The young adults who grew up on Disney films like The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, and Toy Story may not realize that there was a time when it looked like the animation studio founded by the late Walt was threatening to fade into irrelevance. Movies like The Fox and the Hound (1981) scarcely seemed on par with classics like Snow White and held little appeal outside the youngest viewers. An attempt at something darker, The Black Cauldron (1985), alienated that same demographic and lost money. This documentary unearths vintage footage from the period after that to tell the story of the Disney Animation Studio’s renaissance. In this period, the studio expanded its output, moved into the computer animation that now dominates, and released several of the most successful animated films of all time.
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viewed 3/31/10 at Prince Music Theater [PFS screening] and reviewed 3/30/10
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