a 20-year-animation industry veteran and one of the co-founders of Streamline Animation, when Spirited Away won the Oscar, it also "won the right to be re-released to 800 theatres this Friday. Disney will be announcing plans to re-release the Japanese masterpiece in theatres later today." When I emailed Beck to ask him his source, he said it was someone within the Disney publicity department and it would be made public sometime today. According to Spirited Away's numbers page at Rotten Tomatoes, it peaked during its first run at 151 screens. Wonder how it'll do this time around?"

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  1. more by Miyazaki by Smallpond · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also Kiki's Delivery Service will be out April 15.

  2. The DVD... by eldimo · · Score: 5, Informative

    The DVD will be out in three weeks. So for the price of two tickets, you can actually own it!

  3. Here's the confirmation by TopShelf · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the press release from Disney...

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  4. Re:Disney by Qzukk · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, but Spirited Away isn't a Disney cartoon (its not even dubbed to English by Disney... Pixar was in charge of that) Its a Studio Ghibli animation directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

    If you don't mind a show that isn't crammed with nonstop action, you might just like it. The pacing can be slow at times compared to the latest hollywood Blow Em Up, but there are still a number of action and suspense sequences.

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