Dinosaur (film)

2000 American computer-animated adventure film by Eric Leighton and Ralph Zondag

"Disney's Dinosaur" redirects here. For the video game, see Disney's Dinosaur (video game). For the park attraction, see Dinosaur (Disney's Animal Kingdom). For the family sitcom also produced by Disney, see Dinosaurs (TV series).

Dinosaur

Theatrical release poster

Directed by|

* Ralph Zondag
* Eric Leighton

Screenplay by|

* John Harrison
* Robert Nelson Jacobs

Story by|

* John Harrison
* Robert Nelson Jacobs
* Thom Enriquez
* Ralph Zondag

Produced by| Pam Marsden
Starring|

* D. B. Sweeney
* Alfre Woodard
* Ossie Davis
* Max Casella
* Hayden Panettiere
* Samuel E. Wright
* Julianna Margulies
* Peter Siragusa
* Joan Plowright
* Della Reese

Cinematography|

* David Hardberger
* S. Douglas Smith

Edited by| H. Lee Peterson
Music by| James Newton Howard

Production
companies

* Walt Disney Pictures
* Walt Disney Feature Animation
* The Secret Lab

Distributed by| Buena Vista Pictures

Release date

* May 19, 2000 (2000-05-19) (United States)

Running time

| 82 minutes[1]
Country| United States
Language| English
Budget| $127.5 million[1]
Box office| $349.8 million[1]

Dinosaur is a 2000 American computer-animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation in collaboration with The Secret Lab. The 39th Disney animated feature film,1 it follows a young Iguanodon who was adopted and raised by a family of lemurs on a tropical island. After surviving a devastating meteor shower, the family move out for their new home and befriend a herd of dinosaurs along the way while on a journey to the "Nesting Grounds". Unfortunately, they are being hunted down by predators such as Carnotaurus.

The initial idea was conceived in 1986 by Phil Tippett and Paul Verhoeven, where it was conceived as a darker, naturalistic film about dinosaurs. The project underwent numerous iterations with multiple directors attached. In 1994, Walt Disney Feature Animation began development on the project and spent several years developing the software to create the dinosaurs. While the characters in Dinosaur are computer-generated, most of the backgrounds are live-action and were filmed on location. A number of backgrounds were found in various continents such as the Americas and Asia; various tepuis and Angel Falls also appear in the film. With a budget of $127.5 million, Dinosaur was reportedly the most expensive computer-animated film at the time.[2][3]

Dinosaur was released on May 19, 2000. Critics praised the film's opening sequence and animation, but criticized the story for its lack of originality;[4] some pointed out similarities with The Land Before Time (1988). The film grossed $350 million worldwide, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 2000.[1] It was the fourth best-selling home video release of 2001, selling 10.6 million copies and garnering $198 million in sales.[5]

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Voice cast
* 3 Production
* 3.1 Development
* 3.2 Animation
* 4 Music
* 5 Release
* 5.1 Marketing
* 5.2 Home media
* 5.3 Video games
* 6 Reception
* 6.1 Box office
* 6.2 Critical response
* 6.3 Accolades
* 7 See also
* 8 Notes
* 9 References
* 10 External links

## Plot[edit]

A Carnotaurus attacks a mixed-species herd of dinosaurs, destroying an Iguanodon nest before killing a Pachyrhinosaurus. The lone surviving Iguanodon egg is stolen by smaller predators, and, after a series of mishaps, is dropped on an island inhabited by prehistoric lemurs. Plio; the daughter of their patriarch Yar, names the hatched baby Aladar and raises him alongside her daughter Suri, despite Yar's initial objections.

Several years later, a fully grown Aladar watches the lemurs take part in a mating ritual, in which Plio's brother (and Suri and Aladar's uncle) Zini is unsuccessful. Moments after the ritual ends, they are interrupted by a meteor crashing into the Earth, creating an explosive shockwave which destroys the island. Aladar and Yar's family flee across the sea to the mainland. Being the only survivors, they mourn the others, before moving on.

While crossing the burnt wasteland, they are attacked by a pack of Velociraptors. They escape by joining a multi-species herd of dinosaur refugees heading for the communal Nesting Grounds. Falling afoul of herd leader Kron a Altirhinus, they retreat to the end of the line and befriend the old Styracosaurus Eema, her pet Ankylosaurus Url, and her equally elderly friend Baylene, the only Brachiosaurus in the group. They travel for days without water to the site of a lake, only to find it seemingly dried up. Kron orders the herd to move on and let the weakest perish, but Aladar stays behind with a sick Eema. He and Baylene dig until they find her some water. The rest of the herd follows suit, and Kron's sister Neera, impressed by Aladar's compassion, begins to grow closer to him, while Kron fears he wants to take over.

Meanwhile, two Carnotaurus have been tracking the herd. Kron's lieutenant Bruton reports the approaching predators after surviving an attack during a scouting mission, but Kron quickly ushers the herd away from the lake, deliberately leaving Bruton, Aladar, the lemurs, and the elderly dinosaurs behind. The group takes shelter in a cave as night falls, but the predators catch up to them and attack. Bruton sacrifices his life to cause a cave-in that kills one of the Carnotaurus, forcing the survivor to retreat.

The group ventures deeper into the cave, but they reach a dead end. Though Aladar briefly loses hope, Baylene uses her strength to smash through the wall, and they arrive at the Nesting Grounds on the other side. Eema notices that a landslide has blocked off the usual entrance to the valley. Aladar rushes off to warn Kron, and finds him trying to lead the herd over the landslide, unaware of the sheer drop on the other side. Kron attacks Aladar, taking Aladar's warnings as a challenge to his leadership, until Neera, fed up with Kron's illogical behavior, intervenes. Realizing Kron's selfishness and recklessness, the herd follows Aladar, while Kron stubbornly tries to climb the rocks by himself.

The hungry Carnotaurus arrives, but Aladar rallies everyone to stand together in defiance against it. The Carnotaurus is frightened off, and pursues Kron instead. Aladar and Neera rush to save him, but fail to get there in time. Aladar manages to push the Carnotaurus over the sheer drop to its death; he and Neera mourn Kron, then lead the herd to the nesting grounds. Sometime later, a new generation of dinosaurs hatches, among them Aladar and Neera's children, and the lemurs find more of their kind.

## Voice cast[edit]

* D. B. Sweeney as Aladar, a young brave, determined and compassionate Iguanodon who is adopted by a family of lemurs, and helps the herd of dinosaurs migrate and survive. He is (by adoption) the son of Plio, grandson of Yar, nephew of Zini, and elder brother of Suri.
* Alfre Woodard as Plio, a wise lemur matriarch who cares for her family. She is the daughter of Yar, elder sister of Zini, mother of Suri, and adoptive mother of Aladar.
* Ossie Davis as Yar, a lemur patriarch whose occasional gruff demeanor is just a front covering his compassionate nature. He is the father of Plio and Zini, grandfather of Suri, and adoptive grandfather of Aladar.
* Max Casella as Zini, a wisecracking and somewhat hapless lemur who fancies himself a ladies man. He is the brother of Plio, son of Yar, and uncle of Suri and (by adoption) Aladar.
* Evan Sabara voices Zini as a child.
* Hayden Panettiere as Suri, a sweet, fun-loving young lemur. She is Aladar's adoptive younger sister, Plio's daughter, Zini's niece, and Yar's granddaughter.
* Samuel E. Wright as Kron, the Iguanadon leader of the herd of survivors and the brother of Neera. He is insecure and selfish, and has little regard for the lives of others.
* Julianna Margulies as Neera, Kron's sister. She is a sensible and compassionate Iguanadon who later becomes Aladar's mate.
* Peter Siragusa as Bruton, Kron's lieutenant Iguanodon. He is harsh and sarcastic, but eventually repents when Plio shows care for him.
* Joan Plowright[6] as Baylene, an elderly, dainty, and kindhearted Brachiosaurus, who is the last known of her kind after the meteor.
* Della Reese as Eema, a wizened, elderly, and slow-moving Styracosaurus. Her snarky attitude and dry humor serve as comic relief during the film.

## Production[edit]

### Development[edit]

> "The reason why I wanted to do it was because it had this cosmic vision about evolution. That sounds a bit over the top but it would have been really good...There was a gigantic battle at the end as a comet moves closer and closer to Earth. The fight was between the sympathetic Styracosaurus and the antagonist Tyrannosaurus rex, and although the good guy wins, there's nothing to win any more because the comet hits Earth, and all the dinosaurs die. The lemurs survive because they are small enough to hibernate. The end of the film was the beginning of the human race."

—Paul Verhoeven on the original idea[7]

The initial idea for the film originated in 1986 during the filming of Robocop (1987) in which Phil Tippett recommended to director Paul Verhoeven that they should produce a "dinosaur picture". Verhoeven responded positively to the idea and suggested an approach inspired by Shane (1953) in which "you follow a lead character through a number of situations and moving from a devastated landscape into a promised land." Veteran screenwriter Walon Green was then brought in to write the script. Verhoeven then drew two storyboards and calculated the project's preliminary budget to be $45 million. When the idea was pitched to then-Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, he suggested that the project should be budgeted at $25 million.[7]

In 1988, the project began development in Disney's live-action division in which Verhoeven and Tippett had originally planned to use stop motion animation techniques such as puppets, scale models, and miniatures.[8] The film's original main protagonist was a Styracosaurus named Woot and the main antagonist was originally a Tyrannosaurus rex named Grozni, with a small mammal named Suri as a supporting character. The film was originally going to be much darker and violent in tone, in a style akin to a nature documentary. After Woot defeats Grozni in a final fight, the film would end with the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, which would ultimately result in the deaths of the main dinosaur characters. In 1990, producer/director Thomas G. Smith became involved in the film and briefly became the director following Verhoeven's and Tippett's departure. Reflecting on his tenure, Smith said that "Jeanne Rosenberg was still writing the script, but it was in trouble. Disney wanted a cute story of dinosaurs talking, and I didn't like the idea. I thought it should be more like Jean Annaud's The Bear. I wanted to have actual lemurs in it. They actually existed at the time of dinosaurs...We actually located a guy who trains them." However, Katzenberg called Smith to help on Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) in which he was replaced by David W. Allen who had just finished directing Puppet Master II (1990).[7]

After multiple months were spent auditioning lemurs to portray Suri and creating visual development, Allen's version also fell into development hell. Smith stated, "The thing that ultimately killed it is that Disney knew that Jurassic Park was coming along pretty well, and they knew it was being done digitally. They figured, 'Well, maybe, we should wait until we can do it digitally.'"[7] In late 1994, Walt Disney Feature Animation began development on the project and they began shooting various tests, placing computer-generated characters in miniature model backdrops. The idea to use computer-generated backgrounds was considered, but rejected after the earliest proof-of-concept animation test was completed in March 1996.[2][9] Ultimately, the filmmakers decided to take the unprecedented route of combining live-action scenery with computer-generated character animation.[10][11] The filmmakers then approached then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner about not knowing how much the project would cost or how long it would take to finish, but that they could fully complete it. Trusting the filmmakers, Eisner decided to green-light the project. However, at his insistence, it was decided early on that the dinosaurs would talk during the film. To accommodate this change, Aladar would be given lips in contrast to actual Iguanodons who were duck-billed.[2]

George Scribner was selected as the director, and he was later teamed with Ralph Zondag as co-director.[12] Storyboard artist Floyd Norman stated that Scribner envisioned the film "to be more than just a struggle for survival. He wanted this dinosaur movie to have elements of fun and humor...Our director wanted to explore the fun elements of dinosaurs, such as their size, shape, and texture. George also knew that since dinosaurs come in all sizes—what wacky relationships might I come up with? What funny situations might plague a critter of such massive size?"[13] Scribner left the project to work at Walt Disney Imagineering, and Eric Leighton was brought in as co-director.[12] The new script had an Iguanodon named Noah as the protagonist wandering with his grandparents and a lemur companion named Adam, and a group of Carnotaurus as well as a rival Iguanodon named Cain playing the antagonists.[14] The story dealt with Noah, who had the ability to see visions of the future, foreseeing the coming of an asteroid and struggling to guide a herd of other dinosaurs to safety. Further into production, Noah, Cain and Adam were renamed Aladar, Kron and Zini, and certain aspects of the story were altered further into what was later seen in the final product.

### Animation[edit]

The Secret Lab's former location in Burbank, California.

On April 17, 1996, the Walt Disney Company announced they had acquired the visual effects studio, Dream Quest Images.[15] The studio was merged with the Feature Animation department's Computer Graphics Unit in order to form The Secret Lab.[16] Vision Crew Unlimited provided the live-action visual effects. At the time, the Secret Lab's initial studio was reconstructed from a former Lockheed Martin (former Lockheed) building in Burbank, California. Most of the computers were used from Silicon Graphics and additional machines were installed to create a render farm in order to provide workstations for artists, software engineers, and technical directors. The production team eventually re-located to the Feature Animation's Northside building in January 1997, and animation officially began eight months later, although some preliminary work had already begun.[17]

To ensure realistic CG animation, 3D workbooks were created using Softimage 3D software. 48 animators worked on the film, using 300 computer processors to animate the film. Having aspired to be a paleontologist, David Krentz supervised the character design and visual development teams.[11] He had an orthographic view of the dinosaurs, and his character designs were drawn on paper and scanned into the PowerAnimator software for the modelers to rig in the computers.[17] In the character animation department, the dinosaur characters were first visualized in the computer in skeletal form. The rough character animations were then transferred into three software programs to strengthen the visuals of the characters. The programs were "Fur Tool," which was used for the lemurs and to create feathers and grass; "Body Builder," which was used to create skin and muscles for the dinosaurs; and "Mug Shot," a shape blender that works within Alias Maya for facial animation and lip-synching.[17]

Headed by David Womersley, live-action photography units shot on actual jungle, beach, and desert locations including California, Florida, Hawaii, Australia, Jordan, Venezuela, and Samoa.[8] In total, two live-action film crews shot more than 800,000 feet (240,000 m) of film, although one scene, which takes place inside a cave, utilized a computer-generated background. In order to approximate a dinosaur's perspective, visual effects supervisor Neil Krepela invented the "Dino-cam", in which a camera was rigged on a cable suspended between two 72-foot (22 m)-tall towers. The computer-controlled camera allowed for panning and tilting on 360 degrees and moved at up to 30 miles (48 km) per hour across a span of 1,000 feet (300 m).[8] With the live-action elements shot and the character animation reaching completion, the footage was moved into the Scene Finaling department. Under Jim Hillin, the effects-compositing team blended 80–90 percent of the live action plates against the computer-animated characters. The lighting department then adjusted the final lighting of the shots by changing the lighting conditions and replacing the skies.[17][11]

## Music[edit]

Dinosaur: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack

Film score by

James Newton Howard

Released| May 5, 2000 (2000-05-05)
Recorded| 2000
Genre| Film score
Length| 49:39
Label| Walt Disney
Producer| James Newton Howard
Walt Disney Animation Studios chronology
| Fantasia 2000
(2000)  | Dinosaur: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
(2000)  | The Emperor's New Groove
(2000)

|
|

The film's score was composed by James Newton Howard with vocals by Lebo M, who did vocals for The Lion King (1994). In September 1999, it was reported that pop singer/songwriter Kate Bush had written and recorded a song for the film to be used in the scene in which Aladar and his family mourn the destruction of their island.[18] Reportedly, preview audiences did not respond well to the song. The producers recommended that Bush rewrite it, but she refused.[19][20] Ultimately, due to complications, the track was not included on the soundtrack.

The soundtrack album was released on May 5, 2000, by Walt Disney Records. Howard would later compose the scores for the Disney animated features Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), Treasure Planet (2002), and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). One track, "The Egg Travels", was heard in many trailers following the film's release, including Lilo & Stitch (2002), The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002), and Around the World in 80 Days (2004). In Asia, pop singer Jacky Cheung's song "Something Only Love Can Do", with versions sung in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese, was adopted as the theme song for the film.

The film score received positive critical reception, with critics singling out "The Egg Travels" in particular.[21] For his work, James Newton Howard was nominated for an Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production and Saturn Award for Best Music.[22][23]

## Release[edit]

In conjunction during its theatrical release, the film was accompanied by an exclusive interactive dinosaur exhibit center adjacent to the El Capitan Theatre titled The Dinosaur Experience.[24]

### Marketing[edit]

Similar to the promotional marketing of The Lion King (1994), Disney began the promotional rollout for Dinosaur by attaching a teaser trailer consisting entirely of the film's opening scene to the theatrical release of Toy Story 2 (1999).[25] The same trailer was also included on the home video release of Tarzan (1999),[26] and the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection DVD release of The Aristocats (1970). A second trailer was later released in March and attached to the theatrical release to DreamWorks Animation's The Road to El Dorado (2000).

To promote the release of Dinosaur, the Animal Kingdom theme park ride "Countdown to Extinction" was renamed after the film,[25] and its plot, which had always prominently featured a Carnotaurus and an Iguanodon, was mildly altered so that the Iguanodon is specifically meant to be Aladar, the film's protagonist, and the plot of the ride is now about the riders traveling through time to a point just before the impact of the meteor that caused the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs, to bring Aladar back to the present and save his life. A "Dinosaur Jubilee" was held at the Animal Kingdom's DinoLand U.S.A. It ran from May to July 2000 and included interactive games, music, and a display of the replica of the dinosaur Sue.[25]

### Home media[edit]

Dinosaur was released on VHS and DVD on January 30, 2001. It was also released on 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD that same day.[27] In December 2001, Variety reported it was the fourth best-selling home video release of the year selling 10.6 million copies and garnering $198 million.[5] It was re-released on VHS on February 25, 2003. The film was released on Blu-ray for an original widescreen presentation on September 19, 2006, becoming the first animated film to be released on the format. It was re-released on Blu-ray on February 8, 2011.

### Video games[edit]

On May 16, 2000, Disney Interactive released a video game based on the film on a Microsoft Windows/Mac CD-ROM as part of the Activity Center series.[28] Additionally, Disney Interactive released a tie-in video game on Dreamcast, PlayStation, PC, and Game Boy Color.[29]

## Reception[edit]

### Box office[edit]

During its opening weekend, Dinosaur grossed $38.8 million from 3,257 theaters, for an average of $11,929 per theater beating out Gladiator.[30] The film grossed $137.7 million in North America and $212.1 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $348.8 million.[1] Although not a flop, the high production and marketing costs meant that the film did not come close to breaking even during its theatrical release.[31]

### Critical response[edit]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 64% based on 123 reviews and an average score of 6.1/10. The website's consensus reads, "While Dinosaur's plot is generic and dull, its stunning computer animation and detailed backgrounds are enough to make it worth a look."[32] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[33] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[34]

Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of four, praising the film's "amazing visuals" but criticizing the decision to make the animals talk, which he felt canceled out the effort to make the film so realistic. Ebert wrote, "An enormous effort had been spent on making these dinosaurs seem real, and then an even greater effort was spent on undermining the illusion".[35] On the syndicated television series Roger Ebert & the Movies, the film received two thumbs up with guest host Michaela Pereira from ZDTV's Internet Tonight additionally praising the vocal performances for the characters.[36] Todd McCarthy of Variety called it "an eye-popping visual spectacle", but later wrote, "somewhere around half-way through, you begin to get used to the film's pictorial wondrousness — to take it for granted, even — and start to realize that the characters and story are exceedingly mundane, unsurprising and pre-programmed."[37] A. O. Scott, reviewing for The New York Times, praised the opening sequence as "a visual and sonic extravaganza that the rest of the movie never quite lives up to. Those scores of animators and technical advisers have conjured a teeming pre-human world, and the first minutes of the film present it in a swooping, eye-filling panorama." Summarizing the review, he later wrote that "[t]he reason to see this movie is not to listen to the dinosaurs but to watch them move, to marvel at their graceful necks and clumsy limbs and notice how convincingly they emerge into sunlight or get wet."[21]

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "astonishes and disheartens as only the most elaborate, most ambitious Hollywood products can. A technical amazement that points computer-generated animation toward the brightest of futures, it's also cartoonish in the worst way, the prisoner of pedestrian plot points and childish, too-cute dialogue."[38] Mark Caro of the Chicago Tribune wrote "The action is easy enough to follow, and the screen is never dull. But for a story that takes place some 65 million years ago, Dinosaur is awfully reliant on recent recycled parts."[39] Desson Howe, reviewing for The Washington Post, felt the movie "was somewhat derivative and lacked a narrative arc" and claimed it was too similar to The Land Before Time.[40]

### Accolades[edit]

Year  | Award  | Category  | Recipients  | Results

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|
|

2001  | 28th Annie Awards[22]
Individual Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production | Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton  | Nominated
Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production | James Newton Howard
Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production | Thom Enriquez
Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production | Della Reese
Individual Achievement for Effects Animation  | Simon O'Connor
27th Saturn Awards[23] | Best Fantasy Film
Best Music | James Newton Howard

## See also[edit]

* List of films featuring dinosaurs

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Dinosaur is considered to be the 39th animated feature film in the Walt Disney Animation Studios canon.[41] However, this ranking differs in Europe as Dinosaur, along with Winnie the Pooh (2011), are omitted from the canon with The Wild (2006) being included instead.[42]

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3. ^ Eller, Claudia (May 12, 2000). "Disney Chief Lets Out Roar Amid Anxiety Over Costly 'Dinosaur'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
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31. ^ Hill, Jim (January 14, 2003). "The sad tale of Disney's Secret Lab". Jim Hill Media. "due to the movie's extremely high production costs -- "Dinosaur" didn't even come close to breaking even"
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34. ^ "CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
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36. ^ Ebert, Roger (host); Pereira, Michaela (host) (May 20, 2000). "Dinosaur/Road Trip/Small Time Crooks/Shanghai Noon". Roger Ebert & the Movies. Season 14. Episode 38 - via YouTube.
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38. ^ Turan, Kenneth (May 19, 2000). "What Would He Say?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
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40. ^ Howe, Desson (May 19, 2000). "'Dinosaur': The Lost Script". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
41. ^ "Disney's Official Animated Features list". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
42. ^ Disney DVDs & Blu-ray - DVD Collections

DVD media

* Ralph Zondag (dir.), & Eric Leighton (dir.) (January 30, 2001). Dinosaur—Audio Commentary (DVD). Disc 1 of 2 (Collector's ed.). Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.
* Various cast and crew members (January 30, 2001). Dinosaur—Supplemental Features (DVD). Disc 2 of 2 (Collector's ed.). Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

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* The Fox and the Hound (1981)
* The Black Cauldron (1985)
* The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
* Oliver & Company (1988)
* The Little Mermaid (1989)
* The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
* Beauty and the Beast (1991)
* Aladdin (1992)
* The Lion King (1994)
* Pocahontas (1995)
* The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
* Hercules (1997)
* Mulan (1998)
* Tarzan (1999)
* Fantasia 2000 (1999)
* Dinosaur (2000)
* The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
* Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
* Lilo & Stitch (2002)
* Treasure Planet (2002)
* Brother Bear (2003)
* Home on the Range (2004)
* Chicken Little (2005)
* Meet the Robinsons (2007)
* Bolt (2008)
* The Princess and the Frog (2009)
* Tangled (2010)
* Winnie the Pooh (2011)
* Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
* Frozen (2013)
* Big Hero 6 (2014)
* Zootopia (2016)
* Moana (2016)
* Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
* Frozen II (2019)
* Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
* Encanto (2021)

Upcoming

* Searcher Clade (2022)

Pixar
films|

* Toy Story (1995)
* A Bug's Life (1998)
* Toy Story 2 (1999)
* Monsters, Inc. (2001)
* Finding Nemo (2003)
* The Incredibles (2004)
* Cars (2006)
* Ratatouille (2007)
* WALL-E (2008)
* Up (2009)
* Toy Story 3 (2010)
* Cars 2 (2011)
* Brave (2012)
* Monsters University (2013)
* Inside Out (2015)
* The Good Dinosaur (2015)
* Finding Dory (2016)
* Cars 3 (2017)
* Coco (2017)
* Incredibles 2 (2018)
* Toy Story 4 (2019)
* Onward (2020)
* Soul (2020; international release)
* Luca (2021; international release)

Upcoming

* Turning Red (2022)
* Lightyear (2022)

Disneytoon Studios
films|

* DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
* A Goofy Movie (1995)
* The Tigger Movie (2000)
* Return to Never Land (2002)
* The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
* Piglet's Big Movie (2003)
* Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)
* Bambi II (2006; international release)
* Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010; international release)
* Secret of the Wings (2012; limited release)
* Planes (2013)
* The Pirate Fairy (2014; limited release)
* Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
* Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2015; limited release)

Disney TV Animation
films|

* Doug's 1st Movie (1999)
* Recess: School's Out (2001)
* Teacher's Pet (2004)
* Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011; international release)

20th Century Animation
films|

* Spies in Disguise (2019)
* Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)

Upcoming

* The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)

Other Disney units
films|

* The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
* The Wild (2006)
* A Christmas Carol (2009)
* Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
* Mars Needs Moms (2011)
* Frankenweenie (2012)
* Strange Magic (2015)
* The Lion King (2019)

Live-action films
with animation|

* The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
* Victory Through Air Power (1943)
* Song of the South (1946)
* So Dear to My Heart (1948)
* Mary Poppins (1964)
* Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
* Pete's Dragon (1977)
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
* James and the Giant Peach (1996)
* The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)
* Enchanted (2007)
* Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

Related lists|

* Unproduced films
* Live-action adaptations and remakes
* Walt Disney Animation Studios short films (Academy Award Review)
* Pixar short films

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List of feature films

| 1930s–1940s|

* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
* Pinocchio (1940)
* Fantasia (1940)
* Dumbo (1941)
* Bambi (1942)
* Saludos Amigos (1942)
* The Three Caballeros (1944)
* Make Mine Music (1946)
* Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
* Melody Time (1948)
* The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

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1950s–1960s|

* Cinderella (1950)
* Alice in Wonderland (1951)
* Peter Pan (1953)
* Lady and the Tramp (1955)
* Sleeping Beauty (1959)
* One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
* The Sword in the Stone (1963)
* The Jungle Book (1967)

1970s–1980s|

* The Aristocats (1970)
* Robin Hood (1973)
* The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
* The Rescuers (1977)
* The Fox and the Hound (1981)
* The Black Cauldron (1985)
* The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
* Oliver & Company (1988)
* The Little Mermaid (1989)

1990s–2000s|

* The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
* Beauty and the Beast (1991)
* Aladdin (1992)
* The Lion King (1994)
* Pocahontas (1995)
* The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
* Hercules (1997)
* Mulan (1998)
* Tarzan (1999)
* Fantasia 2000 (1999)
* Dinosaur (2000)
* The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
* Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
* Lilo & Stitch (2002)
* Treasure Planet (2002)
* Brother Bear (2003)
* Home on the Range (2004)
* Chicken Little (2005)
* Meet the Robinsons (2007)
* Bolt (2008)
* The Princess and the Frog (2009)

2010s–2020s|

* Tangled (2010)
* Winnie the Pooh (2011)
* Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
* Frozen (2013)
* Big Hero 6 (2014)
* Zootopia (2016)
* Moana (2016)
* Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
* Frozen II (2019)
* Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
* Encanto (2021)

Upcoming|

* Searcher Clade (2022)

Associated
productions|

* The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
* Victory Through Air Power (1943)
* Song of the South (1946)
* So Dear to My Heart (1948)
* Mary Poppins (1964)
* Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
* Pete's Dragon (1977)
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
* Enchanted (2007)
* Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
* Disenchanted (2022)

People

| Executives|

* Edwin Catmull
* Roy Conli
* Roy E. Disney
* Walt Disney
* Don Hahn
* Jeffrey Katzenberg
* John Lasseter
* Jennifer Lee
* Peter Schneider
* Thomas Schumacher
* David Stainton
* Clark Spencer

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Disney Legends animators|

| Disney's Nine Old Men|

* Les Clark
* Marc Davis
* Ollie Johnston
* Milt Kahl
* Ward Kimball
* Eric Larson
* John Lounsbery
* Wolfgang Reitherman
* Frank Thomas

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* James Algar
* Ken Anderson
* Xavier Atencio
* Art Babbitt
* Grace Bailey
* Carl Barks
* Mary Blair
* Joyce Carlson
* Marge Champion
* Claude Coats
* Don DaGradi
* Virginia Davis
* Andreas Deja
* Norm Ferguson
* Eyvind Earle
* Clyde Geronimi
* Manuel Gonzales
* Floyd Gottfredson
* Yale Gracey
* Joe Grant
* David Hand
* Jack Hannah
* John Hench
* Dick Huemer
* Ub Iwerks
* Wilfred Jackson
* Steve Jobs
* Bill Justice
* Glen Keane
* Hamilton Luske
* Burny Mattinson
* Fred Moore
* Floyd Norman
* Bill Peet
* Walter Peregoy
* Joe Ranft
* Retta Scott
* Ben Sharpsteen
* Mel Shaw
* Ruthie Tompson
* Roy Williams
* Tyrus Wong

Related topics

| History|

* Disney animators' strike
* Disney Renaissance

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Methods and
technologies|

* 12 basic principles of animation
* Xerography
* Computer Animation Production System
* Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life
* Multiplane camera

Documentaries|

* Frank and Ollie (1995)
* The Sweatbox (2002)
* Dream On Silly Dreamer (2005)
* Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)

Other Disney
animation units|

* Disney Television Animation
* Lucasfilm Animation
* Marvel Animation
* Pixar Animation Studios
* 20th Century Animation
* Blue Sky Studios (defunct)
* Disneytoon Studios (defunct)
* Circle 7 (defunct)
* DiC Entertainment (divested)

Miscellaneous|

* Alice Comedies
* Laugh-O-Gram Studio
* List of Walt Disney Animation Studios short films
* List of Disney theatrical animated features
* unproduced
* live-action remakes
* Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
* Mickey Mouse (film series)
* Silly Symphonies
* Academy Award Review
* House of Mouse
* Kingdom Hearts series
* Once Upon a Time
* Descendants

Authority control |

* Integrated Authority File (Germany)

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