Disney's Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film [Hardcover]

John Culhane (Author)

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Disney’s Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Disney Editions; 1st edition (January 1, 1900)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562828924
• ISBN-13: 978-1562828929
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #732,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome content and layout!, March 11, 2003

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Edward Juan "ghost" (Valencia, CA. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Disney's Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film (Hardcover)

The book is light and easy to carry! That's what I love about it first. But then this is more of a book explaining the progress and experiences of the film production team. It has good interviews on great animators like Andreas Deja, Glen Keane, and many more. It goes in detail of how animators cooperate with their actress/actors, designers, and even business folks (yes, those whom actually owns Disney, ahem.... Peter Schneider). What really bugs me is the absence of concept art and development sketches. It appears on several pages of the book, but not enough compare to "The Art of..." books. This is a great book to get for any Disney or animation fan, but if you want reference and simply....to get inspired by awesome Disney art--you may think otherwise. Do check it out before you purchase it, but it is a decent book!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A well thought out, well-written, well-concieved work, September 17, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Disney's Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film (Paperback)

This book is not only excellent for any rabid Aladdin fan, any Disney-enthusiast will appriciate the colorful, yet simple, layouts, and the organization of the book itself. Each chapter centera around one particular aspect of animated feature-making (such as pre-production, character design, color scheeming, etc.) and uses a main character as an example for each process. A truly excellent find.

--a bit of trivia: At the time "Aladdin" was being promoted, Robin Williams was working on another movie called "Toys," and didn't want to be promoting "Aladdin" as a priority over his other movie--since he had commited to the Disney project second. As a result, Robin Williams is not named once in the entire book! Instead, it used the phrases, "The Genie voice."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, February 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Disney's Aladdin: The Making of an Animated Film (Hardcover)

Personally, I prefered this Disney "making of" book to any of the others in the series (Making of the Lion King, Pocahontas, etc.) Although it wasn't as flashily put togethre, it contained heaps more insightful information, and out of all the "making of" books it was the only one I thought entertaining and useful enough to actually buy. As another reviewer noted, the only real annoying point was the author's refusal to mention Robin William's name. The reason for this was that Robin Williams was having a dispute with Disney at the time. Still, it's the one place where this book lacks. A brilliant read, and I recommend it highly.