Last Shot, The (film)

Last Shot, The (film) Hollywood screenwriter Steven Schats has long held the great ambition of selling his morbid screenplay, but he has had no success. Then he meets Joe Devine, who represents himself as the man who can green-light Schats’s low-budget movie. But Devine is not who he claims to be. In truth, he is …

Last Electric Knight, The (television)

Last Electric Knight, The (television) Television show; aired on February 16, 1986. Directed by James Fargo. A young martial arts expert searches for a pretend guardian when a social worker tries to take him away from his elderly grandfather. The person he picks happens to be a detective. Pilot for the Sidekicks series. Stars Ernie …

Lasseter, John

Lasseter, John After a stint in the Disney animation department in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he returned in 1995 as the director of Toy Story for Pixar and directed or produced all of the remaining Disney-Pixar releases. In 2006, with Disney’s purchase of Pixar, he was named chief creative officer of both Pixar …

Laserdisc

Laserdisc The first Disney films were released on disc on December 16, 1978.

Last Chance Café

Last Chance Café Restaurant in Frontierland in Disneyland Paris; opened on April 12, 1992.

Last Dance (film)

Last Dance (film) Rick Hayes is a cocky young lawyer from a wealthy family who is assigned the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman on death row. After years of appeals, Cindy no longer wants to fight to save her life. But during the course of Rick’s visits and research to prepare a clemency …

Larson, Eric

Larson, Eric (1905-1988) Animator; one of Walt’s “Nine Old Men, ” he began at the Studio in 1933 and worked on such classics as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, Cinderella, The Jungle Book, and The Great Mouse Detective as animator and directing animator. His patience and skill in explaining animation techniques made him …

Laserphonic Fantasy

Laserphonic Fantasy Show at Epcot; beginning on June 9, 1984, and superseded by Illuminations in 1988. The show was essentially a less sophisticated version of Illuminations, without the spotlighting of the individual countries.

Larkin, Linda

Larkin, Linda She voiced Jasmine in Aladdin and Ralph Breaks the Internet. She also provided the voice in later sequels, spin-offs, and television specials. She was named a Disney Legend in 2011.

Large Animals of the Arctic (film)

Large Animals of the Arctic (film) Part of White Wilderness; released on 16mm for schools in September 1964. The musk ox, caribou, and reindeer grazing on the tundra face constant danger from wolf packs and ferocious wolverines.