Sarangel
<font color=red><font color=navy>Rumor has it ...<
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- Jan 18, 2000
This comes from the Herald-Dispatch (which covers W. Virginia, Ohio & Kentucky):
Sarangel
First I've heard of this. Anyone got any more info?The Tri-State got a bit of Hollywood buzz back in September when Disney producer Kendra Haaland (associate producer of "Atlantis: The Lost Empire," "Mulan" and "Hercules") led a team of artists to the Folk Art Center in Morehead, Ky., as well as to the Huntington Museum of Art [in W. VA] to check out the work of the late Lewis County folk artist Charles Kinney.
Haaland said then the trip was for an animated movie project still in the early stages, and didnt want to leak out much more.
However, since then, a few more pieces of the projects puzzle have come together.
USA TODAY confirmed that CNNs James Carville joins Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Lou Rawl and Travis Tritt in providing voices for a new animated Disney project (set for release in 2005) that has a current working title of "My Peoples."
The Gannett newspaper also reported that the movie will include characters (toys made of found objects such as plates, buttons and pens) that come to life.
Disney was back in the area in late November auditioning more than 400 boys between the ages of 5 and 10 at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg for a speaking part in the movie. Auditions, which were looking for a boy with a good Southern accent, were also held in North Carolina.
Ann Lafferty, spokeswoman at the MAC, e-mailed to report that kindergarten student Daniel Holbert, the 5-year-old son of Penny and Teresa Holbert of McDowell, Ky., made it to the next round of auditions, which were held in Orlando.
Also, speaking of boys with a Southern accent, Lawrence County, Ky., native Ricky Skaggs has been named executive music producer/music consultant for the soundtrack, so says Lori Kampa, one of the folks in Skaggs Nashville-area office. Kampa wrote in an e-mail saying that Hank Williams III, Dolly Parton, Travis Tritt, Lou Rawls and Mike Snyder are among the other musical guests lending talent to the movie soundtrack.
Sarangel