Oliver the kitten leaves Fagin's barge to find a new home with eight-year-old Jenny and her pampered poodle, but Fagin's scruffy dogs come to kidnap him back.
The streetwise dog Dodger and his gang show orphaned kitten Oliver how to survive in the big city. They then help him find a new home with the little girl Jenny.
This adorable animated adaptation of Dickens' classic tale Oliver Twist tells the story of a gang of New York City dogs who help save the day for a little kitten without a home. Scheduled for re-release in theaters March 29, 1996. Four board books in a slipcase especially designed for little hands. Full color.-3 yrs.
Steve Hulett's memoir of his decade at the Disney Studio is a one-of-a-kind chronicle of Disney's slow, painful transition from the days of Walt to the era of Eisner.
Although its early films featured racial caricatures and exclusively Caucasian heroines, Disney has, in recent years, become more multicultural in its filmic fare and its image. From Aladdin and Pocahontas to the Asian American boy Russell in Up, from the first African American princess in The Princess and the Frog to "Spanish-mode" Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story 3, Disney films have come to both mirror and influence our increasingly diverse society. This essay collection gathers recent scholarship on representations of diversity in Disney and Disney/Pixar films, not only exploring race and gender, but also drawing on perspectives from newer areas of study, particularly sexuality/queer studies, critical whiteness studies, masculinity studies and disability studies. Covering a wide array of films, from Disney's early days and "Golden Age" to the Eisner era and current fare, these essays highlight the social impact and cultural significance of the entertainment giant. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Family Fictions explores images and narratives of the family in recent Hollywood cinema. This is the first in-depth analysis of this important topic which explores how problematic representations of the family were in a period when the family was a pivotal political and social issue. Through close textual analysis of the biggest box-office hits of recent years, this book demonstrates the volatility of family representations and the instability of its narrative and ideological functions. Well-known films discussed, include Kramer versus Kramer , E.T. and Look Who's Talking.