Lilo is an adorable, cheerful little girl whose big imagination and quirky attitude often make it difficult for her to make friends. Lilo has been in the care of her nineteen year-old sister, Nani, since the death of her parents and Nani has been fighting the Child Welfare Department to keep what's left of their family together ever since. Lilo's life changes when she adopts an "ugly" dog and names it Stitch, however her dog turns out to be an escaped genetically engineered alien who has crash landed on Earth. Stitch's programmed to be the ultimate weapon--he's super-strong, super-smart, very mischievous and designed to destroy anything in his path. But both Lilo and Stitch must learn the real value of family if they have any hopes of keeping their little one together.
Released: 2002
Language: English
Style: 2D animation
Rated: PG
Supervising / Directing Animators: Andreas Deja, Ruben A. Aquino, Alex Kupershmidt, Stéphane Sainte-Foi, Byron Howard and Bolhem Bouchiba
Disney's ad campaign for Lilo & Stitch was a bit unique in that the teaser trailers consist of inserting Stitch's character into clips from their previous feature film successes. They dubbed these teasers as "Inter-Stitch-als" and the official site has clips featuring Stitch in scenes from Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and The Lion King. Another much talked about element is the soft, watercolour backgrounds used throughout the film. Disney has not used this technique since Dumbo (1941) as it is much more time consuming and costly than painting the backgrounds with faster drying acrylic paint. Plus, with acrylic if you make a mistake you just paint over it however if you make a mistake with water colour you get to paint the whole background again. Despite these difficulties, the directors felt that it was an important element to return to in order to capture the bright, subtle beauty of Hawaii.
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Lilo and Stitch
