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Featuring the voices of: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Angela Lansbury, Richard White, Jesse Corti, Bradley Michael Pierce, Rex Everhart Directors: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise Producer: Don Hahn Screenplay: Linda Woolverton Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman U.S. Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney's 1991 instant classic, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, is not only the finest animated movie ever made, but deserves a prominent position on any list of all-time greats. Although not the highest grossing Disney production, nor the best-remembered by...

Tinker Bell is the jealous pixie who glows brightest for Peter Pan. Her voice sings like a tinkling bell and a sprinkle of her pixie dust can make you fly. But this sprite can turn spiteful if she suspects that Peter's attentions are diverted to anyone but herself. It's bad enough that she has to compete with Never Land's other adoring females (the mermaids and Princess Tiger Lily), but now Peter's brought back this Wendy person from London. Tink would lay down her life for Peter, but he's too busy playing Wendy's hero to care. Somehow she'll find a way to settle th...

Peter Pan is back, courtesy of Disney Television Animation, in a new theatrical feature film as part of Disney's quest to turn its classics into animated sequels. While most animated sequels go direct to video, Disney is giving some -- like Peter Pan: Return to Never Land -- a widescreen release first. For this rendition of the story, Wendy is all grown up with children of her own, and as the Blitzkrieg rages, she calms them with tales of Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up. Wendy's stubborn 12-year-old daughter, Jane, has no patience for such nonsense… until Captain Hook hims...

In 1992, Disney's animated film "Aladdin" opened to great critical acclaim and boffo box office biz (as they say in the industry). "Aladdin" has since become one of the most successful animated movies of all time. Success breeds success, so it should come as no surprise that Disney has opted to turn "Aladdin" into a Broadway-style musical. But, unlike the wildly popular "Beauty and the Beast" that become a favorite on the Great White Way, Disney has ignored Broadway in favor of a new locale: Disney's California Adventure. That's right. Disney's "Aladdin-a Musical Spectacula...

he wacky and wisecracking Genie has, among other functions, the purpose of providing a burst of slam-bang comic relief (somewhat in the style of the similar Wilbur from "The Rescuers Down Under"). In his first encounter with Aladdin, he presents the youth with an incredibly fast-moving parade of verbal tricks, shape-shifting impersonations, and stand-up comedy routines -- all the while singing a rambunctious song. Freed from a lifetime of confinement, Genie radiates energy and geniality. This character, inspired by its voice artist, Robin Williams, is one of Disney's all-time funnies...

Tawny-haired mermaid Ariel was one of Disney's most immediately popular animated heroines. Ariel is a girl in the process of becoming an attractive woman. One of her attractive qualities is that she is very definite about what she is doing and very confident about her own ability to succeed. Of course, a good deal of that confidence is ill-placed, as she is just a teenager. Although she is warned by her father, King Triton, that humans are dangerous, Ariel stubbornly believes otherwise and has an insatiable curiosity about them. She explores human artifacts (sunken ships, etc.) and is cons...

Mark Mancina is a Grammy Award-winning composer, who was assigned to write the bold scores in Disney's Tarzan. He has written scores for such motion pictures as Con Air, Twister, Money Train, Assassins, Bad Boys and Speed. Other Disney films include The Lion King, where he arranged, produced and provided vocal arrangements for several of the songs, and went on to compose the continueing album Rhythm of the Pride Lands. He's Grammy awards were for the excellent scores in The Lion King, both the animated film and the broadway musical stage version where he wrote additional songs and s...

Phil Collins wrote and performed all the songs in Disney's Tarzan animated film. He is one of today's most popular vocalists, songwriters and performers and has been hailed by fellow musicians as one of the very best drummers in the world. As a winner of six Grammy awards he has a stellar career. Not only is he a great musician but he is a superior actor, appearing in HBO films like, And the Band Played On, and Buster. Currently he is launching his enormously successful solo career after taking a break from being frontman and drummer for the band Genesis of 25 years.

Comedian actor Wayne Knight (3rd Rock From the Sun, Jurassic Park, and Space Jam) is the voice and personality of Tantor, Tarzan's nervous elephant pal. Knight loves doing animations and has a solid animation career. "As an actor, you're always critiquing how you perform and how you look. Here, it's not me at all and I can watch it without worrying about things and saying 'Why did you do that?'" Listen for Knight in Disney's upcoming animation, Toy Story 2, as the evil toy.

Rosie O'Donnell, one of the most popular television talk show hosts (The Rosie O'Donnell Show), brings Terk, Tarzan's playful prankster and loyal gorilla friend, to life. When she read the script she was thrilled with the touching story about family and adoption, and loved Terk's tough yet heart-warming character. Being a life-long fan of Disney's animation, it didn't take too much to talk her into accepting the part. "I'm thrilled! It's great fun to finally be in one," she said.

The artists who made the creation a reality and the movie a memory. Walt Disney Pictures Tarzan is the biggest Box Office success Disney's animation team has seen since The Lion King. What is it about this movie that is captivating children and adults? The majority of success can be placed with the entire animation team and the great job they did at bringing the story of Tarzan to life… at merging two worlds. From the daring decision to cut back on characters singing to the implementation of a new "deep canvas" technique, all the artists joined forces with one common focus – the creati...