Walt Disney. Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (/ˈdɪzni/;[2] December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American business magnate, animator, cartoonist, producer, director, screenwriter, philanthropist and voice actor. A major figure within the American animation industry and throughout the world, he is regarded as an international icon,[3] well known for his influence and contributions to the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As a Hollywood business mogul, he, along with his brother Roy O. Disney, co-founded Walt Disney Productions, which later became one of the best-known motion picture production companies in the world.
The corporation is now known as The Walt Disney Company and had an annual revenue of approximately US$45 billion in the 2013 financial year.[4] As an animator and entrepreneur, Disney was particularly noted as a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. 1901–1937: Beginnings Childhood Teenage years Laugh-O-Gram Studio.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, it is the first full-length cel animated feature film and the earliest in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The story was adapted by storyboard artists Dorothy Ann Blank, Richard Creedon, Merrill De Maris, Otto Englander, Earl Hurd, Dick Rickard, Ted Sears and Webb Smith. David Hand was the supervising director, while William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, and Ben Sharpsteen directed the film's individual sequences. Snow White premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre on December 21, 1937, followed by a nationwide release on February 4, 1938, and with international earnings of $8 million during its initial release briefly assumed the record of highest grossing sound film at the time.
Plot Cast Production Story development Design. Sleeping Beauty (1959 film) Sleeping Beauty is a 1958/1959 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale " La Belle au bois dormant " by Charles Perrault . The 16th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series , it was released to theatres on January 29, 1959, by Buena Vista Distribution . It was the last fairy tale produced by Walt Disney for some years, thanks to its initially poor performance at the box office; the studio did not return to the genre until years after Disney's death with the release of The Little Mermaid (1989). The film was directed by Les Clark , Eric Larson , and Wolfgang Reitherman , under the supervision of Clyde Geronimi , with additional story work by Joe Rinaldi, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet , Ted Sears , Ralph Wright, and Milt Banta.
The film's musical score and songs, featuring the work of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra , are arrangements or adaptations of numbers from the 1890 Sleeping Beauty ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky . Mulan. Hua Mulan (Chinese: 花木蘭; Mandarin Pinyin: Huā Mùlán; Wade–Giles: Hwa1 Mu4-lan2; Jyutping: Faa1 Muk6 laan4) is a legendary figure from ancient China who was originally described in a Chinese poem known as the Ballad of Mulan (木蘭辭). In the poem, Hua Mulan takes her aged father's place in the army. She fought for twelve years and gained high merit, but she refused any reward and retired to her hometown instead. The historical setting of Hua Mulan is uncertain. Xu Wei's play version from the 16th century places her in the Northern Wei dynasty (386–536), whereas the later romance Sui Tang Yanyi has her active around the founding of the Tang, ca. 620.
[a][1] The novel is consistent insofar as it describes Mulan's father as stemming from the people of the Northern Wei. The Hua Mulan crater on Venus is named after her.[2][3] History[edit] The poem is a ballad, meaning that the lines do not necessarily have equal numbers of syllables. Name[edit] Plot[edit] Sui Tang Yanyi[edit] Modern adaptations[edit] Pocahontas (1995 film) Pocahontas is a 1995 American animated musical romance - drama film . The 33rd animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series . It was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and was originally released to select theaters on June 16, 1995 by Walt Disney Pictures .
It belongs to the era known as the Disney Renaissance from 1989 to 1999. The film is the first animated feature Disney film to be based on a real historic character, the known history, and the folklore and legend that surrounds the Native American woman Pocahontas , and features a fictionalized account of her encounter with Englishman John Smith and the settlers that arrived from the Virginia Company .
A video game based on the film was released across various platforms shortly after the film's theatrical release, and the film itself was followed by a direct-to-video sequel , Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World in 1998. Plot Voice cast Production Use of artistic license Soundtrack Release and response Awards. The Lion King. Plot In the Pride Lands of Africa, a lion rules over the animals as king. The birth of son Simba to King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi creates envy and resentment in Mufasa's younger brother, Scar, who knows his nephew now replaces him as heir to the throne.
After Simba has grown into a young cub, Mufasa gives him a tour of the domain, teaching him the responsibilities of being a king and the circle of life. Later that day, Scar tricks Simba and his best friend Nala into exploring a forbidden elephant graveyard, despite the protests of Mufasa's hornbill majordomo Zazu. The next day Scar lures Simba to a gorge and tells him to wait there while he gets Mufasa. After running far away, Simba collapses from exhaustion in a desert. When he is a young adult, Simba rescues Timon and Pumbaa from a hungry lioness, who turns out to be Nala.
As Simba enters the jungle, he encounters Mufasa's mandrill friend and advisor, Rafiki. Cast A promotional image of the characters from the film. Production Development. Aladdin (1992 Disney film) Lyricist Howard Ashman first pitched the idea, and the screenplay went through three drafts before Disney president Jeffrey Katzenberg agreed to its production. The animators based their designs on the work of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, and computers were used for both colouring and creating some animated elements.
The musical score was written by Alan Menken and features six songs with lyrics written by both Ashman and Tim Rice, who took over after Ashman's death. Plot Meanwhile, Jafar attempts to mind control the Sultan into arranging a marriage between himself and Jasmine in order to become Sultan himself. Before he is able to succeed, Aladdin appears and parades into the Sultan's palace as "Prince Ali of Ababwa". Sultan is impressed but Jasmine rejects Ali as a suitor. Afterwards, Aladdin is bound and gagged and thrown into the ocean by Jafar who makes a second attempt to arrange a marriage. Cast and characters Production Script and development Design and animation.
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) That night, Belle refuses to dine with the Beast, enraging him; Lumière disobeys his order not to let her eat. While Cogsworth and Lumière give Belle a tour of the castle, she wanders into the forbidden West Wing. The Beast angrily chases her away, but she and Phillipe are attacked by a pack of wolves. The Beast comes to her aid and fights off the wolves, but is injured in the process. Belle nurses his wounds, and he begins to develop feelings for her. Belle and the Beast share a romantic evening together. Disney Renaissance. The Little Mermaid (1989 film) The 28th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, The Little Mermaid was released to theaters on November 17, 1989 to largely positive reviews, garnering $84 million at the domestic box office during its initial release,[3] and $211 million in total lifetime gross worldwide.[2] After the success of the studio's 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid is given credit for breathing life back into the art of Disney animated feature films after a string of critical or commercial failures produced by Disney that dated back to the early 1970s.
It also marked the start of the era known as the Disney Renaissance. Plot One night, Ariel, Flounder and an unwilling Sebastian travel to the ocean surface to watch Prince Eric celebrate his birthday. Ariel soon becomes enamored with Eric. A violent storm wrecks the ship and tosses Eric overboard, but Ariel saves him and brings him to shore. The next day, Ariel finds out that Eric will be married to the disguised Ursula. Cast Music. Part of your world lyrics - Google Search.