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Walt Disney Art Classics - Lilo and Stitch - Nothin' But a Pound Dog
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The Story
The universe's most unlikely Elvis impersonator, the outlaw alien called Stitch, is doing his best to emulate The King. After all, Lilo - an offbeat little Hawaiian girl who adores Elvis and believes that Stitch is a puppy - asserts that "Elvis was a model citizen." Complete with slick pompadour and white sequined jumpsuit, Stitch does a mean impersonation of The King, playing along to an amped-up (and all-too-appropriate) version of "Devil in Disguise." Making all the right moves, Stitch wows the beachgoers and further endears himself to the lonely girl who longs for a true feeling of family.
The Artwork
This limited edition sericel recreate scene 72.5 from Sequence 12.7 of Disney's "Lilo and Stitch" (2002). This hilariously memorable moment, showcasing Stitch's unique impression of Elvis Presley, captures the quirky humor of Dinsey's 39th animated feature. Included in the film are six of Elvis' biggest hits, sung by The King himself. The inclusion of Elvis and his music went a long way in delineating Lilo as a singular character. Then-president of Walt Disney Feature Animation Thomas Schumacher recalls, "It was early on in the process when co-directors/writers Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois were pitching a scene when they had Lilo playing an Elvis record and I thought that it was hilarious to have this little girl who loves Elvis. It gave her an edge because it's such a sophisticate thing to like. We found that having songs like 'Suspicious Minds' and 'Hound Dog' added so much character to the film and seemed oddly Hawaiian at the same time. A lot of us remember Hawaii Elvis period." In fact, the soundtrack for the 1961 film "Blue Hawaii" was one of the most successful of Elvis' career and landed in the #1 spot on the chart for 20 weeks. The filmmakers use Stitch's moment in the spotlight performing one of Presley's biggest hits as a showstopping indication of Stitch's growing desire to join Lilo in her appreciation of "ohana", the Hawaiian concept of family.
These character images were created using the fine art of screen-printing process of color reproduction known as serigraphy. Artists at the Walt Disney Studios Ink and Paint Department specially created a hand-inked, hand-painted animation cel which was used as a reference in the production of these sericels. Eighteen colors were used to recreate the color image, each of which has been exactingly screen-printed, one color at a time, onto the cel. The result is a sericel portrait of one of Disney's most unique characters impersonating one of the world's greatest entertainers.
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