Ric de Azevedo, who performed as a member of the voluminous King Family and served as a TV producer on Private Benjamin, California Dreams, Young Maverick and the Dukes of Hazzard spinoff Enos, has died. He was 75.
De Azevedo died March 14 in Fruit Heights, Utah, after an undisclosed illness, his family announced.
Survivors include a brother, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles actor Cam Clarke, and a cousin, singer and My Three Sons actress Tina Cole.
De Azevedo also worked as a postproduction executive at Universal Studios, as director of postproduction for Warner Bros. Television from 1983-93 and as director of film services for Warner Bros. Studios, where he helped develop the organizational system for the studio’s vault assets.
Known for his soulfully expressive singing voice, de Azevedo appeared with 37 family members on the ABC musical variety series The King Family Show in 1965-66 and 1969. He also performed alongside The King Family’s teen offshoot,...
De Azevedo died March 14 in Fruit Heights, Utah, after an undisclosed illness, his family announced.
Survivors include a brother, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles actor Cam Clarke, and a cousin, singer and My Three Sons actress Tina Cole.
De Azevedo also worked as a postproduction executive at Universal Studios, as director of postproduction for Warner Bros. Television from 1983-93 and as director of film services for Warner Bros. Studios, where he helped develop the organizational system for the studio’s vault assets.
Known for his soulfully expressive singing voice, de Azevedo appeared with 37 family members on the ABC musical variety series The King Family Show in 1965-66 and 1969. He also performed alongside The King Family’s teen offshoot,...
- 3/21/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film review: 'Swan Princess: Escape'
A sequel to 1994's equally uninspired "The Swan Princess", Legacy Releasing's "The Swan Princess: Escape From Castle Mountain," is bland family fare.
Helmed by former Disney director Richard Rich ("The Fox and the Hound"), the further adventures of Prince Derek and Princess Odette are a royal bore, offering up flat, cheaply produced animation and similarly dull characterizations.
Loosely based on the German fable that inspired "Swan Lake", "Swan Princess" is again set in an enchanted kingdom inhabited by the prince (voice of Douglas Sills) and princess (Michelle Nicastro); the cantankerous Queen Uberta (Christy Landers); Jean-Bob Donald Sage Mackay), a French frog claiming to be a cursed prince; Speed the Turtle (Doug Stone); and the imaginatively named Puffin (Steve Vinovich).
Their reasonably idyllic existence is interrupted by the evil Clavius (Jake Williamson), who, coveting a magic orb hidden deep within the castle, disguises himself as a clown and kidnaps the queen for ransom on her 50th birthday.
Given the high standards set by Rich's former company, this is below-par stuff. While the original "Swan Princess" at least boasted some colorful voice work from the likes of Jack Palance, John Cleese and Steven Wright, the sequel is strictly a no-name affair, and although the cast is earnest, their work is unremarkable.
Likewise, the picture's forgettable songs and limited, throwback Saturday morning cartoon-level animation -- the shaky kind where one character is motionless while the other talks -- comprise the sort of production values that make other pale imitations lively by comparison.
THE SWAN PRINCESS: ESCAPE FROM CASTLE MOUNTAIN
Legacy Releasing
Nest Entertainment,
Seldon O. Young, Jared F. Brown
and K. Douglas Martin present
a Rich Animation Studios production
A Richard Rich film
Director Richard Rich
Producers Richard Rich, Jared F. Brown
Executive producers Seldon O. Young,
Jared F. Brown, K. Douglas Martin
Screenwriter Brian Nissen
Story Richard Rich, Brian Nissen
Original score Lex de Azevedo
Songs Lex De Azevedo, Clive Romney
Color/stereo
Voices:
Odette Michelle Nicastro
Derek Douglas Sills
Clavius Jake Williamson
Uberta :Christy Landers
Jean-Bob Donald Sage MacKay
Speed Doug Stone
Puffin Steve Vinovich
Knuckles Joey Camen
Running time -- 75 minutes
MPAA rating: G...
Helmed by former Disney director Richard Rich ("The Fox and the Hound"), the further adventures of Prince Derek and Princess Odette are a royal bore, offering up flat, cheaply produced animation and similarly dull characterizations.
Loosely based on the German fable that inspired "Swan Lake", "Swan Princess" is again set in an enchanted kingdom inhabited by the prince (voice of Douglas Sills) and princess (Michelle Nicastro); the cantankerous Queen Uberta (Christy Landers); Jean-Bob Donald Sage Mackay), a French frog claiming to be a cursed prince; Speed the Turtle (Doug Stone); and the imaginatively named Puffin (Steve Vinovich).
Their reasonably idyllic existence is interrupted by the evil Clavius (Jake Williamson), who, coveting a magic orb hidden deep within the castle, disguises himself as a clown and kidnaps the queen for ransom on her 50th birthday.
Given the high standards set by Rich's former company, this is below-par stuff. While the original "Swan Princess" at least boasted some colorful voice work from the likes of Jack Palance, John Cleese and Steven Wright, the sequel is strictly a no-name affair, and although the cast is earnest, their work is unremarkable.
Likewise, the picture's forgettable songs and limited, throwback Saturday morning cartoon-level animation -- the shaky kind where one character is motionless while the other talks -- comprise the sort of production values that make other pale imitations lively by comparison.
THE SWAN PRINCESS: ESCAPE FROM CASTLE MOUNTAIN
Legacy Releasing
Nest Entertainment,
Seldon O. Young, Jared F. Brown
and K. Douglas Martin present
a Rich Animation Studios production
A Richard Rich film
Director Richard Rich
Producers Richard Rich, Jared F. Brown
Executive producers Seldon O. Young,
Jared F. Brown, K. Douglas Martin
Screenwriter Brian Nissen
Story Richard Rich, Brian Nissen
Original score Lex de Azevedo
Songs Lex De Azevedo, Clive Romney
Color/stereo
Voices:
Odette Michelle Nicastro
Derek Douglas Sills
Clavius Jake Williamson
Uberta :Christy Landers
Jean-Bob Donald Sage MacKay
Speed Doug Stone
Puffin Steve Vinovich
Knuckles Joey Camen
Running time -- 75 minutes
MPAA rating: G...
- 7/21/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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