The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Considering the limitless visual splendours that digital animation can put on the big screen, it's about time there were some more cartoons that weren't intended to sell tie-in plastic toys to young children. That's why the bleak and eerie opening scenes of 9 are so refreshing.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Shane Acker; Christopher Plummer; Martin Landau; Rating:
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- OVERVIEW: Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Christmas) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) join forces to produce Academy Award®-nominated director Shane Acker's distinctively original and thrilling animated epic adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world unlike any imagined. Featuring the voices of Elijah Wood (The Lord...
Wild Tyme (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Even though I did not think that 9 was a complete success, it was a great pleasure to speak with Shane Acker, especially hearing him talk about his inspirations, and his approach to the creative process. A good interview, I think. 9 , Shane Acker's first feature film, is out this week. Adapted from an award-winning (and Academy Award-nominated) short film from 2005, 9 is...
Wild Tyme (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... it will seriously effect your potential enjoyment of 9 , the debut feature film from director Shane Acker. Adapted from his genuinely brilliant Oscar-nominated animated short of the same name, 9 is a film bursting with visual ideas, but completely lacking in the narrative department. Central to the story are little rag-doll creations called stitchpunks, who roam a ruined, post-apocalyptic...
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
This summer saw the release of two major feature films that started life as shorts — District Nine and the animated film 9 (no relation, and not to be confused with the upcoming, Daniel-Day-Lewis-starring musical, Nine .) It’s enough to give young filmmakers out there hope: sometimes those short films can go a long way! 9 This animated short was created by Shane Acker while still a film...
The Retrograde and Faithless (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... Didn’t the first three already do that just fine? Other than Duncan Jones’ Moon , Shane Acker’s 9 and Neill Blomkamp’s gritty District 9 , there wasn’t much room for smart sci-fi this year. When the top-grossing sci-fi film of the year — Transformers 2, somehow — features racist robots with gold teeth , a major organ of the pop culture dies....
(Cool) Shite on the Tube (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... Eventually he must find out the reason for his creation. The film was directed by newcomer Shane Acker who made a short version to help raise the funds for this feature length (just, it’s still short) number. What’s extra good is that Tim Burton and Timur Berkmambetov ( Wanted, Night Watch, Day Watch ) have co-produced, and you can see their influences in many different ways. The...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
Win one of 20 double passes to '9' the debut feature animation for director Shane Acker -- produced by Tim Burton.
SimplyScripts (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
More scripts for award consideration. These three are from Focus Films 9 - Undated, unspecified draft script by Pamela Pettler (Story by Shane Acker) Based on the short “9″ witten by Shane Acker – hosted by: Focus Films – in pdf format When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where [...]
http://techwoo.com/feed (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472033 Directed by: Shane Acker Starring: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, John C.
http://techwoo.com/feed (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472033 Directed by: Shane Acker Starring: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover Release Name: 9 2009 BRRip XviD AC3-WHiiZz Size: 1.45GB Video: XviD, 720 x 384, 2230kbps Audio: AC3, 6ch @ 384kbps Runtime: 1h 19mins Filename: 9.BRRip.WHiiZz-xvid Plot: When 9 (The Lord of the Ring’s Elijah Wood) first comes to life, he finds himself...
pullquote (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
So Shane Acker, the director of 9, the dystopian animated flick about the wee burlap numbered steampunk creatures, gave a talk on campus last night, which I missed. However, the bartender at my local informs me self-same Acker will be...
Fin de Cinema (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
... Fantastic Mr. Fox , Pete Docter's Up , Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo , Henry Selick's Coraline , Shane Acker's 9 , Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol (maybe), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs , Monsters Vs. Aliens , Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs , Adam Elliot's Mary and Max , Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar's A Town Called Panic [ Panique au village ], The Princess and the Frog...
Animated Views (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... Focus Features has seen good returns on Henry Selick’s Coraline , and Tim Burton’s production of Shane Acker’s 9 confirmed their niche may well be in providing alternatives to the mainstream. They’ve tried that, too, with The Tale Of Desperaux , with the kind of results that suggest they should leave the nice and sweet tales to their competitors. Which kind of leads me to believe...
