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How came the idea of creating Balto? How did the character evolved?

KarlamonHere is Simon's reply:

"Balto originated from the writers Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser. Elana remembers her grandfather telling her the story when she was a child, and had felt it would make an excellent animated feature. Ruby and Lesser had then approached Amblin with a screenplay, and Doug Wood and Bonne Radford passed it on to Phil Nibbelink and me in London. We read it and thought it would make a terrific feature, and lobbied Steven Spielberg to let us make it. Phil later dropped off the project to finish 'We're Back', and [Roger S.H.] Schulman & [David Steven] Cohen (plus a few other uncredited writers) did further development. The essential ideas of the main characters were Ruby and Lesser's, although I think the sled dog sidekicks originated with Schulman & Cohen. (If I'm wrong about that I apologize. it was a long time ago!)"

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Karlamon	December 29, 2015
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Here is Simon's reply: "Balto originated from the writers Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser. Elana remembers her grandfather telling her the story when she was a child, and had felt it would make an excellent animated feature. Ruby and Lesser had then approached Amblin with a screenplay, and Doug Wood and Bonne Radford passed it on to Phil Nibbelink and me in London. We read it and thought it would make a terrific feature, and lobbied Steven Spielberg to let us make it. Phil later dropped off the project to finish 'We're Back', and [Roger S.H.] Schulman & [David Steven] Cohen (plus a few other uncredited writers) did further development. The essential ideas of the main characters were Ruby and Lesser's, although I think the sled dog sidekicks originated with Schulman & Cohen. (If I'm wrong about that I apologize. it was a long time ago!)"

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