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One hundred and eleven years after the Lumiere brothers first introduced the world to the art of motion pictures, filmgoers have grown accustom to a cinematic language forged in celluloid. The chemistry of film stock, properties of lenses, and the movements of lumbering cranes and dollies have combined to create a visual vocabulary that is readily familiar to audiences worldwide. While that language may seem archaic in a digital production environment--where exposures are flawless, shadows perfectly gradated, and virtual cameras fly through the air at the click of a mouse--PDI/DreamWorks' fifth animated feature harnesses its power in a way never before seen in a CG film. ...