film seven american animated musical fantasy film produced originally released based german fairy tale length animated feature film earliest disney animated feature film story adapted storyboard artists supervising director directed film individual sequences premiered december followed nationwide release february critical commercial success international earnings million initial release briefly assumed record highest grossing sound film time popularity film led released theatrically times home video release 1990s adjusted inflation performers north american box office 11th academy awards awarded honorary oscar film nominated year united_states library congress deemed film culturally historically aesthetically significant selected preservation ranked american_film_institute list greatest american films named film greatest american animated film time disney huge cultural impact resulting popular theme park attractions video game broadway musical plot lonely princess living vain wicked queen queen fears beauty forces work maid asks magic mirror daily years mirror answered queen pleasing day magic mirror informs queen land jealous queen orders snow white forest kill demands return heart box proof deed bring kill begs forgiveness revealing queen wants dead urges flee woods look lost frightened princess befriended woodland creatures lead cottage deep woods finding seven small chairs cottage dining room assumes cottage home seven orphaned children reality cottage belongs seven adult named happy work nearby returning home alarmed find cottage clean suspect invaded home find upstairs asleep beds find introduces eventually welcome home learn cook clean beautifully keeps house day night sing play music dance queen discovers alive mirror answers land reveals heart box actually pig disguise old queen creates poisoned apple eats sleeping death curse broken love kiss dismisses buried alive queen goes cottage away animals wary rush find queen tricks biting poisoned apple falls asleep queen land return animals queen leaves cottage chase trapping cliff tries roll boulder lightning strikes cliff causing fall death return cottage find seemingly dead kept poison unwilling bury sight ground instead place glass coffin trimmed gold clearing forest woodland creatures watch year later prince previously met fallen love learns eternal sleep visits coffin apparent death kisses breaks spell awakens animals prince takes castle cast snow white young princess wicked forced work maid castle despite retains cheerful demeanor evil queen witch queen magic mirror tells immediately kill woods discovers die old uses poisoned apple remove path killing prince prince sees singing wishing immediately falls love voice later reappears revive leader seven wears glasses mixes words self appointed funny dual role initially presence home later warns threat posed queen rushes aid realizing danger leading charge biggest nose frequently seen eye shut tired appears situations later voice characters future disney films originally considered voice happy happy dwarf usually portrayed laughing embarrassed presence attention directed earned powerful caused hay fever seen blowing heaviest objects room vocal effects live action reference dwarf beard clumsy mute happy explaining simply tried speak movie trailer describes nice sort silly considered voice appears green mask clouds smoke queen regularly asks land despite status queen assassin bear kill queen orders princess heart production development snow white began early june announced production feature released new_york_times evening year disney acted entire story seven staff announcing film produced feature length film snow white seven disney studio primarily involved production animated short subjects series disney hoped expand studio prestige revenues moving features estimated seven produced budget times budget average seven length animated feature motion picture history fight film produced brother business partner wife attempted talk hollywood movie industry referred film disney production mortgage house help finance film production eventually ran total cost massive sum feature film story development august pages notes entitled suggestions compiled staff writer suggesting principal characters situations gags story disney stated beginning project main attraction story seven possibilities gags story meetings held october attended disney dominated subjects point disney felt story begin discovery cottage seven suggested beginning names personalities stated original fairy tale individual personalities names chosen pool including seven finalists chosen process elimination leader required self important named named distinguishing character traits end october story meetings happy final seven named point replaced unnamed seventh dwarf focus comedic possibilities eighteen page outline story written october meetings featured continuous flow gags queen attempt kill poisoned element taken original story use disguised queen escaped alive arrived time remove failure queen prince captured taken dungeon come story sketches event queen witch magic bring dungeon skeletons life making dance identifying skeleton prince example humorous atmosphere original story treatment written story notes queen magical power domain castle prince refusing marry queen leaves death sketch shows prince trapped subterranean chamber filling water makes way cottage poisoned apple forest animals help prince escape queen find horse prince ride cottage save took wrong road despite warnings forest animals horse unlike understand arrived time save queen able save love kiss plot final film sketches scene dungeon examples comical nature story point include suggestions fat cartoon type self satisfied queen prince clown comical fashion encouraged staff studio contribute story offering dollars gag gags included foot bed meet disney concerned comical approach characters sensing time needed development queen advised outline circulated november attention paid exclusively scenes bird animal friends appear names personalities open change meeting november resulted outline entitled discover introduced character ultimately prove successful popular dwarf rest disney developed story finding dilemma characterization queen felt longer fat beautiful type possibility brought previous story meetings disney focus project autumn thought doubted studio ability trip europe summer restored confidence point disney writers focused scenes introduced audience laid likely assignments working film memorandum november decided personalities individual thought main focus story sequences written seven characters certain point decided main thrust story provided relationship queen reason sequences featuring cut film animated entirety cut showed arguing stay completely animated shown eating soup unsuccessfully attempts teach eat like gentlemen partially animated sequence involved holding lodge meeting try think gift followed elaborate bed building sequence forest animals construct bed princess cut thought slow movement story soup eating bed building sequences animated sufficiently discouraged removal consider leaving studio disney persuaded stay promoting supervising animator feature animation primary authority design film concept artist designs film characters appearances look rocks background meet approval finalized concept artists contributed visual style seven developed number dark concepts film designs developed ultimately rejected disney team easily translated animation color stylist determine staging atmosphere scenes film style borrowed likes possessed european illustration quality sought designed posters film illustrated press book didn receive credit film artists work film included significant contribution design queen witch form animator joined disney studio invited seven colleagues worked room come art class set home teacher recruited model pose fellow animators drew classes held weekly week animators come weeks called office offered provide supplies working space models required sessions moved studio ran sessions month animator suggested recruit art teacher taught class studio november joined weeks later classes principally concerned human anatomy movement instruction later included action analysis animal anatomy acting classes originally described brutal battle instructor students craft enthusiasm energy parties classes beneficial involved graham screened disney shorts animators provided critique featuring strengths weaknesses example graham criticised animation mouse taking obvious actions drunk coordinating rest body praising maintaining humour getting dirty mean vulgar country mouse having good time animators disney studio artistic training newspaper trained europe animator success designing studios showed understanding human female anatomy hired given female characters exclusively attempts female lead goddess spring proved largely unsuccessful animation heroine showed greater promise animator eventually given task live action footage prince queen shot reference animators artists animators disapproved considering hinder production effective caricature animation queen despite graham objections scenes prince directly traced live action footage studio new camera gave dimensional feeling sequences rotating effect scene queen transforms witch music songs seven composed composed incidental music score known songs seven include day prince come whistle work disney music publishing company time publishing rights music songs administered continues hold rights later years studio able acquire rights music films american film soundtrack album released conjunction feature film snow white seven film soundtrack recording little value movie studio cinematic influences time disney encouraged staff variety films ranged mainstream mgm romeo juliet disney direct reference story meeting pertaining scene lies glass coffin obscure including european silent cinema seven disney films follow influenced german films cabinet recommended disney staff influence particularly evident scenes fleeing forest queen transformation witch scene inspired disney specific reference story meetings release original theatrical run seven premiered december wildly receptive audience dubbed film disney film received standing ovation completion audience included days later seven appeared cover time magazine new_york_times said thank disney variety suggested perfect illusion tender romance fantasy emotional certain portions acting characters strikes depth comparable sincerity human players film approaches real greatness following successful exclusive runs new_york_city theater miami january film general release february major box office success making times money motion picture released original release seven grossed million united_states canada total international gross million successful sound film time displacing singing fool seven soon displaced position gone wind end original run seven earned international box office receipts earned profit releases seven released raise revenue disney studio world war period release set tradition releasing disney animated features seven years seven released theaters coinciding anniversary release disney released authorized novelization story written children author seven film entirely digital files manipulated recorded film restoration project carried entirely resolution bit color depth system digitally remove dirt restore faded colors seven lifetime gross million original release adjusted inflation incorporating subsequent releases film registers american film time reception film tremendous critical success reviewers genuine work art recommended children adults film histories state animation human characters criticized recent scholarship finds reviewers praised realistic style human animation stating audiences forget watching animated humans real ones 11th academy awards film won academy honorary award disney significant screen innovation millions pioneered great new entertainment field disney received size oscar seven miniature ones presented year old child actress film nominated day prince come jazz standard performed numerous artists including albums noted filmmakers praised seven notable achievement cinema went far greatest film film inspired metro mayer produce fantasy film wizard animation pioneer decided produce animated feature film travels order compete parody featured nightclub singer disrupting lives seven scholars hiding police melodies short directed parodies seven presenting story black cast singing jazz score success led disney moving ahead feature film productions profits seven finance new million studio burbank location disney studios located day years studio completed begun production features wonderland american_film_institute recognition american_film_institute afi independent non profit organization created united_states releases variety annual awards film lists recognizing excellence film making afi years series ran created categorized lists america best movies selected composed artists scholars critics historians film inclusion lists based film popularity time historical significance cultural impact seven selected inclusion afi lists including following afi years movies afi years movies 10th anniversary edition afi animated film afi years heroes villains queen years songs someday prince come whistle work nominated afi years movie quotes magic mirror wall nominated afi home media october film released video disney masterpiece collection disney animated classics series seven released dvd october disney featured discs digitally restored film making documentary narrated audio commentary archived audio clips seven released october disney new dvd edition released november blu ray includes high definition version movie sourced new restoration dvd copy film bonus features included dvd set returned disney vault april released seven blu ray dvd february disney signature collection line released digital january bonus material appearances media theme parks scary adventures popular theme park ride opening day attraction dating underwent expansion snow white scary adventures ride replaced located meet greet included expansion seven train roller coaster prince queen seven featured character appearances parks hosted snow white musical video games attempt snow white seven video game line children games officially released version available limited basis seven released game boy color system makes appearance playstation game seven world based movie dwarf woodlands appears birth sleep free play mobile game snow white queen return known seven queen return continuation film queen survived fall climax film reverted youthful form cast curse entire forest broadway musical unknown played disney produced seven known snow white live music lyrics new songs created respectively titles included welcome kingdom time ran october november january march total performances canceled prequel 2000s began development computer animated prequel seven titled seven director screenwriter pitched story explaining met evil queen killed father took throne according management changed prequel center lost voice witnessing death mother disney purchased new chief creative officer canceled live action film march studio announced new film development titled live action spin film told point view sister red rose appearances seven rare appearances shorts despite popularity simply numerous efficiently commissioned shorts standard parade seven wise recycled footage include appearances animated television series included disney character animated cameos included characters special magical christmas house mouse evil queen appeared starring role film halloween arena live action fantasy television series time produced disney owned regularly includes live action interpretations characters including evil queen newspaper comic strip adaptation republished repeatedly comic book 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