Once for all, the official Disney movies list.
Gianfranco Goria - Anonima Fumetti - Italian Cartoonists Society
goria at inrete.alpcom.it
Thu Jul 6 15:30:58 CEST 1995
Ok. Once for all, to all those who asked for it, this is what I found at the
link on the Anonima Fumetti's WEB pages (http://www.alpcom.itfumetti/).
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Disney Animated Features
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Here is the official list, numbered and listed in chronological order
(taken from the RAD FAQ by Tom Tanida). You will find lots of links here.
If available, you can click on the title to get to the Movie details from
the Internet Movie Database at the Mississippi University (US). Reviews
come from the rec.arts.movies.reviews database, located in the United
Kingdom. If there were more than one review of a film, I have sometimes
consciously picked one of them, sometimes at random.
Please note that many stuff here is copyrighted by Disney. If you abuse it,
we might be forced to take this information off the net. Use it only for
private and educational purposes, and we will be able to continue providing
this -hopefully- useful information.
If you have a Laserdisc player, you will want to know which films are
available on disc and which are not. Check out the LD Availability List by
David Uy. There is also a list of out-of-print discs.
Want to know how the Disney community rated these Features? Want to
contribute to these ratings? Then take a look at the Features Vote Counter.
The Animated Features
1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (12/21/1937)
Granted a special Academy Award for screen innovation in 1938.
Additional Information: The original fairy tale; The Poster (33k JPG);
Picture Heigh Ho (120k JPG).
2. Pinocchio (02/07/1940)
Won the Oscar for Best Song ("When You Wish Upon a Star"), and Best
Original Score.
Additional Information: The original fairy tale; Poster Style A (90k
JPG); Poster Style B (45k JPG).
3. Fantasia (11/13/1940)
The Academy granted a special award to Leopold Stokowski for "widening
the scope of the motion picture as entertainment and as an art form"
in 1941. The music was conducted by Leopold Stokowski, and the
narrator was Deems Taylor. Fantasia was re-released in 1982 with an
Irwin Kostal conducted soundtrack and narration by Hugh Douglas, but
was subsequently restored. Additional Information: The Poster (90k
JPG); A Picture (30k grey JPG) from a scene that was censored because
of is racism.
4. Dumbo (10/23/1941)
Based upon the serial number on the cassette, this was the first of
the animated films to have been released on video. It was originally
released in 1980 for rentalIt won an Oscar for "Scoring of a Musical
Picture" in 1941.
5. Bambi (08/13/1942)
As a bit of trivia, this is the animated feature with the fewest lines
of dialog.
6. Saludos Amigos (02/06/1943)
7. The Three Caballeros (02/03/1945)
This is somewhat of a sequel to Saludos Amigos.
8. Make Mine Music (08/15/1946)
Almost like a second Fantasia, but featuring more popular music in 10
shorter sequences, which lack the depth that Fantasia had. The
excellent Clair De Lune sequence in this film was originally intended
to be included in Fantasia. It also included Casey at the Bat. Parts
of this film have been released separately, under the titles Willie,
the Operatic Whale and Peter and the Wolf. This film was never
reissued in its original form.
9. Fun and Fancy Free (09/27/1947)
Contained the two stories Mickey and the Beanstalk and Bongo.
10. Melody Time (05/27/1948)
Some miscellaneous stories, including: a story based on Johnny
Appleseed; Little Toot (a tugboat); Blame It On the Samba, featuring
Donald Duck and Jose Carioca from The Three Caballeros and
Bumble-Boogie, a jazz version of Flight of the Bumblebee. This film
was somewhat of a sequel to Make Mine Music, and also was never
re-released in its original form.
11. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (10/05/1949)
Available as separate short films, under the titles The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow and The Wind in the Willows.
12. Cinderella (02/15/1950)
It has been said that this was Walt Disney's favorite film.
Additional Information: The original fairy tale.
13. Alice in Wonderland (07/28/1951)
Additional Information: The Poster (36k JPG).
14. Peter Pan (02/05/1953)
Additional Information: The Poster (23k JPG).
15. Lady and the Tramp (06/22/1955)
Originally filmed in Cinemascope.
Additional Information: A CD cover picture (140k JPG).
16. Sleeping Beauty (01/29/1959)
Originally filmed in Cinemascope.
Additional Information: The script in full HTML; The original fairy
tale; The Poster (33k JPG).
17. 101 Dalmatians (01/25/1961)
Additional Information: The Poster (50k JPG); A Picture (70k JPG,
don't know where it comes from).
18. The Sword in the Stone (12/25/1963)
19. The Jungle Book (10/18/1967)
This was the last film that Walt Disney worked on, as he died prior to
its release.
Additional Information: The Poster (40k JPG).
20. The Aristocats (12/24/1970)
Additional Information: The Poster (42k JPG); Picture Cats on Sofa
(15k JPG).
21. Robin Hood (11/08/1973)
22. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (03/11/1977)
This was a compilation of the three stories Winnie the Pooh and the
Honey Tree (1966), Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1969), and
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974).
Additional Information: A Pooh Poster (45k JPG).
23. The Rescuers (06/22/1977)
This film was the last that was developed by the original (Walt)
generation of Disney lead animators. It was very successful in Europe
during it's initial release.
Additional Information: The Poster (30k JPG).
24. The Fox and the Hound (07/10/1981)
At one time the film was stated by Disney publicists to be the 20th,
then the 25th animated feature film. The first major effort by the
"new generation" of Disney artists.
Additional Information: The Poster (43k JPG).
25. The Black Cauldron (07/24/1985)
This was the first film to be released in 70mm since Sleeping Beauty.
Roy E. Disney, Walt's nephew, returned to the studios to contribute to
the screenplay. The film suffered from delays and a then record cost
of $25 million. It was scheduled to video, and even mastered on tape a
couple of years ago, but didn't make it because of the success of The
Little Mermaid.
Additional Information: The Poster (40k JPG).
26. The Great Mouse Detective (07/02/1986)
Score by Henry Mancini.
Additional Information: The Poster (45k JPG).
27. Oliver and Company (11/18/1988)
Made $54M in it's initial release, which at the time was the highest
box-office gross of any animated film in its first theatrical run.
Additional Information: The Poster (48k JPG).
28. The Little Mermaid (11/17/1989)
Won the Academy Awards for Best Original Score, and Best Song (Under
the Sea). Grossed $89M in its initial US release.
Additional Information: The song Lyrics; The original fairy tale;
Poster Style A (85k JPG, Ariel before a magical moonrise); Poster
Style B (280k JPG, The standard poster); Picture Ariel (60k JPG)
splashing out of the water; Picture Ariel and Eric (60k JPG) dancing;
Picture Ariel (75k JPG) singing Part of your World.
29. The Rescuers Down Under (11/10/1990)
Nationally released on 11/23/90. Disney's first official animated
sequel. Grossed around $28M in its initial US release. The first
feature extensively using the help of computers, which makes it
stunning to look at (even from today's view).
Additional Information: A Review; Picture Bernard (95k JPG); Picture
Bianca (100k JPG).
30. Beauty and the Beast (11/15/1991)
Was nationally released on 11/23/91.Cost $30 million to produce. It
won the Academy Awards for Best Original Score, and Best Song (title
track), and was the first animated film to be nominated for Best
Picture. In the first 42 weeks of its US release, this film grossed
$144.725 million, and sold 1 million copies of the video nationwide by
the end of its first day of release (10/30/92).
Additional Information: The song Lyrics; The original fairy tale; The
script in plain text; Poster Style A (100k JPG, Silhouettes of B&B
dancing); Poster Style B (42k JPG, showing all characters); Picture
Singing Belle (220k JPG); Picture Happy End (250k JPG);
31. Aladdin (11/11/1992)
Was nationally released on 11/25/92. This features songs by the late
Howard Ashman. The score was done by Alan Menken. Since Ashman passed
away before this film was completed, Tony Award winner Tim Rice was
hired to complete some songs for the film. Ashman wrote the lyrics to
the songs Arabian Nights, Friend Like Me, and Prince Ali. Rice wrote
the lyrics to One Jump Ahead, A Whole New World, and Prince Ali
(reprise). This film reportedly cost $35 million to produce. Aladdin
won two Academy Awards, one for Best Song (A Whole New World) and one
for Best Original Score. Aladdin grossed over $215 million in the
theaters and currently holds the record as the all-time best selling
video cassette ever in North America, exceeding 21 million copies
sold.
Additional Information: The song Lyrics; The original fairy tale; The
script in plain text; Poster Style A (53k JPG); Poster Style B (45k
JPG); Poster Style C (150k JPG, German); Picture Jasmine (125k JPG)
combing her hair; Picture Carpet Ride (130k JPG).
32. The Lion King (6/15/94)
Nationally released 6/24/94. On that weekend, The Lion King earned
$40.9 million, a record for an animated film and, while not a box
office revenue record for an opening weekend, it probably represents
the most tickets sold in a weekend given the high number of discounted
tickets sold for children. Tim Rice and Elton John worked on the
soundtrack for this film.
Additional Information: The song Lyrics; The complete script; A
Review; A Report of the European Charity Premiere; some paper's
reviews; The Poster (85k JPG); Picture Ceremony (130k JPG); Picture
Stampede (105k JPG); Buena Vista's TLK Press Room with quicktime
movies and stills of the film.
33. Pocahontas (6/23/95)
Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz are working on the soundtrack for
this film. A trailer for this film will be shown during The Lion
King's re-release in November. This is the first film since The
Rescuers Down Under not being done by the usual lead animators. It
features the voice talents of Tom Hulce and Demi Moore.
Additional Information: A first Picture of the film; Buena Vista's
still quite-empty Pocahontas Press Room offers a single quicktime to
download. The Lyrics of Colors of the Wind.
34. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (working title, 1996)
Being directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale, the directors of
Beauty and the Beast.
35. Fantasia Continued (1996 or 1997)
Features new clips, in the tradition of the original Fantasia.
Contributions to this are being made by Roy E. Disney (Walt's nephew).
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