【美国人物志】 华特·迪士尼（5/9）

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华特·迪士尼（ Walter Elias Disney 1901.12.5.—1966.12.15）美国著名导演、制片人、编剧、配音演员和卡通设计者，并且和其兄洛伊·迪士尼 (Roy O. Disney)一同创办了世界著名的华特迪士尼公司。华特·迪士尼是一个成功的故事讲述者，一个实践能力很强的制片和一个很普通的艺人。他和他的职员一起创造了许许多多世界上最有名的最受欢迎的角色，包括那经常被提及的称得上是华特好友的米老鼠。
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Mickey Mouse
Miki Kuchi
Topolino
Raton Miquelito
Minnie
Donald
Pluto
Walt Disney
Snow White and the Seven DwarfsMickey Mouse appeared in hundreds of cartoons during the years that followed. He became known all over the world. In Japan, he was called "Miki Kuchi". In Italy, he was "Topolino". In Latin America, he was "Raton Miquelito". Mickey soon was joined by several other cartoon creatures. One was thefemale mouse called "Minnie". Another was the duck named "Donald", with his sailor clothes and funny voice. And there was the dog called Pluto. Mickey Mouse cartoons were extremely popular. But Walt Disney wanted to make other kinds of animated movies, too. In the middle 1930s, he was working on his first long movie. It was about a lovely young girl, her cruel stepmother, and the handsome prince who saves her. It was "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". "Snow White" was completed in 1937 after three years of work. It was the first full-length animated movie to be produced by a studio. It became one of Hollywood's most successful movies.米奇在卡通出现的数百年之后风靡全球。在日本，叫“Miki Kuchi”。在意大利，叫“Topolino”。在拉美，叫“Raton Miquelito”米奇很快就有其他卡通人物加入，其中一个母老鼠叫“Minnie”。另一个鸭子叫“Donald”，穿着海军服饰，说话声音非常有趣。还有一只狗叫“Pluto”。米奇卡通非常流行，但是华特·迪士尼还想制作另一种生动的电影。在二十世纪三十年代中期，他致力于第一部长篇电影。讲述了一个年轻女孩子和她粗鲁的继母以及一位救他的帅气的王子的故事。就是“白雪公主和七个小矮人：白雪公主在三年的编制之后于1937年完成，这是第一部由电影制片厂制作的全长生动的电影。它成为了好莱坞最成功影片之一。       
——译文来自: sarah_shine