I could have been at a screening of Tangled today. Well, almost. But I wasn’t. And it’s a sore point.
That (presumably wonderful, just-out-of-reach) film is Disney’s 50th full length animated movie, and to celebrate this milestone, the mousemasters will be collaborating with the BFI on a special season to run throughout 2011. Starting on January 16th, “The Disney 50″ are to be screened, one per weekend, for the rest of the year.
They aren’t quite being screened in chronological order, instead running 50 first then 1-49. This is so Tangled might be premiered up front, ahead of it’s UK release on January 28th. There’s also promise of several special events throughout the year, with “Disney directors past and present”, but not concrete details given yet.
Here’s the list of all 50 films, in production order.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Pinocchio
Fantasia
Dumbo
Bambi
Saludos Amigos
The Three Caballeros
Make Mine Music
Fun and Fancy Free
Melody Time
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Cinderella
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Pan
Lady and the Tramp
Sleeping Beauty
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
The Sword in the Stone
The Jungle Book
The Aristocats
Robin Hood
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Rescuers
The Fox and the Hound
The Black Cauldron
The Great Mouse Detective
Oliver & Company
The Little Mermaid
The Rescuers Down Under
Beauty and the Beast
Aladdin
The Lion King
Pocahontas
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hercules
Mulan
Tarzan
Fantasia 2000
Dinosaur 2000
The Emperor’s New Groove
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Lilo & Stitch
Treasure Planet
Brother Bear
Home on the Range
Chicken Little
Meet the Robinsons
Bolt
The Princess and the Frog
Tangled
Now… can I really afford to see all 50? And do I even want to? There’s a few films on that list that just aren’t up to snuff, no matter how much the wheat outweighs the chaff overall.
It’s also worth noting that Disney will have released their 51st feature-toon, Winnie the Pooh, just a few months into this program. I hope they manage to accommodate it somehow.