Disney borrows from Pixar's best for 'Wreck-It Ralph'

Boise : ID : USA | Nov 01, 2012 at 1:48 AM PDT

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Disney Animation takes a page out of Pixar's well-worn playbook for "Wreck-It Ralph," a screwball farce with a novel setting and more edge than your average Disney 'toon. Where "Toy Story" showed us the off-duty shenanigans of a kids' toy collection and "Monsters,... FULL ARTICLE AT The Idaho Statesman

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