- The Aristocats - A Regal Classic
The tagline for The Aristocats was, aptly, "Meet the cats who know where it's atfor fun, music and adventure!" The Aristocats was the twentieth animated film in the Disney canon. It was purportedly the last film to receive Walt Disney's personal approval and was the first animated feature released after his death. It was originally intended to be screened in two installments on television, but was quickly promoted to feature status. It should be noted that the basic premise of the film, an animated comedy about cats in France, had been realized by UPA with the 1962 release of Gay Purr-ee, starring the voice of Judy Garland. - Atlantis: The Lost Empire - A Gem to Rediscover
Atlantis: The Lost Empire was released by Walt Disney Pictures in the summer of 2001. It was written for the screen by Tab Murphy, who had also co-written Tarzan and The Hunchback of Notre Dame for Disney. This is the 40th movie in the Walt Disney animated film canon, and only the second Disney film ever, since The Black Cauldron, to be stamped with a PG rating. - A Field Of Academics That Brings People Into Contact With Nature
The field of Conservation involves a wide range of food needs, crop management and soil. Students interested in earning degrees in Conservation and Ecology must recognize such particular fields as water conservation, forests, wildlife extinction, wildlife management, pesticides, waste management and more. Useful courses should include in-depth ecological case studies that challenge potential students to study how ecological concepts apply in the field. - Companies Are Eager to Hire Competent Computer Programmers
Visual Basic is one of the most fashionable computer programming languages today. In large part, its popularity is based on the fact that the very fundamentals of the Internet are built on the Visual Basic language. It allows professional programmers to create a series of graphical user interface (GUI) applications, which make software development easy to handle. Because it's a graphical and object-oriented language, it's quite easy to learn. It is vital prospective students enroll in an academic program that will familiarize them with the host of programming rules, vocabulary, and codes. A series of thrilling tutorials are available, which logically and precisely guide you through the learning process. - Pocahontas - A Legend Comes To Life
In 1995, Walt Disney Pictures released the first Disney feature where, as the tagline states, "an American legend comes to life." Pocahontas, the first Disney film based on an genuine historic figure, was the 33rd animated film ever released by Disney Studios and marked the high-watermark for the Disney Renaissance which had begun in 1989 with The Little Mermaid. This film was one of the few Disney films to ever portray an interracial romance (between Pocahontas and John Smith). - Cinderella iii Lives Up to the Magic of the Original
People are fond of referencing Cinderella, gleefully joking about the magical midnight alteration of the star character from an enchanted princess into her old self. The 1950 Disney full length cartoon was nominated for three Academy Awards and has remained a classic for nearly sixty years. - Mary Poppins, An Oscar-Winning Classic
Mary Poppins is the beloved musical produced by Walt Disney and starring Julie Andrews. Released in 1964, the film was based on the best-selling children's book written by P.L. Travers and illustrated by Mary Shepard. It enjoyed phenomenal success when it was released, and was ranked by the American Film Institute as the 6th best musical of all time, just above A Star Is Born and below Cabaret. - Beauty and the Beast, the Epitome of the Disney Renaissance
Beauty and the Beast is the 30th animated feature made by Walt Disney Studio. Based on the traditional French fairytale made popular by Madame Beaumont's story published in 1756, the film premiered at Disney's El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles in 1991. Beauty and the Beast is still one of the best known and beloved films in the Disney canon. - The Shaggy Dog - Disney's First Live Action Comedy
The Shaggy Dog is a black and white 1959 Walt Disney movie about a youngster who is turned into a sheep dog by a cursed ring. Aside from its comic merit, it is noteworthy as being the first Walt Disney live-action comedy ever made. A testament to its appeal is the number of remakes and spin-offs based on this source material. - The Birth of the Pioneering Disney Studios
The Walt Disney Company was created in 1923 by brothers Walt and Roy Disney in Los Angeles. The Disney brothers started by producing a series of live-action/animated short films communally named The Alice Comedies. Within four months of the initial screenings, the brothers were urged to move to larger facilities, dubbed "Disney Bros. Studio." According their official website, in 1925 the Disney brothers placed a deposit on a lot on Hyperion Avenue in the Silver Lake district of Los Angeles. This lot would house the Disney Studio for the next 14 years, seeing the dawn of such beloved characters as Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Goofy, and Donald Duck. - Dumbo, Disney's 4th Animated Classic
In 1941, Walt Disney distributed his fourth animated feature, Dumbo. Based on the children's book of the same name, written by Helen Aberson and drawn by Harold Perl, Dumbo follows the adventures of Jumbo, Jr., a baby elephant. Because of his unnaturally large ears, which give him the power to fly, Jumbo, Jr. is nicknamed "Dumbo." His only friend, other than his mother, is Timothy the mouse. - Bambi, Disney's Moving Masterpiece
In 1942, Walt Disney released his fifth animated movie, Bambi. It was based on the Austrian book Bambi, A Life In The Woods, by Felix Salten. Published in 1923, the book followed the adventures of a male roe deer from birth to maturity. The book was popular both in Europe and the United States. Salten, whose real name was Siegmund Salzmann, was Hungarian by birth but spent most of his time in Vienna. The popularity of the book inspired Salten to write a sequel entitled Bambi's Children. - The Country Bear Jamboree
When Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom premiered in 1971, it featured a great audio-animatronic show called The Country Bear Jamboree. As the name suggests, the show featured bears performing country music. The show was such a hit that capacity was expanded, Disneyland got its own Jamboree, and a second theatre was built to accommodate the crowds. - Sharkboy and Lavagirl, A Quirky Classic
The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl takes viewers on a wild ride in the grand tradition of fantastical films such as Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, which is set in a bizarre world, and films such as The Never-ending Story, in which mistreatment by bullies sends the victim into a dream world where he can be a hero. The merger of fantasy and reality in the film is intriguing. - The Internet Is Now Portable In New and Exciting Ways
Imagine yourself in a problem: you are supposed to be meeting a client for dinner to seal an important deal and you have been made late because a meeting in a nearby town ran late. When you go to phone your client, you realize you forgot to charge your mobile phone. The battery is dead, and the client's cell phone number is in your dead phone! What do you do? Your contract is suddenly in jeopardy just because you did not remember to plug in your cell phone?!
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