Anastasia: The Art, the Animation, the Movie

by Harvey Deneroff

With Anastasia, 20th Century Fox is trying to follow Disney's lead and produce a lavish cartoon film that will become classic family viewing. And in the Disney tradition of book tie-ins, they have... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0067575307
• ISBN13: 9780067575307
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 4.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.7" x 13.5"

Customer Reviews

Great book!

I loved this book. It had beautiful pictures and I will always treasure it. It is just gorgeous, and it's becoming hard to find, so i'd pick up a copy! You won't be disappointed!

Very nice keepsake

I really LOVE the wonderfully animated film Anastasia, so was happy to order this special book. Granted, I wondered why the retail price would be so high ($50?!) but I was lucky enough to buy it second-hand, for just about $12 after s+h. When it arrived, I noticed that it was skinnier than I thought it'd be. And every picture in it, I had already seen before in various places. So there was not much newness there. I haven't sat down to fully read it yet, tho I always enjoy learning how they make such masterpieces, but so far I do like gazing thru the pages, having only seen most of the pics thru a computer screen previously, and now that I can see them like this, they are just lovely. It's a book probably not worth the $50 main price - but if you can afford it at $20 and under, then definitely. I will always treasure it!

The artwork of this book is very inspirational.

I am a big fan of Don Bluth and Gary Goldman so I liked their introductions in this book. For example, how they initially got a call from 20th Century Fox to create this feature. I liked the artwork that was featured in The Art of Anastasia, but I feel that the book could have been more in-depth. Deneroff could have written more about the process, the actual production of the feature, and perhaps mini-biographies of the people behind the film. However, the book should be fun for casual animation fans. Yet, true animation-philes may be somewhat disappointed.

More, please!

I prefer the Disney art books to this one, which isn't quite in-depth enough to satisfy the true animation lover. For those who just want a look at the world of animation, this is good, but those who really loved the movie and want to know all about its making will be somewhat disappointed. Still, what's there is very beautiful to look at.

excellent but somewhat concise

a wonderful book to peruse, THE ART OF ANASTASIA provides all the background a fan could look for on the movie.