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Walt Disney Pictures had one of its best years ever in 2001, highlighted by the July release of The Princess Diaries. Starring Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo, pop sensation Mandy Moore, and introducing Anne Hathaway, The Princess Diaries followed the transformation of an awkward teenager into a real princess. The film grossed more than $100 million in the U.S.
In 2002, Walt Disney Pictures is scheduled to release more than five live-action films. The first is Snow Dogs, the tale of an adopted Miami dentist named Ted (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), whose Alaskan birth mother bequeaths to him her prized possession: a team of sled dogs. He uses the opportunity to meet his birth father, the grizzled musher Thunder Jack (James Coburn). At first, Ted wants to hotfoot it back to Florida, but he soon becomes determined to learn to mush in order to prove that he's every bit of a man as his dad.
The Rookie will be released in partnership with ESPN in March, featuring Dennis Quaid in the true story of a high school teacher
and coach who realizes his dream of pitching in the major leagues.
July 2002 brings The Country Bears. An original story based on the Disneyland attraction Country Bear Jamboree, the film follows the lives of the all-bear music group after its rise and fall from stardom.
In fall 2002, Young Black Stallion, the horse that has enthralled generations of readers, returns to the screen in a prequel to the 1979 family favorite.
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