{"id":24224,"date":"2016-01-13T00:40:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T00:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=24224"},"modified":"2022-03-19T20:17:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T20:17:11","slug":"skwigly-podcast-bluth-goldman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/skwigly-podcast-bluth-goldman\/","title":{"rendered":"Skwigly Podcast: Don Bluth &#038; Gary Goldman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/241688501\/download?client_id=02gUJC0hH2ct1EGOcYXQIzRFU91c72Ea&amp;oauth_token=1-138878-14297261-a90661512c4f10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24221 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/ep41-380x380.jpg\" alt=\"ep41\" width=\"380\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/skwigly\/skwigly-podcast-41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest episode<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/animation-podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skwigly Animation Podcast<\/a> we&#8217;re proud to present an interview with industry veterans Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, whose acclaimed body of work includes <em>The Land Before Time<\/em>, <em>Anastasia<\/em>, <em>An American Tail<\/em>, <em>All Dogs Go To Heaven<\/em> and the groundbreaking animated arcade classic <em>Dragon&#8217;s Lair<\/em>. In this interview they extensively discuss their career, legacy and most recent endeavour, the <em>Dragon&#8217;s Lair<\/em> feature film, for which a short film &#8220;pitch presentation&#8221; was recently successfully funded via IndieGogo.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dragon&#039;s Lair: The Movie - Indiegogo Video\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/147462124?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stream the latest episode below or <a href=\"https:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/241688501\/download?client_id=02gUJC0hH2ct1EGOcYXQIzRFU91c72Ea&amp;oauth_token=1-138878-14297261-a90661512c4f10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">direct download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F241688501&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&color=ff5500\"><\/iframe>\n<p>To catch up on the podcast so far be sure to visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/animation-podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podcasts section<\/a> of the site and, so as not to miss out on any future episodes, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/skwigly\/id545949409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest episode of the Skwigly Animation Podcast we&#8217;re proud to present an interview with industry veterans Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, whose acclaimed body of work includes The Land Before Time, Anastasia, An American Tail, All Dogs Go To Heaven and the groundbreaking animated arcade classic Dragon&#8217;s Lair. 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