Disney Co.U.S.entertainment corporation.It was founded by Walt Disney and his brother Roy as Walt Disney Productions in 1929 to incorporate their cartoon animation studio.It produced short and full-length animated cartoons in the 1930s and 1940s,then expanded in the 1950s to make nature documentaries and live-action films as well as television programs.The opening of the amusement parks Disneyland (1955) and Walt Disney World (1971; see Disney World and Disneyland) strengthened the company's dominance of the family entertainment industry in the U.S.The company declined after Disney's death in 1966 but was revitalized under new management in the 1980s.As the Walt Disney Co.it expanded its production units to include Touchstone Pictures and Miramax,makers of films for more mature audiences,and revitalized its animation division,producing films such as The Little Mermaid (1989) and Toy Story (1995),the first full-length computer-animated film.The company took an active role in reviving and commercializing New York City's Times Square,including the recreation of some of its animated films,such as The Lion King (1994),as Broadway musicals.In 1994 it opened Celebration,a planned community in central Florida.It acquired the ABC television network in 1996 and became the world's largest media and entertainment corporation; it also operates the cable television Disney Channel.迪斯尼公司 美國(guó)娛樂(lè)公司.1929年華特迪斯尼與其兄羅伊把兩人成立的華特迪斯尼制作公司并入他們的卡通動(dòng)畫工作室.1930年代和1940年代制作出短篇和長(zhǎng)篇?jiǎng)赢嬈?然后在1950年代擴(kuò)大到制作自然記錄片和真人表演的影片,還有電視節(jié)目.娛樂(lè)公園迪斯尼樂(lè)園(1955)和迪斯尼世界(1971；參閱迪斯尼世界與迪斯尼樂(lè)園〔Disney World and Disneyland〕)的開(kāi)幕加強(qiáng)了該公司在美國(guó)家庭娛樂(lè)事業(yè)中的支配地位.1966年華特迪斯尼去世后,公司營(yíng)業(yè)情況也隨之衰落,然而在1980年代,公司在新的經(jīng)理人領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下又獲得生機(jī).華特迪斯尼公司擴(kuò)大它的生產(chǎn)部門,包括為成年觀眾制作影片的試金石影業(yè)公司(Touchstone Pictures)和米拉邁克斯公司(Miramax),恢復(fù)其動(dòng)畫部門的生機(jī),制作出像《小美人魚》(1989)和第一部足本的計(jì)算機(jī)動(dòng)畫片《玩具總動(dòng)員》(1995)等影片.該公司在振興紐約市的時(shí)代廣場(chǎng)并使之商業(yè)化方面起了積極的作用,包括它的一些動(dòng)畫片改造,如《獅子王》(1994)就是改編自百老匯的音樂(lè)劇.1994年在佛羅里達(dá)州的中部開(kāi)辦了一個(gè)規(guī)畫好的「慶典」小區(qū).1996年購(gòu)并美國(guó)廣播公司(ABC),成為全世界最大的媒體和娛樂(lè)公司；它還經(jīng)營(yíng)有線電視迪斯尼頻道.Disney World and Disneyland Two theme parks built by the Walt Disney Co.(see Disney Co.),a U.S.corporation that became the best-known 20th-century purveyor of entertainment.Disneyland,an interactive,family-oriented fantasy environment that opened in Anaheim,Calif.,in 1955,was Walt Disney's response to typical amusement parks,which entertained children but not their parents.The park,which has architecture that is a blend of futurism and nostalgic 19th-century reproductions,has different sections devoted to specific themes.Walt Disney World opened near Orlando,Fla.,in 1971.Besides containing Epcot Center (an idealized city),Disney-MGM Studios,and the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom theme parks,Disney World was the first amusement park to incorporate hotels (including two designed by Michael Graves) and sports and other recreational facilities into its master plan.In the late 20th century new Disney theme parks also opened in Paris and Tokyo.迪斯尼世界與迪斯尼樂(lè)園 美國(guó)華特迪斯尼公司(參閱迪斯尼公司〔Disney Co.〕)設(shè)立的兩個(gè)主題樂(lè)園,這家公司是20世紀(jì)最著名的娛樂(lè)承辦商.迪斯尼樂(lè)園是交互式、適合全家同游的幻想樂(lè)園,1955年在加州安納漢姆開(kāi)幕,是華特迪斯尼對(duì)當(dāng)時(shí)典型樂(lè)園的一種反彈,這種典型樂(lè)園只娛樂(lè)兒童而不及雙親.迪斯尼樂(lè)園的建筑混合了未來(lái)主義及懷舊的19世紀(jì)再現(xiàn),以專門的主題畫分區(qū)域.1971年迪斯尼世界在佛羅里達(dá)州奧蘭多開(kāi)幕.除了有未來(lái)實(shí)驗(yàn)原型小區(qū)中心(理想化都市)、迪斯尼-米高梅制片廠、魔幻王國(guó)與動(dòng)物王國(guó)等主題樂(lè)園外,迪斯尼世界是第一個(gè)將旅館(包括由格雷夫斯設(shè)計(jì)的兩棟)與運(yùn)動(dòng)等休閑設(shè)施結(jié)合到主計(jì)劃之中的樂(lè)園.20世紀(jì)晚期,巴黎和東京也開(kāi)辦了新的迪斯尼主題樂(lè)園