Jerry Rees

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits - "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast ," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," and more - over a 10-year period.

A doctor goes to a dinner party where he's made fun of and soon afterwards returns home and sends a monster to attack the people.

Typically unreliable father-figure Dave Seville unloads his six adopted children on a mutual friend, who spends the rest of the day teaching them important lessons in honesty and sharing and other rudimentary moral exercises.

Discover the story behind the little studio that could. Located in MGM Studios at Walt Disney World the Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida building gave us some of the best Disney films ever created, including The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas. The building eventually was expanded, and Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear was fully animated at the studio. Hear from executives and animators about the history and what life was like in the "fishbowl". This great attraction, Magic Of Disney Animation, is fondly remembered by fans and cast members alike. Get ready to become part of the WDFAF family.

A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.

A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.

Charley Pearl, wealthy heir and gadabout, is slated to marry Adele, the daughter of a Hollywood tycoon. But, during a wild bachelor party in Las Vegas, Charley strikes up a flirtation with nightclub crooner Vicki Anderson that soon leads to her bedroom. When the couple are discovered by Vicki's beau, infamous gangster Bugsy Siegel, he makes a surprising pronouncement -- they'd better marry, or Charley is a dead man.

Cranium Command was an film and attraction from the Wonders of Life pavilion at Walt Disney Epcot theme park. This short film was a humorous look at the workings of the human brain.

A doctor goes to a dinner party where he's made fun of and soon afterwards returns home and sends a monster to attack the people.

Legendary TV news anchor Walter Cronkite takes ecstatic Disneyland tourist Robin through the process of Disney's hand drawn animation and makes Robin's wish of visiting the animated world of Peter Pan (1953) come true.

Legendary TV news anchor Walter Cronkite takes ecstatic Disneyland tourist Robin through the process of Disney's hand drawn animation and makes Robin's wish of visiting the animated world of Peter Pan (1953) come true.

A tribute to the surf movies of the early 60's with some touches of visual surrealism.

"Disney's California Adventure opened to the public on February 8, 2001, the second of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort. Richard Kind, Barry Bostwick, Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood, Patrick Warburton, Jacklyn Zeman, Nancy Lee Grahn, John Ingle, Erin Hershey, Kiko Ellsworth, John Lasseter, and Michael Eisner were all on hand and part of the Disney Channel look inside the new theme park. The special was directed by Jerry Reese and is a great look at Disney California Adventure the way it looks on opening day. Don’t miss Patrick Warburton and his look at Soarin, along with a look at the attraction and music." - Sam's Disney Diary

Typically unreliable father-figure Dave Seville unloads his six adopted children on a mutual friend, who spends the rest of the day teaching them important lessons in honesty and sharing and other rudimentary moral exercises.

In this family tale based on a true story, a woman who suffered a violent pit bull attack comes to terms with the harrowing experience by adopting a puppy that was severely beaten, burned and left to die.

In this family tale based on a true story, a woman who suffered a violent pit bull attack comes to terms with the harrowing experience by adopting a puppy that was severely beaten, burned and left to die.

A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek their young 8 year old "master".