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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.

One of the most sought after young actors, Alex D. Linz (One Fine Day, and Home Alone 3), gives the 5-year-old Tarzan, who tries to fit in with his animal pals, his energetic voice. "I especially liked having to make all those animal sounds when Tarzan is trying to imitate jungle noises," Linz says. "And the storyboards help you picture what the action is going to be like." When he's not acting or doing voices Linz enjoys what other 10-year-old kids like - football and playing video games.

Tony Goldwyn, the talented actor/director (who directed Miramax's, A Walk on the Moon), enjoyed doing the part of Tarzan. He found it to be one of the most interesting and challenging of anything he's done in his career. "Doing an animated voice like this is an acting experience like no other and a great exercise for an actor," he commented, "you don't have sets or costumes so you have to really let your imagination take over."

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...