Walt Disney

Walt DisneyDecember 1901- December 1966

American entrepreneur, cartoonist, animator, voice actor, and film producer

He co-founded Disney with his brother Roy O.Disney in October 1923

1928–1934: Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies

What is the real story about the Disney movies ?

The Little Mermaid

In the movie, if she doesn’t find true love’s kiss she would turn back into a mermaid

In the story, she would die.

The Little MermaidBesides, the mermaid pays for having legs:

every single step she takes will feel like she is walking on sharp shards of glass.

She really is with the prince but he broke up with her and marry another woman, so she killed herself

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Written by Brothers GRIMM

The evil Queen stepmother ask a hunter to bring her back the heart and the liver of Snow White to eat them.

She tried to kill her twice and the third time, she gives Snow White the famous apple.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

After, the Prince delivers her and they get married.

The Queen is invited and she has to wear burning-hot iron shoes and dance until she drops dead.

The Fox and the Hound

Based on a 1967 novel written by Daniel P. Mannix

The fox is raised by the hunter’s family but return to the wild.

Sometimes, he came back to taunt the other dog and one of them succeed in breaking his chain and goes after the fox. Unfortunately, the dog died hitting a train.

The Fox and the Hound

The hunter is really mad and kill all the family of the fox and eventually, the fox died too.

At the end of the book, the friend dog of the fox is so old that he needs to be shot.

Cinderella • 1st written version:

Cerentola by Giambattista Basile, Napoli, 1634

• Then readapted by Charles Perrault in 1697 and Brothers Grimm in 1812

Cinderella In the 1st written version:

One of Cinderella's stepsisters cuts off her toes. The Prince is notified by little doves that there is blood on the shoe, and finally discovers that the true owner is Cinderella

The two sisters have their eyes pecked out by birds during Cinderella’s weeding

Sleeping Beauty • 1st written version: Cerentola by Giambattista

Basile, Napoli, 1634

• Then readapted by Charles Perrault in 1697

Sleeping Beauty - 1st written version:

• The Prince rapes Sleeping Beauty in her sleep and she get pregnant

• She awakes 9 months later because of childbirth

• The Prince’s first wife try to kill her baby

The Lion King

The Lion King • Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet

• A jealous brother kills the king, and the son wants revenge.

• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Timon and Pumba in the Lion King, distract the son, but he manages to kill the jealous brother.

• In Shakespeare's version everyone dies, not just the jealous brother

Pinocchio • 1st version: “The

Adventures of Pinocchio”, Carlo Collodi, 1883

• In the book, he runs away as soon as he learns to walk. He is found by the police, who imprison Geppetto because they believe Pinocchio was abused. 

Mulan • On the contrary to the

Disney movie, Mulan doesn’t choose to marry Chang

• Otherwise in the true story, the emperor whishes to marry her and makes her many proposals.

• In the end, she doesn’t accept and kills herself to avoid the forced wedding

Hercules Based off the Greek myth

Hero charged with performing ten “labors” to pay for killing his children, after he was driven to insanity by his stepmother.

All of this is obviously left out in the movie, as is Hercules’ real name. It’s “Heracles,” inspired by his stepmother-aunt mother Hera.

PocahontasIn the real life, Pocahontas existed, she was the

daughter of an Indian Chief

She was 12 when she met John Smith. In the movie, she fell in love with him. In the real life, they were only friends.

She married John Rolfe who brought her to England where she dies at 22 of a lungs disease.

DebateAre the Disney movies important for you ?

To what extend do you think disney movies influence the childhood ?

What are your favorite ? Why ?

Do you think that disney movies are only for children?