Originally Posted By seanyoda A fire has gutted an Ardman Animation warehouse which contained sets, props, and models from every production that pre-dated "Curse of the Were-Rabbit". Nick Park says, "Even though it is a precious and nostalgic collection and valuable to the company, in light of other tragedies, today isn't a big deal." Here's the story... <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/10/aardman.fire/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBI Z/Movies/10/10/aardman.fire/index.html</a>
Originally Posted By Labuda Kudos to Nick Park for being able to realize that while it breaks the hearts of many to lose this collection of artifacts from earlier works (mine included), it's not much in the grand scheme of the world. I still shed a couple of tears yesterday when I hit cnn as I do every morning and saw this headline right next to the one about W&G:CotWR being the #1 movie in the nation.
Originally Posted By SFH Does this mean the stuff used in the Disneyland Autopia pre-show production was destroyed, too? Even if it wasn't, it is still a huge loss. Talk about an emotional roller coaster for these people. It was very cool of him to say what he did. SFH
