Word: disney
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...WALT DISNEY HAS BEEN getting a little crazy these days, venturing out of the "G" rated movie for the first time and trying to attract an older audience. But they have taken a step backwards with The Journey of Natty Gann, a simplistic adventure movie set during the Great Depression...
Mature audiences will never be fooled about what is going to happen each step of the way in Natty Gann. We know Walt Disney too well to think that we will leave the movie in tears. Unlike the New England Patriots who constantly surprise intelligent people with their victories, this film reads like a supermarket counter pulp novel...
Subscribers to the last two packages will also have the option of purchasing any of 11 other cable channels, such as HBO, Disney, and New England Sports Network (NESN), each of which will cost an additional $9.95 a month...
...French, the park should lead to about 10,000 new jobs in an undeveloped farming area. Disney Vice President Richard Nunis claimed that the economic boost might be even greater. In Japan, he said, 150,000 jobs have been created in the Tokyo area as a result of the opening of the Disneyland there in 1983. The Japanese park has become a major tourist attraction for visitors from Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong, and the French one could bring even more tourists from all over the world to France. Said Eisner: "The park will be at the crossroads...
Though the park will have the Walt Disney touch, from Fantasyland to Tomorrowland, some French accents are expected. Just as restaurants in the Tokyo park feature sushi and tempura served by kimono-clad waitresses, the fare at the Paris facility is likely to include croissants and coq au vin. Eisner insists that the park will be "consistent with French culture...