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The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms 14 reviews Christopher Finch
Harry N. Abrams, 2004
A MUST for any and all Disney fans!!
+ M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!!!!!!!! + Disney Lovers Dream
This is not just a book for Disney art lovers -- it is a terrific background on the Disney Company as a whole and the process in the art of animation. It goes into detail as to the extent of Walt's genius and leadership abilities. Never the less, the art in this collection is phenomenal!! I ...
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Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida: The Making of the Broadway Musical 5 reviews Michael Lassell, Tim Rice, 2000
This is a heckuva book!
+ Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida: The Making of the Broadway Musical + One of the better Broadway books + Overall a fine book but lacking at times + A wonderful way to capture AIDA
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The Art and Flair of Mary Blair 17 reviews John Canemaker
Disney Editions, 2003
Mary Blair rocked.
+ The Art and Flair of Mary Blair + Grading the graphic artist + Long overdue, Well Deserved
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Disney's Beauty and the Beast: A CELEBRATION OF THE BROADWAY MUSICAL 2 reviews Don Frantz
Disney Editions, 1995
A GREAT book!
+ This book is wondefully elaborate and ornate.
This book was a real treat going through. Loaded with photographs, it tells the story as a script, shows the design of the characters, and then shows the special effects, sets, and other cool stuff. It's a great soveneir of the musical, and if you haven't it's a great book to read to experience ...
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Paper Dreams: The Art And Artists Of Disney Storyboards 5 reviews John Canemaker
Disney Editions, 2006
A wonderful insight into the creative process
+ Cool book + Outstanding! + its not cute little animals that made them there pictures! + The Best of the "Art Of" Books by FAR
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Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists 1 review John Canemaker
Disney Editions, 1996
Best of the Best
John Canemaker is the best animation author in the business, and I own all of his books to date. Before the Animation Begins is beautifully illustrated and so informative--it is a book I pick up again and again. It is a must have for all Disney animation fans.
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Mary Poppins: Anything Can Happen If You Let It 2 reviews Brian Sibley, Michael Lassell
Disney Editions, 2007
Mary Poppins - Anything Can Happen If you Let It
+ A fine coffee table book
An absolutely amazing book on the creation of the musical Mary Poppins.
It is full of information, facts, photos and even the design folio is included! A beautiful, incredible book that will definitely be kept forever.
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Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation 3 reviews John Canemaker
Disney Editions, 2001
Nine Lives
+ A Must-Have for animation and Disney Enthusiasts + Discovering the Genius Of Exactly What Made Disney "Disney"
So much has been written and said about several of these nine legendary Disney animators that I very much doubted a lot of new ground was going to be broken, especially in a Hyperion release, but Canemaker rises to the task here, and then some. I was most interested in artists like Les Clark and ...
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Designing Disney 9 reviews John Hench
Disney Editions, 2009
Of the Disney books out there, this is the best.
+ Disney by design... + Pretty Good! + Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of the Show + superb explanation of how the Imagineers operate
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LION KING, THE: PRIDE ROCK ON BROADWAY 15 reviews Julie Taymor
Disney Editions, 1998
Brilliant
+ Perfect! + Amazing + Just what I was after... + Better than this...
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Disney's Art of Animation #2: FROM MICKEY MOUSE TO HERCULES 2 reviews Bob Thomas
Disney Editions, 1997
Disney's Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse to Hercules
+ A great book!
This book is excellent. It is also very different from the 1st edition in 1992 which featured Beauty and the Beast. About 50% of the book is all new from the previous edition and it's really worth owning both versions. Gives you much insight into the making of Hercules and in '92 edition into ...
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Disney On Broadway : Aida, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast 1 review Michael Lassell, 2002
Great book
I bought this book and I just love it!! it has wondeful pictures of Disney's broadway shows and also it describes how they did the clothing and details of each character. For example I just love Beauty and the Beast I have seen it 4 times and I want to see it again and again so when I saw this book ...
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Once Upon a Time: Walt Disney: The Sources of Inspiration for the Disney Studios 4 reviews
Prestel Publishing, 2007
A cool cultural collage
+ The cross-cultural connections are simply outstanding + Hard to nail this one down... + Chicken and Egg
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The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation 61 reviews Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas
Disney Editions, 1995
Great Book For Animators!
+ excelent book + Very inspirational... + All I was looking for about the art of animation + The love produces animation! That book exhibition that!
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Tarzan: The Broadway Adventure 3 reviews Michael Lassell
Disney Editions, 2007
Awesome
+ Great book, great show! + Nice book.
I love this book. It's arrived before I was expecting.
Also, better price than at the theater.
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WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING: A BEHIND-THE-DREAMS LOOK AT MAKING THE MAGIC REAL 60 reviews The Imagineers
Disney Editions, 1998
For anyone interested in the more tech aspect of Disney
+ Inspiring for any Disney Fan + wonderful book + Great for Disney and Imagineering Fans + The Ultimate Imagineers Book
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The Musical World of Walt Disney 2 reviews Dave Tietyen
Hal Leonard Corporation, 1990
The story behind the music they crafted
+ Almost all I needed to know
This is a wonderful book was much better than I expected. It is a fun and simple to read narrative on the who, how, and why of Disney music for film and television. So many interesting questions are addressed here: Why did they choose the song April Showers for Bambi? Who were the staff composers, ...
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The Disney Villain 5 reviews Ollie Johnston
Disney Editions, 1993
An Amazing Look at the Disney Villains by Two Masters
+ Johnston and Thomas Together Again! + GET IT when you can... + A Worthwhile Read For Any Disney Fan!
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Disney That Never Was: The Stories and Art of Five Decades of Unproduced Animation 6 reviews Charles Solomon
Disney Editions, 1995
Pull back the curtain and see what's behind
+ A Fascinating Look at Never-Produced Disney Art. + A must for hardcore Disney fans... + This is the stuff that shows just how creative they are! + Fascinating Information
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Tarzan: The Broadway Adventure 3 reviews Michael Lassell
Disney Editions, 2007
Awesome
+ Great book, great show! + Nice book.
I love this book. It's arrived before I was expecting.
Also, better price than at the theater.
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