迪士尼公司(Disney Co.)

美国娱乐的公司。其前身是动画片绘制者华特.迪士尼与其商人兄弟罗伊二人成立的动画工作室，称为华特.迪士尼制作公司（1929～1986）。1930年代和1940年代绘了许多短的和长片动画片，1950年代开始制作自然记录片和真人实景的电影和电视节目。後来进一步扩展，开设了迪士尼乐园（1955）和迪士尼世界（1971）（参阅Disney World and Disneyland）。1966年华特.迪士尼去世後，公司也随之衰落。然而在1980年代，公司在新的管理人员领导下又获得生机，随後其电影和动画片生产部门都位於美国最成功的部门之列。在改组成迪士尼公司後，扩大其生产部门，并制作了《小美人鱼》（1989）、第一部长片电脑动画片《玩具总动员》（1995）等。《美女与野兽》（1991）和《狮子王》（1994）改编自百老汇的音乐剧。1996年购并ABC电视网，成为全世界最大的媒体和娱乐公司；还经营有线电视迪士尼频道。

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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. It expanded further with the opening of Disneyland (1955) and Walt Disney World (1971) (see Disneyland and Disney World). It 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 and produced such films as The Little Mermaid (1989) and Toy Story (1995), the first full-length computer-animated film. The films Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Lion King (1994) were recreated as Broadway musicals, and the company took an active role in reviving and commercializing New York's Times Square. In 1996 it acquired the ABC television network to become the world's largest media and entertainment corporation; it also operates the cable television Disney Channel. See also Michael Eisner.