Minkoff, Rob
Minkoff, Rob Animator/director; joined Disney in 1983 and worked as an inbetweener on The Black Cauldron. He helped design the characters of Basil in The Great Mouse Detective and Ursula in The Little Mermaid, before becoming associated with the character Roger Rabbit as the director of Tummy Trouble and Roller Coaster Rabbit and co-producer of …
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Minion, The (film) Touchstone Home Video release on July 11, 2000, of a Mahogany Pictures film. A mysterious key is unearthed beneath the streets of New York City and the Minion, a domestic servant of the Antichrist, will do everything in its power to possess the key and see that his master is freed to …
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Mineral King Area in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California that the U.S. government opened to private development in the 1960s. Walt Disney put in a bid, which was accepted by the government. However, a groundswell of criticism arose over what environmentalists felt would be the desecration of a major untouched wilderness area. While Disney …
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Miniatures One of Walt Disney’s hobbies was the collecting of miniatures, and this hobby actually helped bring about Disneyland. For years Walt had been collecting tiny furniture and household items and displaying them in little room settings. Out of this collection came an idea for a miniature Americana display with dioramas that would travel the …
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Ming-Na See Ming-Na Wen.
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Mineo, Sal (1939-1976) Actor; appeared in Tonka (White Bull).
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Minado, the Wolverine (television) Television show; aired on November 7, 1965. A young wolverine torments a trapper who has killed the wolverine’s mother, by stealing his food, tools, and other supplies, and eventually driving him away. Narrated by Sebastian Cabot.
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Mineral Hall Shop and display of minerals in Frontierland at Disneyland from July 30, 1956, to 1963. The front part of the shop offered minerals for sale; in back you could see displays of minerals alternately under regular light and black light. It was fun to see how clothing would also glow under the black …
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Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland
Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland Frontierland attraction at Disneyland; from May 28, 1960, to January 2, 1977. Formerly Rainbow Caverns Mine Train (1956-1959). Guests rode a train through a new wilderness area populated by 204 lifelike bears, beavers, and other critters, then continued through the area of the former attraction—the painted desert and Rainbow Caverns, …
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Min and Bill’s Dockside Diner Opened at Disney-MGM Studios on May 1, 1989. A tramp steamer docked at Echo Lake serving sandwiches and other fast-food items, based on the 1930 film starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery.
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