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  1. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Walt Disney Was Born On The 5th Of December 1905.,
  2. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Jackie Chan Was The Dubbed Voice For 'The Beast' In The Movie 'Beauty And The Beast' When Released In China.,
  3. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Simba Is Swahili For 'lion' while Bhalu (Baloo) Is Hindi for Bear.,
  4. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Walt Disney Was Presented With One Normal Sized Honorary Oscar And Seven Little Oscars For Snow White And The Seven Dwarves In 1938.,
  5. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Mickey Mouse Was The First Animated Character To Receive A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame.,
  6. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' The Lion King Was Originally Going To Be Called 'King of the Jungle',
  7. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' One Minute Of The Nightmare Before Christmas Required An Entire Week Of Filming.,
  8. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Disney Was Once Sued By A Biologist For The Defamation Of Hyenas In The Lion King.,
  9. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' In The Disney Movie '101 Dalmatians' Pongo Has 72 Spots And Perdita Has 68.,
  10. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' 'Mortimer Mouse' Was The Name Originally Meant For Mickey But Walt's Wife Convinced Him To Change It Because Mortimer Sounded Pompous.,
  11. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' 'Buzz Lightyear’s' Original Name Was Going To Be 'Lunar Larry' But Producers Thought It Sounded To Wacky.,
  12. Here Is A 'Disney 'Fun Fact' The Inspiration For The Disney Movie 'Frozen' Came From A Fairytale Called 'The Snow Queen' Which Was Written By Danish Author Hans Christian Andersen.,
  13. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' The Alligator In The Disney Movie 'The Princess And The Frog' Is Named 'Louis' As A Homage To Jazz Legend 'Louis Armstrong',
  14. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Nintendo’s Mario Was Considered For A Cameo In The Disney Movie Wreck-it Ralph But The Writers Couldn’t Find A Good Way To Incorporate Him In The Story.,
  15. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Two Of The Gargoyles In The Hunchback Of Notre Dame Disney Movie Were Named After The Writer Of The Original Novel 'Victor Hugo' The Third Gargoyle 'Laverne' Was Named After The Director’s Wife.,
  16. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Phil Collins Was Asked To Write The Music For 'Tarzan' To Get Away From The Familiar Disney Song Formula.,
  17. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' The Rescuers Was The First Animated Disney Movie To Inspire A Sequel.,
  18. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Over One Million Bubbles Were Hand Inked And Painted For The Original Little Mermaid Disney Movie.,
  19. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' The Wildebeest Stampede In 'The Lion King' Took Three Years To Animate,
  20. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' The Disney Movie 'Moana' Was Released Under The Name 'Vaiana' In Some Countries For Different Reasons. In The Netherlands The Name 'Moana' Is A Registered Trademark While In Italy The Name Had A Bad Connotation Because Of A Famous Italian Adult Film Actress,
  21. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Sulley From Monsters Inc Has Over 2.3 Million Individual Hairs,
  22. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' The Full Name Of The Crab From The Little Mermaid Is 'Horatio Thelonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian',
  23. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Around 50 Children Were Diagnosed With Salmonella After Kissing Frogs Following The Release Of The Princess and the Frog.,
  24. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Donald Duck Promoted Prophylactics (condoms) During World War Two,
  25. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Even Though We Know Him As 'Prince Charming' We Never Actually Find Out The Real Name Of The Prince Character In Cinderella.,
  26. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' When You Hear The Lion Characters Roar In 'The Lion King' You're Actually Hearing Tigers As Filmmakers Found That The Roar From A Lion Was Not Loud Enough.,
  27. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Tarzans Birthday Is On November 22nd.,
  28. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' The First Words 'Mickey Mouse' Ever Spoke On Screen Were 'Hot Dog' Or Is It 'Hot Dogs' Sources Cant Seem To Decide And When I listen To It Back I Cant Seem To Tell.,
  29. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' The Phrase Hakuna Matata From The Disney Movie 'The Lion King' Means'No Worries',
  30. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' The Name Of Walt Disney's First Cartoon Character Was 'Oswald the Lucky Rabbit',
  31. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Disney Pixar's Lamp Mascot Is Called 'Luxo Jr',
  32. Here Is A 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' 'Fun Fact' In 1989 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film 'culturally and aesthetically significant' and selected it as one of the first 25 films for preservation in the National Film Registry.,
  33. Here Is A 'Pinocchio' 'Fun Fact' Pinocchio was intended to be the studio's third feature after Bambi (1942) However due to difficulties with Bambi (adapting the story and animating the animals realistically) Disney announced that Bambi would be postponed while Pinocchio would move ahead in production.,
  34. Here Is A 'Fantasia' 'Fun Fact' The soundtrack was recorded using multiple audio channels and reproduced with 'Fantasound' a pioneering sound system developed by Disney and RCA that made Fantasia the first commercial film shown in stereo and a precursor to surround sound.,
  35. Here Is A 'The Reluctant Dragon' 'Fun Fact' Disney released the animated 'Reluctant Dragon' segment on VHS in 1987.,
  36. Here Is A 'Dumbo' 'Fun Fact' Originally it was intended to be a short film however Disney soon found that the only way to do the original book justice was to make it a feature length film.,
  37. Here Is A 'Bambi' 'Fun Fact' It is based on the 1923 novel 'Bambi' 'A Life in the Woods' by Austrian author and hunter 'Felix Salten',
  38. Here Is A 'Saludos Amigos' 'Fun Fact' It features the first appearance of 'José Carioca' the Brazilian cigar smoking parrot.,
  39. Here Is A 'Victory Through Air Power' 'Fun Fact' On December 8 1941 Disney studios were essentially converted into a propaganda machine for the United States government. While most World War II films were created for training purposes films such as 'Victory Through Air Power' were created to catch the attention of government officials and to build public morale among the U.S. and Allied powers.,
  40. Here Is A 'The Three Caballeros' 'Fun Fact' The film celebrating Donald Duck's 10th anniversary consists of seven segments each connected by a common theme. In the film it is Donald Duck's birthday (namely Friday the 13th) and he receives three presents from friends in Latin America.,
  41. Here Is A 'Make Mine Music' 'Fun Fact' During WWII much of Disney's staff was drafted into the army and those that remained were called upon by the U.S. gvt to make training and propaganda films. As a result the studio was littered with unfinished story ideas. In order to keep the film division alive during this time they released six films made up of various unrelated segments set to music.,
  42. Here Is A 'Fun and Fancy Free' 'Fun Fact' The film is a compilation of two stories 'Bongo' Which is loosely based on the short story 'Little Bear Bongo' by 'Sinclair Lewis' and 'Mickey and the Beanstalk' Which was based on the 'Jack and the Beanstalk' fairy tale.,
  43. Here Is A 'Melody Time' 'Fun Fact' Melody Time was the last feature film to include Donald Duck and José Carioca until the 1988 Touchstone Pictures film 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'.,
  44. Here Is A 'So Dear to My Heart' 'Fun Fact' The film was a personal favorite of Walt Disney since it re-created on film one of the most memorable times of his life which was Growing up on a small farm in the American Midwest at the turn of the twentieth century.,
  45. Here Is A 'The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad' 'Fun Fact' It consists of two segments the first based on the 1908 children's novel The 'Wind in the Willows' by British author Kenneth Grahame and the second based on the 1820 short story 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' by American author Washington Irving.,
  46. Here Is A 'Cinderella' 'Fun Fact' Actress Helene Stanley performs the live action references for Cinderella and artists draw animated frames based on the movements. She later did the same kind of work for Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty (1959) and Anita Radcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961),
  47. Here Is A 'Alice in Wonderland' 'Fun Fact' The film was originally intended to be a live-action/animated film but Disney decided it would be a fully animated film.,
  48. Here Is A 'Peter Pan' 'Fun Fact' The film concept was darker at first than that of the finished product for example there were scenes involving Captain Hook being killed by the crocodile.,
  49. Here Is A 'Lady and the Tramp' 'Fun Fact' Tramp the dog had various names during development including 'Homer' 'Rags' 'Bozo' before 'Tramp' was chosen.,
  50. Here Is A 'Sleeping Beauty' 'Fun Fact' Its musical score and songs composed by George Bruns were based on the 1889 'The Sleeping Beauty ballet' by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.,
  51. Here Is A 'One Hundred and One Dalmatians' 'Fun Fact' Bill Peet was assigned to single-handedly write the story which marked the first time that the story for a Disney animated film was written by one person.,
  52. Here Is A 'The Sword in the Stone' 'Fun Fact' This was the first animated Disney film to feature songs by the Sherman Brothers they went on to contribute music to such Disney films as 'Mary Poppins' 'The Jungle Book' 'The Aristocats' and 'The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh',
  53. Here Is A 'Pete's Dragon' 'Fun Fact' The project was initially conceived in 1957 as a two part episode of the Disneyland television series but it was shelved until it was revived as a musical film in 1975.,
  54. Here Is A 'The Rescuers' 'Fun Fact' The Rescuers entered development in 1962 but was shelved due to Walt Disney's dislike of the project's political overtones.,
  55. Here Is A 'The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' 'Fun Fact' The character Gopher which does not appear in the Milne stories was created because Disney wanted an all American character that could appeal to the children and also add an element of comedy.,
  56. Here Is A 'Robin Hood' 'Fun Fact' It is the 21st Disney animated feature film and is Based on the English folk tale of the same name.,
  57. Here Is A 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' 'Fun Fact' Author Mary Norton published 'The Magic Bed Knob' in 1943 then in August 1945 Disney purchased the film rights to the book Norton then published 'Bonfires and Broomsticks in 1947' and the two books were then combined into Bedknobs and Broomsticks in 1957.,
  58. Here Is A 'The Aristocats' 'Fun Fact' Originally 'O'Malley' was going to be drawn with stripes to have him resemble a tabby cat but this was dropped after director Wolfgang Reitherman remembered the difficulty in animating 'Shere Khan' in The Jungle Book.,
  59. Here Is A 'The Jungle Book' 'Fun Fact' In the original book the are vultures evil characters so Disney lightened it up by having them bear a resemblance to The Beatles including the signature mop top haircut It was also planned to have the members of the band to voice the characters however John Lennon refused to work on animated films which led to the idea being discarded.,
  60. Here Is A 'Mary Poppins' 'Fun Fact' It became the highest grossing film of 1964 and at the time of its release was Disney's highest grossing film ever.,
  61. Here Is A 'The Fox and the Hound' 'Fun Fact' Development began on the project after Wolfgang Reitherman had read the original novel and decided that it would make for a good animated feature as one of his sons had once owned a pet fox years before.,
  62. Here Is A 'The Black Cauldron' 'Fun Fact' It was tentatively scheduled to be released in 1980 but it was considered too advanced for the newly hired animators due to their inability to animate realistic human characters.,
  63. Here Is A 'The Great Mouse Detective' 'Fun Fact' Based on the children's book series 'Basil of Baker Street' by Eve Titus and Paul Galdone it draws heavily on the tradition of Sherlock Holmes with a heroic mouse who consciously emulates the detective.,
  64. Here Is A 'The Brave Little Toaster' 'Fun Fact' The animators used many visual cues to help inform the audience about plot and character For example during the nightmare sequence at the beginning of the film a Toaster burns toast and emits smoke which symbolizes guilt and fear of being responsible.,
  65. Here Is A 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' 'Fun Fact' Executive producer Steven Spielberg convinced Warner Bros to 'lend' their characters to appear in the film with stipulations on how those characters were portrayed for example Disney's 'Donald Duck' and Warner Bros 'Daffy Duck' appear as equally talented duelling pianists.,
  66. Here Is A 'Oliver & Company' 'Fun Fact' The film quickly went into production under the working title 'Oliver and the Dodger',
  67. Here Is A 'The Little Mermaid' 'Fun Fact' Development started soon after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the late 1930s but was delayed due to various circumstances.,
  68. Here Is A 'DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp' 'Fun Fact' The events of the film take place between the third and fourth seasons of DuckTales.,
  69. Here Is A 'The Rescuers Down Under' 'Fun Fact' After the success of 'Crocodile Dundee' (1986) had enhanced the appeal of Australian culture to a mainstream American audience. The new Rescuers sequel would be set in Australia for which writing began in 1986.,
  70. Here Is A 'Beauty and the Beast' 'Fun Fact' The final dance between Belle and the Prince were reused from the final dance sequence between Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip from the 1959 film 'Sleeping Beauty',
  71. Here Is A 'Aladdin' 'Fun Fact' The Movie is based on an Arabic folktale of the same name.,
  72. Here Is A 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' 'Fun Fact' The Nightmare Before Christmas originated in a poem written by Tim Burton in 1982 while he was working as an animator at Walt Disney Productions.,
  73. Here Is A 'The Lion King' 'Fun Fact' It is inspired by William Shakespeare's Hamlet with elements from the Biblical stories of 'Joseph and Moses' and Disney's 1942 film 'Bambi',
  74. Here Is A 'A Goofy Movie' 'Fun Fact' A Goofy Movie opened in theatres at second place on its opening weekend with $6.1 million. It was held from the number one spot because of the Will Smith blockbuster 'Bad Boys' that opened the same weekend with $15.5 million in box office returns.,
  75. Here Is A 'Pocahontas' 'Fun Fact' Mel Gibson provided the singing and speaking voices of John Smith.,
  76. Here Is A 'Toy Story' 'Fun Fact' It was the first entirely computer animated feature film as well as the first feature film from Pixar.,
  77. Here Is A 'James and the Giant Peach' 'Fun Fact' Based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. It was produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi.,
  78. Here Is A 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' 'Fun Fact' The film is considered to be one of Disney's darkest animated films due to its mature subject matter such as 'lust' 'damnation' 'antiziganism' 'genocide' and sin.,
  79. Here Is A 'Hercules' 'Fun Fact' It is loosely based on the legendary hero 'Heracles' (known in the film by his Roman name Hercules) who is the the son of Zeus in Greek mythology.,
  80. Here Is A 'Mulan' 'Fun Fact'In 1994 the production team sent a select group of artistic supervisors to China for three weeks to take photographs and drawings of local landmarks for inspiration and to soak up local culture.,
  81. Here Is A 'A Bug's Life' 'Fun Fact' It was more difficult for animators during the production of A Bug's Life than that of Toy Story as Pixar's computers ran sluggishly due to the complexity of the character models.,
  82. Here Is A 'Doug's 1st Movie' 'Fun Fact' Nobody Cares About This Movie Because Nickelodeon's version of 'Doug is superior.,
  83. Here Is A 'Tarzan' 'Fun Fact' Disney's Tarzan was the first Tarzan film to be animated. Thomas Schumacher then president of Walt Disney Feature Animation expressed surprise there hadn't been any previous attempts to animate a Tarzan film saying 'Here is a book that cries out to be animated',
  84. Here Is 'A Toy Story 2' 'Fun Fact' The work on the film was nearly lost in 1998 when one of the animators accidentally deleted the files. Technical director Galyn Susman had a backup copy of the film on her home computer allowing the Pixar team to recover nearly all of the lost assets.,
  85. Here Is A 'Fantasia 2000' 'Fun Fact' It is the 38th Disney animated feature film and sequel to 1940's Fantasia. Like its predecessor Fantasia 2000 consists of animated segments set to pieces of classical music.,
  86. Here Is A 'The Tigger Movie' 'Fun Fact' The film was the first feature length theatrical Pooh film that was not a collection of previously released shorts.,
  87. Here Is A 'Dinosaur' 'Fun Fact'The film was originally going to be much darker and violent in tone in a style akin to a nature documentary. ,
  88. Here Is A 'The Emperor's New Groove' 'Fun Fact' Actual animation began in 1999 involving 400 artists and 300 technicians and production personnel.,
  89. Here Is A 'Recess: School's Out' 'Fun Fact' The film centers around T.J. Detweiler and his friends uncovering a plot to get rid of summer vacation.,
  90. Here Is A 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' 'Fun Fact' The film was released at a time when audience interest in animated films was shifting away from hand-drawn animation toward films with full CGI.,
  91. Here Is A 'Monsters Inc' 'Fun Fact' The idea for Monsters Inc. along with ideas that would eventually become 'A Bug's Life' 'Finding Nemo' and 'WALL-E' was conceived in a lunch in 1994 during the near completion of Toy Story.,
  92. Here Is A 'Return to Never Land' 'Fun Fact' The mermaids in this sequel are given brassieres since their appearances in its predecessor were considered sexualized.,
  93. Here Is A 'Lilo & Stitch' 'Fun Fact' For three straight days in his Hotel room Director Chris Sanders Sanders created a 29-page pitch book drawing conceptual sketches and outlining the film's general story.,
  94. Here Is A 'Spirited Away' 'Fun Fact' Production commenced in February 2000 on a budget of US$15 million. Walt Disney Pictures financed ten percent of the film's production cost for the right of first refusal for American distribution.,
  95. Here Is A 'Treasure Planet' 'Fun Fact' It is a science fiction adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel Treasure Island (1883) and it is the third retelling of the story in an outer space setting.,
  96. Here Is A 'The Jungle Book 2' 'Fun Fact' Due to a legal dispute the character of King Louie from the original Jungle Book could not be included in this film. However he makes a non physical appearance as a shadow puppet in the beginning of the film and is briefly mentioned in the middle of the film.,
  97. Here Is A 'Piglet's Big Movie' 'Fun Fact' In 2003 Disney released Piglet's Big Game for the 'PlayStation 2' 'GameCube' and 'Game Boy Advance' as well as a CD-ROM game which was also entitled Piglet's Big Game.,
  98. Here Is A 'The Lizzie McGuire Movie' 'Fun Fact' The film serves as the finale of the Disney Channel television series of the same name and was the first theatrical film based on a Disney Channel series.,
  99. Here Is A 'Finding Nemo' 'Fun Fact' To ensure that the movements of the fish in the film were believable the animators took a crash course in fish biology and oceanography.,
  100. Here Is A 'Brother Bear' 'Fun Fact' The story artists embarked on a research trip in August 1999 to visit Alaska where they travelled on the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and Kodiak Island.,
  101. Here Is A 'Teacher's Pet' 'Fun Fact' Teacher's Pet is a 2004 American animated musical comedy film which serves as the finale of the 2000 television series of the same name.,
  102. Here Is A 'Home on the Range' 'Fun Fact' Home on the Range is a 2004 American animated Western musical comedy film.,
  103. Here Is A 'The Incredibles ''Fun Fact' The animation team was tasked with animating an allhuman cast which required creating new technology to animate detailed human anatomy and realistic skin and hair.,
  104. Here Is A 'Pooh's Heffalump Movie' 'Fun Fact' Heffalumps were first mentioned in the original Winnie the-Pooh books. They appeared in a nightmare sequence along with their fellow scary creatures 'The woozles',
  105. Here Is A 'Howl's Moving Castle' 'Fun Fact' It is loosely based on the 1986 novel of the same name by British author Diana Wynne Jones.,
  106. Here Is A 'Valiant' 'Fun Fact' The film is based on a story by George Webster and inspired by true stories of hundreds of pigeons that helped the soldiers in the war.,
  107. Here Is A 'Chicken Little' 'Fun Fact' For the title character there were approximately fourteen to fifteen character designs before settling on the design composed of an ovular egghead shape with oversized glasses.,
  108. Here Is A 'The Wild' 'Fun Fact' The film was a critical and commercial failure with severe criticism given towards its animation style and similarities to DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar 'Finding Nemo' and 'The Lion King',
  109. Here Is A 'Cars' 'Fun Fact' In 2001 the film's working title was Route 66 (after U.S. Route 66) but the title was changed to Cars in order to avoid confusion with the 1960s television series of the same name.,
  110. Here Is A 'Meet the Robinsons' 'Fun Fact' It is loosely based on the 1990 children's book A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce.,
  111. Here Is A 'Ratatouille' 'Fun Fact' A challenge for the filmmakers was creating computer generated images of food that would appear delicious. Gourmet chefs in both the U.S. and France were consulted and animators attended cooking classes to understand the workings of a commercial kitchen.,
  112. Here Is A 'Enchanted' 'Fun Fact' Enchanted is the first feature length Disney live-action/traditional animation hybrid since Disney's Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1988 though the traditionally animated characters do not interact in the live action environment in the same method as they did in Roger Rabbit.,
  113. Here Is A 'WALL-E' 'Fun Fact' The film was known under the title of 'Trash Planet' for two months in 1995.,
  114. Here Is A 'Bolt' 'Fun Fact' Bolt's characteristics are based on an amalgam of breeds although the designers started with the American White Shepherd.,
  115. Here Is A 'Up' 'Fun Fact' The designs of the characters were caricatured and stylized considerably and animators were challenged with creating realistic cloth.,
  116. Here Is A 'Ponyo' 'Fun Fact' The film was originally released in Japan on July 19th 2008 by distributor Toho. It was a major commercial success grossing over $204 million worldwide and becoming the fifth highest grossing anime film of all time.,
  117. Here Is A 'A Christmas Carol' 'Fun Fact' It is based on Charles Dickens's 1843 novel of the same name.,
  118. Here Is A 'The Princess and the Frog' 'Fun Fact' It is inspired in part by the 2002 novel The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker which in turn is based on the German folk tale 'The Frog Prince' as collected by the Brothers Grimm.,
  119. Here Is A 'Toy Story 3' 'Fun Fact' During the initial development stages of the film Pixar revisited their work from the original Toy Story and found that although they could open the old computer files for the animated 3D models error messages prevented them from editing the files which necessitated recreating the models from scratch.,
  120. Here Is 'A Tales from Earthsea' 'Fun Fact' The movie was released on DVD and VHS in Japan by Buena Vista Home Entertainment on July 4 2007. The DVD included the movie with both the original Japanese soundtrack and English dub alongside a selection of bonus features.,
  121. Here Is A 'Tangled' 'Fun Fact' In October 2003 the film was announced as 'Rapunzel Unbraided' as a computer animated feature scheduled for a 2007 release.,
  122. Here Is A 'Gnomeo & Juliet' 'Fun Fact' It is loosely based on the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and features the voices of 'James McAvoy' 'Emily Blunt' 'Michael Caine' 'Jason Statham' And Maggie Smith.,
  123. Here Is A 'Mars Needs Moms' 'Fun Fact' It tells the story of a nine year old boy named Milo who sets out to save his mother on Mars after she is taken away by Martians at the night time.,
  124. Here Is A 'Cars 2' 'Fun Fact' Cars is the second Pixar film after 'Toy Story' to have a sequel as well as becoming a franchise.,
  125. Here Is A 'Winnie the Pooh' 'Fun Fact' Following a trip to Ashdown Forest in Sussex England to explore the location of A. A. Milne's original stories the filmmakers enlisted Burny Mattinson a Disney veteran who worked as the key animator on the 1974 short 'Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too' to serve as lead storyboard artist for the film.,
  126. Here Is A 'The Secret World of Arrietty' 'Fun Fact' The film was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on DVD and as a Blu-ray and DVD combo pack on May 22 2012 in North America.,
  127. Here Is A 'Brave' 'Fun Fact' Announced in April 2008 as 'The Bear and the Bow' Writer and director Brenda Chapman considers it a fairy tale in the tradition of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm.,
  128. Here Is A 'Frankenweenie' 'Fun Fact' It is a feature length remake of Burton's 1984 short film of the same name and is also both a parody of and homage to the 1931 film Frankenstein based on Mary Shelley's 1818 book Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus.,
  129. Here Is A 'Wreck-It Ralph ''Fun Fact' The concept of Wreck-It Ralph was first developed at Disney in the late 1980s under the working title 'High Score'. In the late 1990s it took on the working title 'Joe Jump' then in the mid 2000s as Reboot Ralph.,
  130. Here Is A 'Monsters University' 'Fun Fact' The plot of Monsters University details Mike and Sulley's first meeting contradicting a scene from the original film in which Mike tells Sulley 'You've been jealous of my good looks since the fourth grade',
  131. Here Is A 'Planes' 'Fun Fact' The team conducted research by interviewing several pilots of plane types that were included in the movie,
  132. Here Is A 'Frozen' 'Fun Fact' It is inspired by the 1844 fairy tale The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen.,
  133. Here Is A 'The Wind Rises' 'Fun Fact' The Wind Rises was the highest grossing Japanese film in Japan in 2013.,
  134. Here Is A 'Planes: Fire & Rescue' 'Fun Fact' Production on Planes Fire & Rescue began six months after the start of the previous film.,
  135. Here Is A 'Big Hero 6' 'Fun Fact' Big Hero 6 is the first Disney animated film to feature Marvel Comics characters whose parent company was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2009.,
  136. Here Is A 'Strange Magic' 'Fun Fact' It is based on a story by George Lucas and inspired by William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.,
  137. Here Is A 'Inside Out' 'Fun Fact' Animation of Inside Out took a year and a half.,
  138. Here Is A 'The Good Dinosaur' 'Fun Fact' The filmmakers wanted to explore what dinosaurs represent in the present day and how they are represented in stereotypes. Peterson stated 'It's time to do a movie where you get to know the dinosaur and what it's really like to be a dinosaur.,
  139. Here Is A 'Zootopia''Fun Fact' Actor Alan Tudyk has a clever reference to a past character of his. He played the Duke of Weselton mocked as Weaseltown in Frozen. Now in Zootopia he plays Duke Weaselton an actual non-metaphorical weasel.,
  140. Here Is A 'Finding Dory' 'Fun Fact' Louis Armstrong's version of 'What a Wonderful World' is played during the scene in which fish are released into the ocean as the truck Dory and Hank are driving crashes into the water.,
  141. Here Is A 'Moana' 'Fun Fact' The film introduces Auli'i Cravalho as the voice of Moana and also features the ensemble voices of 'Dwayne Johnson' 'Rachel House' 'Temuera Morrison' 'Jemaine Clement' 'Nicole Scherzinger' and Alan Tudyk.,
  142. Here Is A 'Cars 3' 'Fun Fact' Talks for a third Cars film began in late 2011 after the release of its predecessor and entered production in 2014.,
  143. Here Is A 'Coco' 'Fun Fact' The concept for Coco is inspired by the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead. Pixar began developing the animation in 2016 and some of the film's crew visited Mexico for research.,
  144. Here Is A 'Incredibles 2' 'Fun Fact' A 53 second teaser trailer premiered on November 18 2017 It received 113.0 million views in its first 24 hours becoming the most viewed trailer for an animated film up until the release of the teaser trailer for 'Frozen II' in February 2019.,
  145. Here Is A 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' 'Fun Fact' The first discussions about a sequel to Wreck It Ralph began in September 2012 and the new installment went through three different scripts before the filmmakers settled on the final plot.,
  146. Here Is A 'Mary Poppins Returns' 'Fun Fact' A sequel to Mary Poppins had been gestating in development hell since the first film's release in 1964.,
  147. Here Is A 'Toy Story 4' 'Fun Fact' Tony Hale was cast as Forky a homemade toy suffering an existential crisis. When asked to voice Forky Hale said 'A utensil's existential crisis?' 'I'm in',
  148. Here Is A 'The Lion King 2019' 'Fun Fact' Elton John returned to rework his musical compositions from the original film before his retirement.,
  149. Here Is A 'Frozen II' 'Fun Fact' The film was greenlit in March 2015 after a company debate about whether it would be perceived as inferior to the original.,
  150. Here Is A 'Spies in Disguise' 'Fun Fact' The plot follows a secret agent who is transformed into a pigeon by an intelligent young scientist.,
  151. Here Is A 'Onward' 'Fun Fact' Development on Onward lasted for six years.,
  152. Here Is A 'Soul' 'Fun Fact' Production on Soul lasted for four years on an approximate $150 million budget. This was the first Pixar film to feature a black lead.,
  153. Here Is A 'Raya and the Last Dragon' 'Fun Fact' Raya had been originally conceived of as a 'stoic loner' but the team began to infuse her with elements of levity and swagger similar to the character of Star-Lord in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.,
  154. Here Is A 'Luca' 'Fun Fact' To prepare for the film Pixar sent several of the film's artists to the Italian Riviera for a research trip during which they took photos of the area's landscape and peoples.,
  155. Here Is A 'Ron's Gone Wrong' 'Fun Fact' The film features the voice of Jack Dylan Grazer as Barney a socially awkward middle schooler who befriends a defective robot named Ron who is voiced by Zach Galifianakis.,
  156. Here Is A 'Encanto''Fun Fact' In 2018 Directors attended a research trip to Colombia in which they met with architects and artisans to immerse themselves in the country's culture.,
  157. Here Is A 'Turning Red' 'Fun Fact' The film was developed under the working title of 'Red',
  158. Here Is A 'The Bob's Burgers Movie' 'Fun Fact' The events of the film take place between the 12th and 13th seasons of Bob's Burgers so the plot follows Bob and his family as they struggle to pay their loan after a sinkhole opens in front of their restaurant and affects business whilst the kids try to solve the murder of a carnie.,
  159. Here Is A 'Lightyear' 'Fun Fact' Lightyear centers on the character 'Buzz Lightyear' who in this film is human and not a toy.,
  160. Here Is A 'Strange World' 'Fun Fact' Strange World draws inspiration from 'pulp magazines' 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' (1864) 'Fantastic Voyage' (1966) 'Jurassic Park' (1993) and King Kong (1933),
  161. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Anna from the movie (Frozen) is the first Disney princess to have a duet with a villain.,
  162. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Beauty and the Beast was the first animated film in history to be nominated for a Best Picture at the Academy Awards.,
  163. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' Whenever Aladdin lies you'll notice the feather on his turban falls in his face.,
  164. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' In the opening scenes of the Little Mermaid the eagle-eyed may spot Goofy, Mickey and Donald Duck in the audience at King Triton's concert.,
  165. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' The two minute storm in The Little Mermaid took 10 special effects artists over a year to finish.,
  166. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' People have often claimed to spot hidden messages in Disney films. One of the better known is when Simba flops down onto the ground and clouds of dust appear to spell 'SEX' in the sky. The story goes that it actually reads 'SFX' and was put there by the effects team like a signature.,
  167. Here Is A 'Disney Fun Fact' There is a hidden NSFW scene in The Rescuers. The two inappropriate scenes would go unnoticed until the 1999 home video release 22 years after the movie's original release when people could slow VHS tapes down. This lead to Disney recalling 3.4 million VHS copies of The Rescuers.
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