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Disney Co.

U.S. entertainment corporation.

It was founded by Walt Disney and his brother Roy as Walt Disney Productions in 1929 to incorporate their cartoon animation studio. It produced short and full-length animated cartoons in the 1930s and 1940s, then expanded in the 1950s to make nature documentaries and live-action films as well as television programs. The opening of the amusement parks Disneyland (1955) and Walt Disney World (1971; see Disney World and Disneyland) strengthened the company's dominance of the family entertainment industry in the U.S. The company declined after Disney's death in 1966 but was revitalized under new management in the 1980s. As the Walt Disney Co. it expanded its production units to include Touchstone Pictures and Miramax, makers of films for more mature audiences, and revitalized its animation division, producing films such as The Little Mermaid (1989) and Toy Story (1995), the first

full-length computer-animated film. The company took an active role in reviving and commercializing New York City's Times Square, including the recreation of some of its animated films, such as The Lion King (1994), as Broadway musicals. In 1994 it opened Celebration, a planned

community in central Florida. It acquired the ABC television network in 1996 and became the world's largest media and entertainment corporation; it also operates the cable television Disney Channel.

迪斯尼公司

美国娱乐公司。1929年华特‧迪斯尼与其兄罗伊把两人成立的华特‧迪斯尼制作公司并入他们的卡通动画工作室。1930年代和1940年代制作出短篇和长篇动画片，然后在1950年代扩大到制作自然记录片和真人表演的影片，还有电视节目。娱乐公园迪斯尼乐园(1955)和迪斯尼世界(1971；参阅迪斯尼世界与迪斯尼乐园〔Disney World and Disneyland〕)的开幕加强了该公司在美国家庭娱乐事业中的支配地位。1966年华特‧迪斯尼去世后，公司营业情况也随之衰落，然而在1980年代，公司在新的经理人领导下又获得生机。华特‧迪斯尼公司扩大它的生产部门，包括为成年观众制作影片的试金石影业公司(Touchstone Pictures)和米拉迈克斯公司(Miramax)，恢复其动画部门的生机，制作出像《小美人鱼》(1989)和第一部足本的计算机动画片《玩具总动员》(1995)等影片。该公司在振兴纽约市的时代广场并使之商业化方面起了积极的作用，包括它的一些动画片改造，如《狮子王》(1994)就是改编自百老汇的音乐剧。1994年在佛罗里达州的中部开办了一个规画好的「庆典」小区。1996年购并美国广播公司(ABC)，成为全世界最大的媒体和娱乐公司；它还经营有线电视迪斯尼频道。

Disney World and Disneyland

Two theme parks built by the Walt Disney Co. (see Disney Co.), a U.S. corporation that became the best-known 20th-century purveyor of entertainment.

Disneyland, an interactive, family-oriented fantasy environment that opened in Anaheim, Calif., in 1955, was Walt Disney's response to typical amusement parks, which entertained children but not their parents. The park, which has architecture that is a blend of futurism and nostalgic

19th-century reproductions, has different sections devoted to specific themes. Walt Disney World opened near Orlando, Fla., in 1971. Besides containing Epcot Center (an idealized city), Disney-MGM Studios, and the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom theme parks, Disney World was the first amusement park to incorporate hotels (including two designed by Michael Graves) and sports and other recreational facilities into its master plan. In the late 20th century new Disney theme parks also opened in Paris and Tokyo.

迪斯尼世界与迪斯尼乐园

美国华特‧迪斯尼公司(参阅迪斯尼公司〔Disney Co.〕)设立的两个主题乐园，这家公司是20世纪最著名的娱乐承办商。迪斯尼乐园是交互式、适合全家同游的