Hey guys! So in class, we have talked about the idea of how Disney movies are based on books we read or similar in theme.
For example, we have talked about the movie Hercules, which I know isn't completely factual (its' a Disney movie, don't ruin it!), but includes a lot of divine intervention and pretty much the characteristics of an epic (like Oedipus and Medea). Another movie which relates a lot to Greek literature is the Percy Jackson trilogy, which deals with human evoking the gods and fighting other mythological creatures. Percy Jackson is the son of Poseidon, but is a human, which is really cool!
Now, we are about to start Hamlet, and this book directs the plot of the great movie "The Lion King." I know Mrs. King said we can consider watching it after we read Hamlet, so I am happy to be comparing the two works.
However, pretty much every Disney movie is based on books! As a big Disney fan, I am really into seeing comparisons between the movies and the books. Below is a list of Disney movies loosely or directly based on a book or literature:
While this list may have some obscure movies you may have not seen, I wanted to include more obscure movies because I fell like the most popular movies are common knowledge)
1." Hercules"
2. "Percy Jackson" series
3. "Lion King"
4. "Frozen"- based on the book the Snow Queen by Hans Christian Anderson
5. "Alice in Wonderland"- based on the book by Louis Carrol
6. "Pinocchio"- based on the book The Adventures of Pinocchio by Italian author Carlos Collodi (from Florence like Dante!)
7. "The Jungle Book"- based on the book by Rudyard Kipling.
8. "The Black Cauldron" (an old movie from 1985)- from the book by Lloyd Alexander (written as part of the Chronicles of Prydain series).
9. "Oliver and Company" -- I never seen it but I was surprised by the relation to the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (keep in mind, this movie is about dogs. It's like the Lion King)
10. "Tuck Everlasting" (2002)- inspired by the book by Natalie Babbit
11. "The BFG"- inspired by Roald Dahl book with the same name
And so many more! Not to mention all of the princess movies, and every other animated Disney movie! I didn't actually know that some of these movies existed, but I was amazed on how much Disney related to literature to inspire the plot for their movies.
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Hey Camila. I knew that Oliver and Company was based off of Oliver Twist, but I didn't realize quite how much until I read the book in middle school. A lot of the characters names were not even changed. The main antagonist in both is named Bill Sykes. There is a character named Fagin in both, though their roles are different; in the novel, Fagin is also an antagonist, those less cruel than Sykes, and in the movie he is friends with the animals and is just a man in debt to Sykes. The Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist is Fagin's main helper/thief, and in the movie, Dodger is the dog that leads the pack. And, of course, there's Oliver. The symbolism there doesn't need to be stated. I don't know if there's any correlation between these, but the actor who played Mr. Bumble in the 1948 film of Oliver Twist is named Francis L. Sullivan, who made his debut in Shakespeare's Richard III. Francis the bulldog loves Shakespearean theater and loves acting, and speaks in a British accent. Wikipedia says that Francis the bulldog is based loosely off of Winston Churchill, which probably makes more sense, but I think it's funny that he shares a name with an actor who starred in Oliver Twist.
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