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J. B. Kaufman’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” Two Book Giveaway [ENDED]

November 12, 2012 by   54 Comments

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To celebrate the release of J. B. Kaufman’s newest books, “The Fairest One of All: The Making of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Art and Creation of Walt Disney’s Classic Animated Film“, Media Mikes is teaming up with the publisher Weldon Owen to giveaway ONE copy of each book. If you would like to enter for your chance to win one of these great prizes, please leave us a comment below or send us an email indicating your favorite Disney character. This giveaway will remain open until November 30th at Noon, Eastern Time. This is open to residents of the United States only. One entry per person, per household. All other entries will be considered invalid. Media Mikes will randomly select winners. Winners will be alerted via email.

The Fairest One of All: The Making of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was first shown to a theatrical audience in December 1937 and brought overwhelming, joyous applause from a house full of hardened film-industry professionals. In subsequent months it would open around the world, happily acclaimed by audiences and critics everywhere as one of the best films of the year, if not the decade.

From today’s perspective, its stature is even greater—named as one of the best movies of all time by the American Film Institute, and still beloved by children and adults around the world, Snow White can be seen as the flowering of an all-too-brief Golden Age of animation as well as a fascinating document of its time.

Such a level of artistic achievement doesn’t happen by accident. Walt Disney and a staff of exceptionally talented artists labored over Snow White for four years, endlessly working and reworking their scenes to achieve an ever higher standard. The result, as we know, was magnificent and game-changing for the Disney Studios and, indeed, for the art of animation itself.

This book is the first to reconstruct that process in exacting detail, with the loving attention it deserves from an internationally noted film scholar. Author J.B. Kaufman spent years researching the film’s history, interviewing participants, and studying the marvelous archival art that appears in these pages. The result is a work that can be appreciated equally as a piece of film history and as a collectable art book, a joy for anyone who loves film, animation, and the magical world that Walt Disney created.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Art and Creation of Walt Disney’s Classic Animated Film: In1933, Walt Disney was a rising star in the world of animation, just beginning to become a household name. Ambitious new ideas emerged from the Disney studio on a regular basis, and the film world waited eagerly to see what the creative young filmmaker would do next. The answer surprised them all: a full-length animated feature film, based on the traditional tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The production took three years and the talents of many of Hollywood’s top artists . . . and, of course, created one of the best-loved classics of all time. This book, based on a ground-breaking exhibition of both familiar and never-before-seen art from the Walt Disney Animation Research Library, walks the reader scene by scene through the movie, accompanying the art with behind-the-scenes stories about the film’s production.

The book features over 200 pieces of art, many reproduced from original concept sketches, background paintings, and production cels, as well as alternate character concepts, deleted scenes, and step-by-step process shots.

About the Author: J.B. Kaufman is an author and film historian on the staff of the Walt Disney Family Foundation, and has published extensively on topics including Disney animation and American silent film. He is the author of South of the Border with Disney, and coauthor, with Russell Merritt, of Walt in Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney (winner of the Kraszna-Krausz Award and the Society for Animation Studies’ Norman McLaren-Evelyn Lambart Award, and chosen by The New York Timesas a Notable Book of the Year), and Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies. He has also been a regular contributor to the Griffith Project at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, the distinguished annual silent-film festival in Pordenone, Italy, and speaks frequently on Disney, silent film history, and related topics.

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54 Replies to “J. B. Kaufman’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” Two Book Giveaway [ENDED]”

  2. My favorite Disney character is Mickey Mouse. He is so tied into Disney’s heritage that there would be no other characters without him.

  3. Snow white always been my favorite I had Long dark hair and freckles and very fair and people used to call me that

  8. My daughter and I read Snow White and the Seven dwarfs every night before bed. It’s our favorite.

  15. One of my favorite movies- played a dwarf in the play in elmentary school. Love to read this book!

  31. My favorite is definitely the Little Mermaid, but Snow White and Rapunzel are close seconds! Along with the unforgettable Mickey Mouse, of course! 🙂

  34. Ariel – She was the first really brash and independent female character, a complete twist on everything that came before, which made a fitting start for the second Disney Renaissance

  38. He might not be considered “classic Disney,” but I have always held a special place in my heart for Woody from Toy Story because he was always a faithful friend to Andy, even when he did not want him. Woody was always willing to help others and never stopped trying.

  41. I like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs so that if i wins i will watch it over and over again.

  44. My favorite Disney character is Donald Duck, because even though he might not always win, he always tries his hardest!

  50. Ahh, this question! It’s so hard to narrow it down, haha. Can I say a few? 1) Mike Wazowski. Who doesn’t love him? I’m pretty sure we’re kindred spirits. 2) Maleficent. She’s so evil! But I love her attitude. & 3) Tiana. I love The Princess and the Frog. I remember seeing it in the movie theater at Downtown Disney around Christmastime (with my little sister), so itholds good memories for me. (and don’t her beignets look so good?)

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