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all you need is Rango

all you need is Rango

Rango is set for DVD and Blu-ray release on July 15th. the hit computer animated western comdey was directed by Pirates director Gore Verdinski, and guess what? Johnny Depp is in this one too as the voice of that loveable chameleon. After accidently falling out of his owner’s car in the Mojave Desert, Rango dicovers a lilttle western, gun slinging town called Dirt, he discovers many unusal creatures along the way but will this less than brave lizard be Dirt’s last hope? and will he be the hero he always pretended be be? the Blu-ray includes
director commentary.
Breaking the Rules: making animation history.
Real Creatures of Dirt.
Storyboard Reel Picture in Picture.
and deleted scenes.
the DVD includes directoor commentary
Reel creatures of Dirt, and deleted scenes.
the cast also includes Alfred Molina, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Harry Dean Stanton and Ned Beatty.

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Amboy’s Extricated Shoe Tree

One of the bizarre attractions alluring tourists to get their kicks on Route 66 was The Amboy Shoe Tree, located a quarter-mile east of Amboy, CA.  I say was,  because the surreal tree is no more.  On January 4, 2011, Wendy H. wrote on her website My Scenic Byway, “The tree had died last year.  [...]

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Recalling The Mojave Phone Booth

“Hello.  The Mojave Phone Booth, Richard speaking.”  Similarly, during the 1990s,that is how most people answered the continuous calls to the public payphone, situated 14-miles off of I-15, in the heart of the Mojave National Preserve.  Its meteoric rise to fame was also the cause for its demise.  Both the payphone and booth were unceremoniously ripped away and silenced.  Through an unannounced [...]

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