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    Pixar: There's a (Pete) Docter in the House

    Pixar scored big with Up! this year, and now they're seven for seven. We chat with a member of the company's original brain trust and the director of Up! about Oscars, 3-D and making movies that almost everyone loves.  Plus, James Cameron's Avatar cost hundreds of millions to make.  How much green does it need to earn to put Fox in the black?

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    By Kim Masters • Dec 21, 2009 • 28m Listen

    Pixar scored big with Up! this year, and now they're seven for seven. We chat with a member of the company's original brain trust and the director of Up! about Oscars, 3-D and making movies that almost everyone loves. Plus, James Cameron's Avatar cost hundreds of millions to make. How much green does it need to earn to put Fox in the black?

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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