Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Regista:

David Hand

Writers:

Brothers Grimm (fairy tales)
Ted Sears (story) ...
(ancora)

Data di uscita:

4 febbraio 1938 (USA)

Genere:

Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance

Slogan:

Walt Disney's New characters in his first full-length production!

Plot:

Snow White, pursued by a jealous queen, hides with the Dwarfs; the queen feeds her a poison apple, but Prince Charming awakens her with a kiss.

Plot Keywords:

Black Magic | Lyrical | Throne | Assassin | Villainess

Premi:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 9 wins & 2 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Almost 70 Years Later, This Still Holds Up Well

Cast

Roy Atwell	...	Doc (voice) (uncredited)
Stuart Buchanan	...	Huntsman (voice) (uncredited)
Adriana Caselotti	...	Snow White (voice) (uncredited)
Eddie Collins	...	Dopey (voice) (uncredited)
Pinto Colvig	...	Sleepy / Grumpy (voice) (uncredited)
Marion Darlington	...	Bird Sounds and Warbling (voice) (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert	...	Sneezy (voice) (uncredited)
Otis Harlan	...	Happy (voice) (uncredited)
Lucille La Verne	...	Queen / Witch (voice) (uncredited)
James MacDonald	...	Yodeling Man (voice) (uncredited)
Scotty Mattraw	...	Bashful (voice) (uncredited)
Moroni Olsen	...	Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)
Harry Stockwell	...	Prince (voice) (uncredited)

Regia di
David Hand		(supervising)

Scritto da
Brothers Grimm		(fairy tales) (as Grimm)
Ted Sears		(story adaptation) &
Richard Creedon		(story adaptation) &
Otto Englander		(story adaptation) &
Dick Rickard		(story adaptation) &
Earl Hurd		(story adaptation) &
Merrill De Maris		(story adaptation) &
Dorothy Ann Blank		(story adaptation) &
Webb Smith		(story adaptation)

Prodotto da
Walt Disney	....	producer (uncredited)

Musiche originali di
Frank Churchill
Leigh Harline
Paul J. Smith		(as Paul Smith)

Fotografia di
Maxwell Morgan

Architetto-scenografo
Ken Anderson		(as Kenneth Anderson)
Tom Codrick
Hugh Hennesy
Harold Miles
Kendall O'Connor
Charles Philippi
Hazel Sewell
Terrell Stapp
McLaren Stewart
Gustaf Tenggren
John Hubley		(uncredited)

Aiuto regista
William Cottrell	....	sequence director
Wilfred Jackson	....	sequence director
Larry Morey	....	sequence director
Perce Pearce	....	sequence director
Ben Sharpsteen	....	sequence director
Hal Adelquist	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Ford Beebe	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Carl Fallberg	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Mike Holoboff	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sonoro
Purv Pullen	....	sound of birds (uncredited)

Visual Effects
James Valentine	....	digital artist (restored version)
William L. Arance	....	digital restoration artist (restored version) (uncredited)
Jim Carbonetti	....	restoration artist: Cinesite (uncredited)
Andy Engman	....	visual effects animator (uncredited)
Thomas Rosseter	....	digital restoration artist (uncredited)
Olivier Sarda	....	digital artist (restoration) (uncredited)
Thomas J. Smith	....	restoration supervisor: Cinesite (uncredited)

Animation Department
James Algar	....	animator
Samuel Armstrong	....	background artist
Art Babbitt	....	animator (as Arthur Babbitt)
Jack Campbell	....	animator
Les Clark	....	animator
Claude Coats	....	background artist
Merle Cox	....	background artist
Shamus Culhane	....	animator (as James Culhane)
Phil Dike	....	background artist
Ugo D'Orsi	....	animator
Al Eugster	....	animator
Norman Ferguson	....	supervising animator
Bernard Garbutt	....	animator
Joe Grant	....	character designer
Albert Hurter	....	character designer
Milt Kahl	....	animator (as Milton Kahl)
Ward Kimball	....	animator
Eric Larson	....	animator
Ray Lockrem	....	background artist
Dick Lundy	....	animator
Hamilton Luske	....	supervising animator
Robert Martsch	....	animator
Joshua Meador	....	animator
Fred Moore	....	supervising animator
Myron Natwick	....	animator (as Grim Natwick)
Mique Nelson	....	background artist
Maurice Noble	....	background artist
Stan Quackenbush	....	animator
Wolfgang Reitherman	....	animator (as Woolie Reitherman)
Bill Roberts	....	animator
George Rowley	....	animator
Fred Spencer	....	animator
Robert Stokes	....	animator
Frank Thomas	....	animator
Bill Tytla	....	supervising animator (as Vladimir Tytla)
Marvin Woodward	....	animator
Cy Young	....	animator
Paul Busch	....	animator (uncredited)
Marc Davis	....	assistant animator (uncredited)
Lou Debney	....	layout artist (uncredited)
Hugh Fraser	....	animator (uncredited)
Campbell Grant	....	animator (uncredited)
Ollie Johnston	....	assistant animator (uncredited)
John Lounsbery	....	assistant animator (uncredited)
John McManus	....	animator (uncredited)
Lester Novros	....	assistant animator (uncredited)
Kendall O'Connor	....	layout artist (uncredited)
Amby Paliwoda	....	animator (uncredited)
Louie Schmitt	....	animator (uncredited)
Sandy Strother	....	animator (uncredited)
David Swift	....	animator (uncredited)
Riley Thomson	....	animator (uncredited)
Cornett Wood	....	animator (uncredited)

Music Department
Freeman High	....	music arranger (uncredited)
Freeman High	....	musical director (uncredited)

Altro personale
Marge Champion	....	movement model: "Snow White" (uncredited)
Eddie Collins	....	performance model and voice effects: "Dopey" (uncredited)
Louis Hightower	....	movement model: "Prince Charming" (uncredited)
S. Barret McCormick	....	press representative (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1937) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1958) (USA) (theatrical) (as Buena Vista Film Distribution Co. Inc) (re-releases from 1958 onward)
• Buena Vista International (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1967) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Buena Vista Pictures (197?) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Cosmo Coordinate (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Daiei Motion Picture Company (1950) (Japan) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Buena Vista Sound  audio restoration
• Buena Vista Visual Effects  restoration project supervision
• Cinesite  digital film restoration
• Harman-Ising Pictures  ink and paint
• Walt Disney Feature Animation  restoration project supervision

Alias:

Blancanieves y los siete enanos (USA: Spanish title)
Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (USA) (poster title)
Biancaneve e i sette nani (Italy) [it]

Durata:

83 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby (re-release) | Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Divieti:

South Korea:All | Portugal:M/4 | Denmark:7 (DVD release) | Denmark:7 (video re-release) | Iceland:L | Denmark:A (video premiere) | UK:U (1938) (cut) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Germany:o.Al. | Norway:A | Peru:PT | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:U (re-rating) (1987) | USA:Approved (PCA #3870) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1975) | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Curiosità:

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs became the first release in Disney's new Platinum Edition DVD series, hitting stores on October 5, 2001. On its first day, more than 1 million copies were sold.

Errori:

Continuity: When Snow White is cleaning the cabin, the birds put daffodils in the vase. Later when Sneezy goes to the flowers on the table and sneezes, the flowers have turned into goldenrod.

Citazioni:

Snow White: [to the Seven Dwarfs] Please don't send me away. If you do, she'll kill me.
Dwarfs: Kill you?
Happy: Who will?
Sneezy: Yes, who?
Snow White: My stepmother, the queen.
Dwarfs: The QUEEN! She's wicked!
Happy: She's bad!
Sneezy: She's mighty mean!
Grumpy: She's an old witch! And I'm warnin' ya, if that queen finds her here, she'll swoop down and wreak her vengeance on us!
Snow White: But she doesn't know where I am.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Parodiato in "Mighty Mouse, the New Adventures: Snow White and the Motor City Dwarfs/Don't Touch That Dial (#2.4)" (1988)

Colonna sonora:

One Song

Almost 70 Years Later, This Still Holds Up Well

This was Walt Disney's first animated full-length movie. I've read where it took somewhere between two to five years to make, and the artwork still stands up to today's standards. It still looks good, especially with today's DVD technology and great-looking television sets. This film, along with Bambi, exhibit some fantastic watercolor-type artwork with the latter being ever more spectacular than this one.

The story is "cute" because of the seven dwarfs. The evil character - the queen - doesn't have that big a role so most of the time it's just a sweet, enjoyable film with nice characters. It's one of the those movies that makes you feel good as you are watching it.

To be honest, some of the scenes lag a bit and Snow White's operatic voice is a bit much for me, but those are the only complaints I could find in this classic film, one of the best ever from Disney.