5 Disney films that achieved historic feats

In addition to introducing new universes and characters, Disney films, whether live-action or animated, are also capable of revolutionizing! This is because a list of Casa do Mickey productions achieved historic feats that transformed not only the studio’s history, but also the trajectory of the film industry over the years.

With this in mind, RECREIO brought together 5 feature films below that had major impacts on the course of the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world: Disney. Look!

1. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

Based on the brothers’ fairy tale Grimmtitled ‘Snow White’, the adaptation released in 1937 became the first animated feature film in Disneyas well as being the first animated film to be broadcast in color in the world, feats that earned the Walt Disney an Honorary Oscar in the 11th edition of the awards, held in 1939.

2. FANTASY

Becoming the first animation to combine animated features with classical music, “Fantasia” was released in 1940. The plot starring Mickey Mouse also brought an innovation to the history of cinematography, as for the sound to reach the audience’s ears with quality, Disney teamed up with electronics company RCA to create an audio reproduction system called the Fantasound System.

The system is still used today, and as a result Walt Disney and his team received an honorary Oscar for their contribution to advancing the use of sound in film.

3. MARY POPPINS

First released in 1964, “Mary Poppins” is the live-action adaptation of the plot that appeared in the series of books written by the Australian author Pamela Lyndon Travers. Made by Walt Disneythe story of the more than perfect nanny became the first film from Disney studios to be nominated in the main Oscar category: best film.

4. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

One of Disney’s classics, “Beauty and the Beast” hit theaters in 1991 under the direction of Gary Trousdale It is Kirk Wiseadapting for the screen the work of the same name written by the French Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in the mid-1700s.

The plot became the first animation nominated in the main Oscar category: Best Film. Furthermore, at the 1992 awards, it also won the statuette in the “Best Original Soundtrack” category.

5. THE LION KING

As can be seen in this article, one of Disney’s strengths is adapting stories that previously only appeared in the pages of books. In this way, the first animation to be created from an original idea became a historic milestone in the studio’s history, as it only appeared in 1994 with the release of “The Lion King”.