DISNEY MOVIE GEMS

WHILE FILMING SNOW WHITE AND BAMBI, WALT DISNEY

KEPT A MENAGERIE OF ANIMALS IN THE STUDIO AS

LIVE REFERENCE FOR THE ANIMATORS.

NOW THAT’S A SMART BOSS.

DID YOU KNOW THAT ALADDIN’S FACIAL FEATURES WERE

DRAWN WITH TOM CRUISE’S LOOKS IN MIND AND ARIEL’S

WERE BASED ON ALYSSA MILANO’S? IT’S 100 PERCENT TRUE.

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT HOW DISNEY’S NAME WOULD READ

SPELLED BACKWARDS? WELL, THE ANSWER IS YEN SID—THE

NAME OF THE SORCERER IN THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE.

AFTER THE UNEXPECTED COMMERCIAL SUCCESS OF SNOW

WHITE, WALT DISNEY BOUGHT A HOME FOR HIS PARENTS

TO SHOW HIS APPRECIATION. HOWEVER, A FAULTY HEATING

SYSTEM IN THE HOME LED TO THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER,

FLORA DISNEY, FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. BECAUSE

OF HIS GUILT AND SORROW, WALT INTENTIONALLY MADE MANY

OF HIS EARLY MOVIE CHARACTERS MOTHERLESS.

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY WALL-E IS NAMED WALL-E?

WELL, IT’S BECAUSE HE’S NAMED AFTER

WALTER ELIAS DISNEY.

THE VULTURES IN THE JUNGLE BOOK WERE HEAVILY INSPIRED

BY THE BEATLES. FOR THAT MATTER, THE “FAB FOUR”

WERE INTENDED TO VOICE THEM BUT AT THE LAST MOMENT

PLANS CHANGED.

DESPITE ITS TITLE BEING LION KING, IN REALITY WHAT YOU

HEAR IN THIS SUPERB DISNEY FILM ARE TIGER ROARS

BECAUSE APPARENTLY LIONS WEREN’T LOUD ENOUGH AND

THE SOUND QUALITY WASN’T SATISFYING.

ACCORDING TO HIS CREATOR, GLEN KEANE, THE BEAST

WAS THE RESULT OF MIXING SEVEN DIFFERENT ANIMALS.

UNFORTUNATELY, HE NEVER REVEALED WHICH ANIMALS

EXACTLY BUT ONE CAN GUESS. 

IF YOU PAY ATTENTION CLOSELY WHILE WATCHING BRAVE

YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THE OLD WITCH HAS A WOOD

CARVING OF SULLEY FROM MONSTERS, INC.