…introduction, there’s a choice of five “lands” of Snow White to choose from. The Wishing Well will lead you to the History and Storyboards. Within the text-based History, there’s a…

…were the “making of” documentaries of their day. The History Of The Animated Drawing has Walt acknowledging his forebears in making drawings achieve the illusion of movement and is an…

…London, the story centers on Pongo and Perdita, a couple of Dalmatians who meet in Regent’s Park and strike up a romance between themselves and their human “pets” Roger and…

…of artists full of new ideas. After a few quiet years, the Studio bounced back in 1977 with three features: The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh, a compendium of…

…issue Inside The Dream: The Personal Story Of Walt Disney, the DVD cover for Walt follows along the same lines, using the same dramatic, but candid photograph of Walt toying…

…that appealed to different audiences, often with more serious themes and plots. Around this time, adaptations of books such as Watership Down, The Secret Of NIMH and The Plague Dogs…

…a rip-off of the old Reluctant Dragon story, Shark Tale finds young fish Oscar (voiced by Will Smith) deep in dept. The party amphibian likes to show off and spread…

…the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker-slaves under the power of the black-caped evil overlord Zygon (who’s obviously a fan of the Temple Of Doom’s decorator) continue to hack…

…a fair chunk of them! Topics explored include the sources of the studio’s stories, celebrations of the theme park, and hopping behind the scenes on one of his most enjoyable…

…be that offensive. It certainly isn’t as tiring, noisy or dull as some of the more major animated pictures of the past couple of years, and this in the end…

…Brave Engineer (1950) and the recent short John Henry (2000). The Sweatbox Review: When Disney’s American Legends was announced way back at the end of 2001, the rumors of what…

…Storyboard: Mouse’s best friend Pluto returns in a second and final collection of his solo animated outings, bringing the cartoon filmography of Walt’s “original fantastic four” (the others being Mickey,…

…amazing animatronic puppet wizardry of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, though the second film, The Secret Of The Ooze was a tired re-tread. I think Mad Magazine’s spoof title The Secret…

…of bonuses of its own: a reconstructed silent trailer that plays up the “stupendous story of adventure and romance”, and seven minutes of Willis O’Brien outtakes from the movie. These…

…collection of Halloween tales should have been “House Of Spooks”. Or better yet, “House Of Musical Spooks”, as most of the cartoons on show here are less to do with…

…the crew and its perfectionist director. It’s full of neat touches, from Samson’s visualisation of the direction his sense of smell is leading him in or some of the incredible…

…the odd pitfalls of the time. While there’s only a slight padding out of the TV format for a feature-length story, much of this is taken up with some overly…

…made by the American Greeting Card company. Soon, the popular bears became books and toys that included a large line of stuffed bears. The success of the toys, and television…