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Frequently, I wonder what I would do if someone pushed me into a chair and ordered me to write a Disney movie. Is there some plot, I wonder, that I’ve fully internalized, and just waits to be tapped like a spring? Indeed—when that fateful day comes, I am certain that I will write a baseball movie...
...grew up watching Disney films in America, then you too must sense the primal appeal of the baseball movie. We all know these movies, their taglines and possibly their soundtracks. No point then in recounting that classic plot of cast-down Man redeemed through Sport; these films are Hollywood’s equivalent of a motivational speaker. If movies could be scaled in terms of Magical Moments per frame (MM/f), baseball films would surely top the chart, for the sport, like no other, has long been infused with the kind of mytho-poetic connotations that make English professors go weak...
Instead, we find a movie that handles its stuff-of-legend material with modesty, even restraint. This should make Disney doubly proud, for its story is not only classic but also authentic. In a recent roundtable interview, Jim Morris himself spoke to the film’s accuracy. “By and large, the movie’s dead on. It’s my life, so I guess I’m the biggest skeptic, [and] I think it’s fantastic. I called my mom after [seeing the final cut] and told her, you?...
...Euro Disney's biggest advantage is, of course, that name. Nobody but Disney has Mickey and Minnie, Donald and Goofy, or the respected Imagineers who come up with the ideas for attractions and rides. But having these assets is one thing. Making money from them is another. And the real question is whether, in the world beyond the technicolor gates, those with the keys to the Kingdom can conjure profits that are anything close to magical...
...Euro Disney's new park feels like a work-in-progress. The cast members - that's what Disney calls employees - are still settling in and learning their lines. But you look around and also wonder, "Where are the rest of the rides?" Walt Disney Studios has only nine attrac-tions, one of which - the Flying Carpets over Agrabah - is a glorified merry-go-round that will bore adults, and another - the Aerosmith-themed Rock 'n' Roller Coaster - that isn't appropriate for the youngest of youngsters. (Yes, Steven Tyler is a scary-looking man, but the ride also...