Disney makes some pretty amazing movies. During college, my love for Disney has definitely grew. Here's 25 Disney movie facts that will shake your world.
1. The lion roars in The Lion King were made by a guy named Frank growling into a trash can.
2. Prince Charming from Cinderella in never actually given a name. In fact, he's never even referred to as Prince Charming during the movie.
3. Peter Sohn, an animator for Pixar, was the inspiration for Russell from Up.
4. Tony Hawk's skateboarding skills helped influence Tarzan's moves as he slides across the tree trunks.
5. For reference in Ratatouille, 270 pieces of food were created.
6. The song "Circle of Life" translates to "There comes a lion, oh yes, it's a lion."
7. While in real life it would take 25 million balloons to lift a house, there were only 10,286 balloons attached to the house in Up.
8.The voices of Mickey and Minnie mouse were married in real life.
9. Princess Aurora only has 18 lines of dialogue during Sleeping Beauty, her own movie.
10. Tangled cost more money to make than James Cameron's Avatar.
11. Lea Salonga preformed both of the singing voice's for Mulan and Jasmine.
12.The Beast has the mane of a lion, the head of a buffalo, the brow of a gorilla, the tusks of a wild boar, the body of a bear, the legs and tail of a wolf, and the eyes of a human.
13. The Lion King and the Japanese anime Kimba the White Lion, share many features, including an evil uncle, hyena sidekicks, communicating with parents through the night skies, and lion royalty.
14. Producer Don Hahn believes many characters in the Disney franchise are motherless due to Walt Disney using his work to relieve guilt and grief for buying his mother a house that had a furnace leak and ultimately killed his mother.
