Word: disneyism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Oddly, a movie that features a trash-talking Apostle and a female God is not one with which Disney is eager to be associated. Dogma, written and directed by KEVIN SMITH, takes an unorthodox look at religion, and Disney, producer Miramax's parent company, fears it will offend Roman Catholics. So Miramax honchos Bob and Harvey Weinstein have said they'll buy the rights to the film and sell it to another distributor. Smith, a practicing Roman Catholic, says the movie "was always intended as a love letter to both faith and God almighty...
DIED. HELEN ABERSON MAYER, 91, creator of the children's classic Dumbo, the Flying Elephant; in New York City. Disney adapted her story for its 1941 film...
...Ghost gained him much notoriety, and since then he has appeared in many films, including Kiss the Girls and The Pelican Brief. He starred in the critically acclaimed HBO miniseries From The Earth to the Moon, and his newest role is the voice to Tarzan in the upcoming Disney animated film, due out this summer...
...SUCCESSFULLY "OPENED" A FILM: Well, it remains to be seen if 10 Things will do as well as Stiles--or Disney--hopes. The studio moved the release date up, hoping to capitalize on spring break. If the movie does well, Stiles could become Hollywood's latest overnight star--seven years after she began her acting career...
...argue that, as things stand, a lot of the money parents spend on getting kids into college is diverted to businesses--SAT cram courses, for instance, and expensive prep schools--that are clustered around the admissions process, like motels and fast-food joints bellying up to the edge of Disney World. Why not have the money go directly to the college...