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Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a animation character developed by Walt Disney and Dick Lundy and certified by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck having a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He usually wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald's most well-known personality trait is his easily provoked and explosive temper. Together with his friend Mickey Mouse, Donald is among the most popular Disney characters and has been incorporated into TV Guide's list of the 50 greatest animation characters ever in 2002.  It had been in animated cartoons that Donald first shown up and raised to celebrity. His introduction has been the 1934 Silly Symphony The Wise Little Hen, but it was his second presence in Orphan's Benefit that Donald was shown to the Mickey Mouse cartoons and provided his temperamental personality. During the entire 1930s, '40s and '50s he shown up in more than 100 theatrical movies, many of which were recognized at the Academy Awards. Donald shown up many times included in a comic trio with Mickey and Goofy, and later starred in his own series of movies, occasionally with his sweetheart Daisy Duck or his 3 nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Following the 1956 film Chips Ahoy Donald appeared primarily in educational movies before at some point going back to theatrical cartoon in 1983 with Mickey's Christmas Carol. Donald has also shown up in tv programs for example DuckTales (1987-1990), Quack Pack (1998-2004), and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (2006-present).  Donald's voice, probably the most recognizable voices in cartoon, has been performed by voice actor Clarence Nash up to his death in 1985. It had been mostly this semi-intelligible speech that would definite Donald's image into audiences' minds and aid fuel both Donald's and Nash's rise to fame.Since 1985, Donald is voiced by Tony Anselmo who had been trained by Nash for the role.
Beyond cartoon Donald is mostly recognized for his performances in comics, both in comic books and newspaper strips. Donald was most famously drawn by Al Taliaferro, Carl Barks, and Don Rosa. Barks in particular is acknowledged for significantly expanding the "duck universe," the world in which Donald lives, and developing many additional characters for example Donald's maternal uncle Scrooge McDuck. Today Donald is a specially popular character in Scandinavian countries as a comic book hero.
It’s difficult to imagine a more well known figure inside modern animation than John Lasseter, as the filmmaker and Pixar chief’s name has definitely end up associated with today’s cartoons as Walt Disney’s was in the past once. Simple Start: As a young child, John Lasseter appeared like he was meant to pursue in the actions of his art-teacher mother - as the young child would usually spend a lot of time doodling and watching cartoons. And while he began his post-secondary education at Malibu’s exclusive Pepperdine University, John in the end chose to follow his passion by signing up for California Institute of the Arts’ newly-formed cartoon course - where he found out the techniques of the style with such future celebrities as Brad Bird and Tim Burton. John’s Initial Experience with the Mouse: After graduating from CalArts, John rapidly segued into a job as a low-level animator for the Walt Disney Feature Animation studio - where he worked behind the scenes on films and specials like 1981’s The Fox and the Hound and 1983’s Mickey’s Christmas Carol. John’s excitement for the new field of computer animation brought him to pitch a CGI-heavy adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, even though project never made it past the initial phases and John found himself once more searching for work. John Goes to Pixar: John, together with several friends from the computer industry, started working on a short computer-generated cartoon movie for a small subdivision of George Lucas’ special-effects company Lucasfilm. The two-minute motion picture, named The Adventures of Andre and Wally B., clearly pointed out the opportunity of computers in the area of cartoon, and - after Steve Jobs bought the company and renamed it Pixar in 1986 - it wasn’t long before John could work full-time on the developing computer-animated style. John Directs Toy Story: For the following several years, John and his Pixar team worked tirelessly at improving the software that would permit them to produce increasingly realistic cartoon effects - with their initiatives leading to Pixar’s first official short film, 1986’s Luxo Jr. Next several more well-received shorts - like the Oscar winning 1988 film Tin Toy - John began focusing on what would ultimately turn into the world’s first full-length computer-generated feature, 1995’s Toy Story. The movie, which includes voice-work from Tom Hanks and Tim Allen and eventually took to gross over $300 million worldwide, immediately set up Pixar as a serious participant in the cartoon area and paved the way for John Lasseter becoming a pioneer in the genre he had grown up admiring.  John Rules Disney:
In 2006, John’s career came complete circle once he was named the chief creative officer of both Disney and Pixar once the former purchased the latter for a staggering $7.4 billion. Along with his continuing work behind the scenes at Pixar, John presently has total control over the cartoon movies produced by Disney and even has a say into what type of rides show up at the studio’s various theme parks.
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 Since making his release with 1999’s The Iron Giant, Brad Bird became one of the most respected and admired figures from the cartoon world - with his work on a set of well-known Pixar projects, 2004’s The Incredibles and 2007’s Ratatouille, getting him extremely near to household-name status.
Born to Animate:
Born in 1957 in Montana, Brad Bird has always had a interest for cartoon. He notoriously declared that he could someday become an animator for the Walt Disney Company while visiting their facilities at the age of 11, and only a couple of years later, the future filmmaker had finished a 15-minute, hand-drawn short - which he used to captivate the interest of several well-known Disney animators (among them one of the legendary Nine Old Men, Milt Kahl).
Brad’s Big Break: After reducing his professional teeth for the 1980 television project Animalympics, Bird at last gained his place between Disney’s roster of behind-the-scenes talent and started work as an animator for their 1981 project The Fox and the Hound. His period with the legendary studio was short-lived, however, and Bird soon found himself looking for other possibilities in cartoon. He finally ended up in a popular show, working for Steven Spielberg at the anthology series Amazing Stories, where he developed a well-received tale revolving around the exploits of a quirky family dog (named, coincidentally enough, The Family Dog). Brad Goes to Springfield:
It's about that period that Bird was asked to help change The Simpsons from a series of one-minute shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show in a full-fledged cartoon show, and the up-and-coming animator, who worked as an “executive consultant” to the show’s first 8 seasons, has also been tapped to direct a couple of episodes (including “Krusty Gets Busted,” which offers Kelsey Grammer’s debut as Sideshow Bob). Bird carried on to work steadily in the next several years, dealing with behind-the-scenes gigs at shows such as The Critic and King of the Hill, however it wouldn’t be long before he’d be dealing with his biggest challenge yet.
Brad Goes to the Films:
In 1999, Bird made his directorial debut with the well-received coming-of-age drama The Iron Giant. Though it wasn’t precisely a huge hit, the film quickly recognized Bird being a promising newcomer in the feature-length animation realm and it wasn’t long before different studios came calling. Bird eventually took his next idea, regarding a family with superpowers, to Pixar, where he went on to gain an Oscar for Best Animated Feature for his 2004 smash The Incredibles. The success of The Incredibles won Bird lots of good will inside the offices of Pixar, and in 2005 the filmmaker was asked to take over the creation of an in-development project named Ratatouille. The film, that was launched 2 yrs later, easily registered Pixar’s list of top-grossing earners, plus emerged victorious in the fight for Best Animated Feature against rivals Persepolis and Surf’s Up.
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Disney cartoon is a product from the Walt Disney Corporation, which come up with first cartoon studio in the planet. After that, the cartoon it has created has been probably the most innovative and repeated that has ever existed. A lot of feature cartoon movies were produced that show Disney cartoon through its different periods of development. After the first movie the company created, there was a lot of firsts in animation due to new technologies used in Disney cartoon. History Walt Disney first signed on to produce a series of cartoon shorts during the 1920s called the Alice Comedies. These produced many cartoon shorts over the 1920s that launched well known heroes, for instance Mickey Mouse. In 1934, the Walt Disney Animated Studios has been created to start feature film animations. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" was the initial feature created and screened 1938. It had been the first cartoon feature in Technicolor. After that, Disney cartoon features have been getting onto new technologies and developed a lots of them to produce unique, powerful cartoon movies. Importance Disney perhaps came up with most important cartoon shorts and features in the history of the art. Whether or not this is true, it's reality that Disney animation has produced remarkable movies who've influenced other generations and styles of cartoon. Japanese anime was so powerfully influence by first Disney cartoon, actually, that its first movies were almost exact replications of older Disney shorts. The cartoon technology that's used in many Disney cartoon movies were then used by other directors and production companies, beginning many trends in animation. Geography Disney animated features and shorts have always been centered from one single production studio. This is known as the Walt Disney Animation Studios which is situated in Burbank, California. This is the same location that's presently working to produce new Disney cartoon movies. Prior to now, there were two main satellite studios. One has been situated in Lake Buena Vista, Florida but shut down in 2003. And the second was in Paris, France and worked from 1995 to 2002. Time Frame From 1922 to 1934, nearly all cartoon coming from the Walt Disney Corporation centered on shorts. These included such well-known ones as "Steamboat Willie," which aired in the same year that Mickey Mouse appeared as a character. In 1934, the change to feature movies appeared. After that, Disney has produced rich, colorful, visually entertaining tales through cartoon. At first, they were designed towards children, but as time went on, both children and adults discovered they could relate to the movies. In 1994, the Disney cartoon movie "The Lion King" was crowned the highest-grossing cartoon movie ever, squaring away the iron grip Disney has on animation generally. Potential Disney cartoon isn't as prevalent as it has been because of the focus that's been put on live action movies. Even so, there are future releases that are likely to make Disney animation a force to be reckoned with. Before, a number of the best cartoon features by Disney have concentrated around old tales retold, for example fables. Rapunzel is a well-known fairy tale , which with others, will take Disney animation back to its beginnings. Various other initiatives are more original, and will offer younger viewers their own set of fairy tales to grow up with.
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 There is no business like show business, and no place better to feel first-hand it's glamour, charm and enjoyment than at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Since starting up in 1989 (earlier called Disney-MGM Studios), the park has enlarged to almost twice the initial dimension and today has more shows, "reel-life" adventures and star-gazing options than in the past.
Entering into the park is similar to experiencing Tinseltown from the 1930s - Hollywood Boulevard is a insane cover of flashy neon and chromed art deco where visitors are in the middle of the sights and sounds of show business and celebrities - investigators, starlets, cabbies and public works staff - is found prowling the streets.
Nearby, Sunset Boulevard gives honor to the glamorous theater area in all its glory days. At the end of the street appears Hollywood Tower Hotel, which beckons visitors to try out The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, where lately more terror was put into the tower with new shakes, drops and special effects.
Thrill-seekers will launch over a series of surprising twists and turns aboard a "super-stretch limo" at Rock 'n" Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith. Surely, specially recorded Aerosmith soundtracks echo during the entire indoor ride.
In the role of the centerpiece for the park, Mickey's Sorcerer's Hat crowns Disney's Hollywood Studios with a unique magic inspired from the Disney cartoon classic, "Fantasia." Just behind the larger-than-life hat symbol is a full-scale re-creation from the well-known Chinese Theater - the entrance to one of Disney's most sophisticated ride-through points of interest. The Great Movie Ride displays the charm, romance, suspense, intrigue and blazing six-shooter action of some of Hollywood's most unforgettable movie moments.
The courtyard from the Chinese Theater offers hand prints of several show business celebrities who've went to see the studios, such as Alan Alda, Lauren Bacall, Robin Williams, Charlton Heston, Samuel L. Jackson, Sylvester Stallone, Bette Midler, Tom Cruise, Jim Henson and also Kermit the Frog.
Mickey Blvd takes on host of regular performances by Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Winnie the Pooh along with other Disney heroes. Along Mickey Blvd you will discover Toy Story Mania! - a 3-D interactive attraction inspired from the Disney·Pixar movies "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2." Every visitor will play along in the high-energy adventure that places them right in the action. If you are a Toy Story fan, look at where you can find different Toy Story-themed locations, trips and points of interest.
At the end of Mickey Avenue, the Disney's Hollywood Studios Backlot Tour goes behind the scenes of a staged film production and past cars, outfits and props from a few of Hollywood's greatest movies. A modern design enables having a look in at shooting on state-of-the-art sound levels and sprawling backlot sets.
More popular points of interest are Honey, I Shrunk The Kids Movie Set Adventure where you will experience what it really feels like to be the size of an ant. You will be thinking "it's a jungle out there" while you experience hidden slides, caves, spider webs, a leaky hose, giant toys, tunnels and ants in the "backyard" from the hit movie, "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids."
The famous Muppets celebrity in Jim Henson's Muppet Vision 3-D which mixes Jim Henson's puppets with Disney's popular Audio-Animatronics technology into an in-theater 3-D animation movie - all to display the crazy tricks of Jim Henson's Muppet heroes.
You need to leave the stunts to the experts in Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! an action-packed live show that re-creates the heart-pounding heroics of traditional experience movies by way of film stunt presentations.
One of the greatest upgrades to the park is Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show that was "imported" from Disneyland Paris for Disney's global "Happiest Celebration on Earth" happens in a enormous "live" Mediterranean village set. The premise of the 30-minute show centers surrounding the filming of a spy thriller film. The viewers gets to discover how each scene is shot and then see the completed movie as it would appear to the big screen. High-speed chases, car and motorcycle jumps, pyrotechnic explosions, high-falls, two-wheeled driving and also high-speed spins produce a thrilling production.
The latest attraction - The American Idol Experience - is indeed a winner. The attraction catches the energy and excitement from the original "American Idol" TV series, with park visitors auditioning to take the spotlight onstage. Included in the audience, other visitors cheer them on and choose their favorite singer with immediate results. The day's top vote-getter obtains "The American Idol Experience Dream Ticket, allowing an qualified owner to plan a front-of-the-line audition to a upcoming regional audition for the "American Idol" tv show.
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