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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the 1812 German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm , the production was supervised by David Hand , and was directed by a team of sequence directors, including Perce Pearce , William ...
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Directed by William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen. With Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan, Adriana Caselotti, Eddie Collins. Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household.
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- Reception and success
- Re-release schedule and home video
is a 1937 musical comedy fantasy animated film. It is America's and the world’s first feature-length animated film. It is also the first one in the world to be translated in English and the first movie to be made in Technicolor. It is produced by Walt Disney Productions, premiered on December 21, 1937, and was originally released to theaters by RKO Radio Pictures on February 4, 1938. The film is an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, in which an evil queen attempts to have her stepdaughter, Snow White, murdered in jealousy of her beauty. But she escapes and is given shelter by seven dwarfs in their cottage in a forest.
The film is generally considered to be Walt Disney's most significant achievement, his first-ever animated feature. It was the first major animated feature made in the United States, the most successful one released in 1938, and, adjusted for inflation, is the tenth highest-grossing film of all time. This historical moment in motion picture history changed the medium of animation. Before 1937, short cartoons took up the majority of American animation.
A prologue in the form of text from an ornately decorated book explains that the Evil Queen, who cares only for being "the fairest one of all", is jealous of her stepdaughter, Snow White. Out of fear that Snow White's beauty will one day overshadow her own, she dresses her in rags and forces her to become a scullery maid in her castle. Each morning, she consults her magic mirror, asking it who is the fairest of all. It tells her that she is, and for a while, she is content.
One morning, the Mirror tells the Queen that there is a maiden fairer than her: Snow White. Meanwhile, Snow White is in the courtyard, singing "I'm Wishing" to herself as she works. A handsome prince, riding by the castle, hears her voice and is enchanted by it. He climbs over the castle wall, unseen by her, who is singing to her reflection at the bottom of a well. He joins in, which startles and surprises her; she runs indoors, but when he pleads for her to return, she comes to the balcony and listens as he sings "One Song" to her. Unseen by both, the Queen watches from her window high above. Infuriated at Snow White's beauty (and perhaps jealous for the Prince's affections), she closes the curtains in anger. The Prince smiles at Snow White before leaving.
The Queen summons the Huntsman, and orders him to take Snow White far into the forest, and kill her; she demands Snow White's heart as proof. He is reluctant to do so, but is bound by his orders; he takes her deep into the forest, where he lets her gather flowers. As Snow White helps a baby bird find its parents, he unsheathes his dagger and advances on her. When she sees him approaching, she screams in terror; however, he is unable to fulfill his orders and drops his dagger. Taking pity on her, he begs for her forgiveness and, warning her of the Queen's intentions, pleads for her to run away and never come back. Snow White obeys, and as she flees through the forest, her fear manifests itself in what she sees around her; eventually, she falls to the ground in fright and breaks down sobbing. She is comforted and befriended by the forest animals; she sings "With a Smile and a Song" and asks them if they know of a place where she can stay.
The animals lead her to the Cottage of the Seven Dwarfs, which she finds empty and dirty. Thinking that cleaning it may persuade the owners to let her stay, she and the animals clean it and its contents while singing "Whistle While You Work". The dwarfs, meanwhile, are working in their mine, digging for diamonds. When it is time for them to go home for the day, they march through the forest, singing "Heigh-Ho".
After cleaning the cottage, Snow White falls asleep on several of the dwarfs' beds. When the dwarfs see light coming from the cottage, they approach cautiously, thinking that a monster has taken up residence in there. They search the ground floor but are afraid to go upstairs. After an unsuccessful attempt by Dopey to chase the "monster" down, they all venture upstairs to discover Snow White sleeping. She wakes up and befriends each of them. They allow her to stay (though Grumpy is reluctant). She remembers that she has left soup downstairs and rushes to prepare it, ordering the dwarfs to wash while they wait. They proceed outside to a trough, where all but Grumpy wash; the others later wash him, dumping him into the trough when supper is ready.
That evening, the Queen once again consults her Magic Mirror, who tells her that Snow White still lives and that the Huntsman had given her a pig's heart. Furious at being tricked and his betrayal, she descends a spiral staircase, entering her dungeon, where she resolves to do away with Snow White herself. She uses a potion to transform herself into a witch-like peddler - a disguise to deceive Snow White. She then decides to use a poisoned apple to send Snow White into the Sleeping Death (a magically-induced coma).
•Adriana Caselotti as Snow White
•Marge Champion as Model for Snow White
•Lucille La Verne as The Evil Queen
•Harry Stockwell as The Prince
•Roy Atwell as Doc
•Pinto Colvig as Grumpy, Sleepy, Dopey (hiccups)
Walt Disney had been contemplating making a feature-film since the early 1930s, considering ideas such as Babes in Toyland (he was unable to do this because it was earmarked for Laurel and Hardy by RKO), Rip Van Winkle, and an animation/live-action adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. It is thought that he first felt that an audience could sit through a feature-length cartoon when he and his brother, Roy, went to receive an award from the League of Nations (for the creation of Mickey Mouse) in Paris in 1935, where a theatre featured a program of six consecutive Disney shorts. He later wrote that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was an inevitable and necessary step forward in order to advance the studio; short subjects, even successful ones like Three Little Pigs, still could not provide the studio with a significant profit. He may also have realized the potential of an animated feature after the success of Three Little Pigs. Beyond this, he was anxious for an opportunity to work in an "expanded format" that would allow for more elaborate character development and more complex plot ideas. It is also thought that Walt was influenced in his decision by his favorite comic actors, including Laurel & Hardy and Charlie Chaplin, who had already moved from short subjects to features for similar reasons.
Walt revealed, in a magazine article for Photoplay Studies, that, as a boy, he had saved some money from his newspaper round to see a play of Snow White. In fact, he was referring not to a play but a film, starring Marguerite Clark, which he saw in a free showing in the theater Kansas City Convention Center in 1916; he was sitting in one of the top galleries of the theater. It is unknown whether the film was available for reference during the production of Disney's feature. He first revealed his plans for it to his key animators after dinner one evening in 1934, when he gave each of his key animators fifty cents, took them out to dinner, after which he took them to the studio's sound stage, where he told them the entire story, acting out every part.
The film premiered at the Carthay Circle Theater on December 21, 1937, to a widely receptive audience (many of whom were the same naysayers that dubbed it "Disney's Folly"), who gave it a standing ovation at its completion. Animator Ward Kimball recalled many people (including many celebrities) crying towards the end. RKO Radio Pictures put it into general release on February 4, 1938, and it went on to become a major box-office success, making more money than any other at that time. It is estimated that more people saw it on its general release than Star Wars. In fact, for a short time, it was the highest-grossing film in American cinema history; it was removed from that spot by Gone With the Wind in 1940.
A subject of particular criticism was the film's depiction of Snow White, the Queen, and the Prince as realistic human figures, which caused some (including successful New York caricaturist Al Hirschfeld) to believe that Walt was too closely following live-action and realism, thus rejecting the qualities that made cartoons such as the Silly Symphonies unique.
Certain scenes in the film, particularly those featuring the Witch, are regarded as some of Disney's most frightening moments. British censors considered it frightening enough for young viewers to be accompanied by an adult. Animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston felt that Walt restrained his animators from creating such a terrifying villain again. Later films such as Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi would receive similar accusations for their frightening and intense sequences.
For his achievement in the film, Walt received a full-size Oscar statuette alongside seven miniature ones, presented to him by Shirley Temple; the film was deemed "as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field." It was also nominated for Best Music, Score. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 98% of the critics gave it a positive review based on 52 reviews. Its consensus states, "With its involving story and characters, vibrant art, and memorable songs, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs set the animation standard for decades to come."
The film was first re-released in 1944, in order to raise revenue for the Disney studio during World War II. This eventually set a tradition of re-releasing Disney animated films every seven years. It was re-released to theaters in 1952, 1958, 1967, 1975, 1983, 1987, and 1993. It was restored for its 1987 50th-anniversary re-release, and a more comprehensive digital restoration was done for the 1993 re-release.
Being Disney's most signature "untouchable" at the time, the film was never released in its entirety on home video prior to 1994 and therefore was absent from the Walt Disney Classics line of releases. The film was first released on home video in 1994 as part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection line and was released on Disney DVD in 2001. The DVD was the first in Disney's Platinum Edition line of releases, and featured, across two discs, the digitally restored film, a making-of documentary, an audio commentary by John Canemaker and (via archived audio clips) Walt, and many more special features. The DVD went to the Disney Vault in January 2002.
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has confirmed that the film was released on Blu-ray disc on October 6, 2009, and on a new DVD edition on November 24, 2009, under the Walt Disney Diamond Edition banner. This version had a new restoration by Lowry Digital and had the original 1937 titles restored, including the RKO Radio Pictures logo. The Blu-ray went into the Disney Vault on April 30, 2011.
The film was released on Digital HD on January 19, 2016, and on Blu-ray and DVD on February 2, 2016, as a part of the Walt Disney Signature Collection.
It was reissued on March 22, 2022 from Disney Movie Club as an 85th Anniversary Edition with a special cover and a Blu-ray bonus disc.
Disney released the film on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 10, 2023.
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1253x1880. Language English. A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.
