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"THE ART OF DRAGON'S LAIR" Book *Limited Stand-alone Reward* Get an original autographed copy of Don Bluth's, The Art of Dragon's Lair book. Filled with animation art, concept art & much more, from Dragon's Lair and Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp.
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"MovieGoer Bundle #1" Back by popular demand! *Limited Stand-alone Reward* Three 8"x10" hand signed prints of the Don Bluth movies, "The Land Before Time", "An American Tail", and "All Dogs Go To Heaven". Limited to 200 bundles.
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"MovieGoer Bundle #2" Back by popular demand! *Limited Stand-alone Reward* Three 8"x10" hand signed prints of the Don Bluth movies, "The Secret of NIMH", "Banjo the Woodpile Cat", and "Anastasia". Limited to 200 bundles.
PLEDGE $125 (each)
"Land Before Time Film Drawings" *Limited Stand-alone Reward* Get an original autographed animation drawing from the Don Bluth film, "The Land Before Time". These are official 16 field animation drawings from the 1988 film. Drawings will be chosen at random, you can order more than one.
PLEDGE $175 (each)
"Dragon's Lair Castle Pan" *Limited Stand-alone Reward* Giclee print of the Castle Pan from the opening sequence of Dragon's Lair on watercolor paper. Signed by Gary Goldman and Don Bluth. Only 200 available.
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“All Dogs Go To Heaven” & "Titan A.E." Posters *Limited Stand-alone Rewards* Original theatrical style All Dogs Go To Heaven & Titan A.E. limited edition posters autographed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman only $125 each. 150 available of each poster.
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“Great Owl” *Limited Stand-alone Reward* An original theatrical style The Secret of NIMH limited edition poster autographed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. Only 150 available.
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"Anastasia Bundle"
*Limited Stand-alone Reward* Anastasia movie poster signed by Don Bluth & Gary Goldman. Also an Anastasia music box with the melody of "Once Upon a December". (Box included)
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"Animation Drawings" *Limited Stand-alone Reward* Back by popular demand! We have 490 original Animation Drawings left from Dragon’s Lair: The Movie, final pitch presentation. Drawings will be autographed by Don Bluth. Originally we had 720 available, get yours before they are gone!
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"Movie Poster Bundle" *Limited Stand-alone Reward* Original "Land Before Time" and "An American Tail" movie posters autographed by Don Bluth & Gary Goldman. Only 200 poster bundles available! Posters measure 27x40.
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"Blu-ray Game Bundle" *Limited Stand-alone Reward* Signed Blu-ray of Dragon's Lair, Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp & Space Ace only 100 sets available.
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"Ace & Kimberly" *Limited Stand-alone Reward* Signed LIMITED EDITION hand inked and hand painted CEL of "Space Ace & Kimberly" from the original game Space Ace. Sequentially numbered and only 200 available on a black & white background.
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"Dirk & Daphne Cel" *Limited Stand-alone Reward* Signed LIMITED EDITION hand inked and hand painted CEL of "Dirk & Princess Daphne" from the original game Dragon's Lair. Sequentially numbered and only 200 available on a black & white background.
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"Princess Daphne" *Limited Stand-alone Reward* Signed LIMITED EDITION hand inked and hand painted CEL of "Princess Daphne" from the original game Dragon's Lair. Sequentially numbered and only 200 available on a black & white background.
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"Charlie & Anne Marie Cel" *Limited Stand-alone Reward* Signed LIMITED EDITION hand inked, hand painted CEL from "All Dogs Go To Heaven" of Charlie B. Barkin & Anne Marie, the orphan . Sequentially numbered and only 200 available on a black & white background.
Learn from Don Bluth the art of drawing Hands & Eyes as downloadable video tutorials. This perk comes with 2 videos, one for hands, and one for eyes. (For those of you already contributed over $20 this will be added to your rewards!)
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"Ink & Paint" *Limited Stand-alone Reward* Our first signed LIMITED EDITION hand inked, hand painted CEL from "The Secret of NIMH" of Mrs. Brisby & her daughter Cynthia Brisby on a black & white background. Sequentially numbered and only 200 available.
DIRK WILL NEVER GIVE UP!!
Don Bluth and Gary Goldman have come together once again to bring the classic arcade game Dragon's Lair to the big screen. We are seeking your help to create a “pitch presentation” to make Dragon’s Lair: The Movie with an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign! Since 1983, Dragon's Lair continues to be a fan favorite around the world, on over 70 different platforms! Please join us in this adventure as we prepare to bring Dragon's Lair to a new generation!
Your contributions on Indiegogo will be spent to produce a four-minute video which we will call the Pitch Presentation. In the Pitch Presentation video, you will see outline storyboarding, i.e., drawings that will hit the bullet points of what the movie will eventually be. Within this four minute pitch video, our team will also create one full minute of classical animation in full color.
In addition to the four minute pitch video, we intend to employ a professional screenwriter to work with us on the movie script.
These valuable tools, funded by your contributions on Indiegogo, will assist us in raising the money to produce the full length classically animated film.
Let’s make it happen!
Once funding is over we will create a work schedule with a small team of script writers and artists, under Don & Gary’s supervision, Don Bluth Films will refine the story and script to create a unique teaser presentation incorporating sections of the story with recorded dialogues, storyboards and color art direction with one minute of classical animation to give the viewer a sampling of the story and its character personalities, delivering an entertaining experience to create a “want to see” reaction. A presentation which will encourage investors to provide financing of our budgeted 70 million dollars for us to produce Dragon’s Lair : The Movie. Don Bluth Films, Inc. will be video-documenting the creative process and showing updates exclusively for the Indiegogo backers. Don & Gary are committed to sharing the experience in this endeavor.
Long ago in the kingdom of Winterholler, there lived a young prince, named DIRK. He was the joy and hope for the future of the entire realm, but did not grow up to become the king. The court wizard, MORDROC created a formidable dragon to destroy the royal family to establish himself as the supreme ruler of the land.
On the eve of Dirk's betrothal to the Princess DAPHNE, the dragon crashes through the roof of the palace killing the King and Queen and sinking the entire royal court into the mote. The royal children, DIRK and DAPHNE, are saved from a certain death by royal nurse, HILDE, who spirits them away to a secret cottage in "The Swamps of Despair."
HILDE, with magic of her own, protects the children from that traumatic night by clouding their memories. She knows that Mordroc will not rest until they are dead. A prophecy is rumored that when the boy reaches sixteen years of age, he will return, kill MORDROC, and take back the throne.
On his sixteenth birthday, Dirk learns the truth, but rejects the idea of becoming the King. He wants to be a Knight and vows to avenge his parents deaths. MORDROC discovers DIRK and DAPHNE'S whereabouts, and sends a bigger dragon after them. HILDE, arms DIRK with the Sword of Truth, and gives DAPHNE the Bow and Arrow of Virtue. Neither sword nor bow are magic. They must use their wits to fight their way to a happier day. The fate of the kingdom is at stake. MORDROC is what stands in the way of a happy ending.
We’ve worked on '20' successful animation motion pictures, some of them “iconic”, The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven and Anastasia to name a few.'
It’s ironic that the project that has given us the greatest recognition is a video arcade game known as Dragon’s Lair, created in 1983. Known around the world, the game has an extremely loyal fan base - and with each generation it has gained even more fans. The arcade game continues now as an app for the latest technical devices, smart phones, tablets and personal computers. Dragon’s Lair fans have been begging us to make a movie base on the title and characters from the game. Just like Dirk the Daring, the character who wouldn’t die, the game marches on. It’s time to make the movie!”
We have many great rewards in store for you including, Digital Downloads, Original Signed books, Artwork and Posters, Maquette's, Lapel Pins, T-Shirts, Lanyards, and even a full day with Don & Gary during production! Thank you for coming to our Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign!
"Lead on, adventurer. Your quest awaits!"
Rewards
(This experience is being offered for all backers pledging $5 or more.)
The complete set of ten Don Bluth's TOONTALK magazines in digital format.
The Art of Storyboard and The Art of Animation Drawing digital books. These books are currently out-of-print but now you can have them both in digital format!
A personalized "Thank-you" postcard from Don Bluth & Gary Goldman.
A secure link to download Dragon's Lair: The Movie finished video pitch presentation.
A limited edition "Dirk the Daring" lapel pin. Plus Dragon's Lair: The Movie lanyard.
Dragon's Lair, Blu-ray original game with bonus features. Note: This is the original Dragon's Lair game. This is not the finished movie.
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"Historian" *LIMITED REWARD/STANDALONE* An original theatrical style Dragon’s Lair or Space Ace poster autographed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. These original posters are from 1983 and measure 27" X 41",
A Dragon’s Lair: The Movie, baseball cap. Plus, two more lapel pins for a complete set of all three characters, Dirk the Daring, Princess Daphne, and Singe the Dragon.
This tier is LIMITED to 720 original Animation Drawings from Dragon’s Lair: The Movie, final pitch presentation. Drawings will be autographed by Don Bluth.
Set of Don Bluth Animation Tutorials. This set of 9 DVDs includes Drawing, Animation, and Storyboard tutorials by Don Bluth. Each DVD has a run time of approximately 45 minutes.
We thank you for taking your valuable time to check out the Rewards we are offering for your donations to this presentation. We started this crowd funding campaign to create a great entertaining video-pitch to excite serious animation film investors and distributors to finance and bring Dragon’s Lair : The Movie to audiences around the world!
With great appreciation,
Don Bluth & Gary Goldman
Don Bluth is an American animation director/producer/animator/designer, writer, who began his career during the production of Sleeping Beauty at Walt Disney Productions in 1955. His film credits include Robin Hood, Winnie the Poohand Tigger Too, The Rescuers, Pete’s Dragon,The Small One and The Fox and the Hound (uncredited), Xanadu, The Secret of N.I.M.H., Dragon’s Lair I & II, and Space Ace, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Thumbelina, Anastasia and Titan A.E.
Gary Goldman is an animator/director/producer/writer. He began his career at Walt Disney Productions in1972. His film credits include Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, The Rescuers, Pete’s Dragon,The Small One and The Fox and the Hound (uncredited). Xanadu, The Secret of N.I.M.H., Arcade games Dragon’s Lair I & II and Space Ace, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Thumbelina, Anastasia, Bartok the Magnificent and Titan A.E. Gary was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1978.
John Pomeroy is an American animator, producer, writer, storyboard artist, joined Walt Disney Productions in February of 1973, and was placed the animation trainee program. His animation film credits include, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, The Rescuers, Pete’s Dragon, The Small One, The Fox and the Hound (uncredited), Banjo the Woodpile Cat, The Secret of N.I.M.H. the laserdisc video games Dragon's Lair I & II, and Space Ace, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Thumbelina, Pocahontas, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and many more. He was inducted into The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1978.
Christopher Stone has composed music for motion picture including:Ticks, Fist of the Northstar, The Stupids, Phantasm II, III & IV, Felix the Cat: The Movie and DNA. Chris also composed music for TV show such as, Walker Texas Ranger, Disney’s Tailspin, Treasure Island, Honey I shrunk the Kids and Swamp Thing. He also composed music for Imax Features and over two hundred documentaries for the History Channel.
Kathleen Quaife is a veteran visual effects animator with extraordinary experience. Her film credits include, Dragon’s Lair (VG), Space Ace (VG), An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Pocahontas, James and the Giant Peach, Hercules and Tarzan, Fern Gully, Pagemaster, Cats Don't Dance, Osmosis Jones, to name a few. Katy has taught life drawing and animation classes as an adjunct professor at universities in California. She completed her MFA in Computer Arts and New Media in 2013.
Michael Cedeno attended Cal Arts for three years, and was hired in his senior year to begin his 27 year career at Disney Feature animation as character animator, character designer and supervising animator. Mike’s credits include, The Fox and the Hound, An American Tail, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Hercules, Tarzan, Treasure Planet, Brother Bear and Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters. He has taught character design and life drawing at Otis College of Art and Design.
Dominic Carola is an animator and owner of Premise Entertainment. Recruited out of Cal Arts by Walt Disney Feature Animation, he began his career animating on several features, shorts and directing theme park attractions. As a partner studio for such clients as Universal, Dreamworks and Disney, he continues as Creative Director and Head of Production for the last dozen years on numerous features, shorts and commercial projects. Some projects include The Lion King, Mulan, Lilo and Stitch, Brother Bear, Curious George, Princess and the Frog and co-supervising the animation for the award-winning The Bear and The Hare.
Vera Pacheco is a supervising Key Cleanup Artist - known for her work with Don Bluth and Disney Feature animation. Her film credits include: Banjo the Woodpile Cat, Xanadu, The Secret of NIMH, Dragon’s Lair (VG), Space Ace (VG), An American Tail, The Land Before Time, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast,The Lion King,Tarzan and Fantasia 2000 to name a few.
Sandro Cleuzo is a feature film animator who has worked at the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Before working at Disney, he previously worked on several of Don Bluth's films. His animation credits include, A Troll in Central Park, Thumbelina, The Pebble and the Penguin, Anastasia, Tarzan, Fantasia 2000, The Emperor’s New Groove, Enchanted The Princess and The Frog and Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five.
James Lopez - a Cal Arts Character Animation graduate, began his animation career as an assistant animator at Don Bluth Animation, working on the film Rock-A-Doodle. He is best known as a Disney feature film animator. His film credits include: Rock-A-Doodle, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Hercules, The Emperor’s New Groove, Home on the Range, Chicken Little, The Princess and the Frog and the Oscar-winning short film, Paperman. Now an independent filmmaker, he is the creator of Hullabaloo, a series of traditional, hand-drawn animated short films.
Carmen Oliver is a supervising Character Color Stylist, known for her work with Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. Before leaving Disney she worked on The Rescuers, The Small One and The Fox and the Hound. Her film credits include: The Secret of N.I.M.H., Dragon’s Lair (VG), An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Thumbelina, Anastasia and Titan A.E. to name a few.
Lavalle Lee is the Project Leader for Don Bluth Films. Lavalle is the producer/director/editor & host of the The Traditional Animation Show and the founder of TraditionalAnimation.com, the largest website dedicated to hand-drawn animation. In 2000, he began animating online short cartoon webisodes for his website FLASHCARTOONS.ORG. He has been a member of Don Bluth’s animation classes, workshops and master classes since 2009.
DON BLUTH FILMS, INC.
Founded in 2000 by animation industry veterans Don Bluth & Gary Goldman (some fan favorites are - The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Anastasia and video arcade games - Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace) the Phoenix Arizona based company has been wrestling with creating Dragon’s Lair: The Movie based on their popular hit video game Dragon’s Lair (1983). It is to be a “prequel” to the game and the backstory story of Dirk the Daring, a knight, a bungling hero, an everyman - if you will, for a feature-length theatrical film. We are considering what so many colleagues and fans have challenged us to do. Your comments and suggestions to adjust our Rewards and not to give up. We’re were back with a better plan, so let’s make it happen.
Check out our latest interview on TraditionalAnimation.com talking about our careers in animation and Dragon's Lair: The Movie!
