Tarzan (1999)
Let's return once again to the Disney Renaissance with Tarzan. The Movie: Tarzan is 37th movie in the Disney Animated Canon and the final movie of the Disney Renaissance. The movie was well-received and Disney's biggest hit since The Lion King. Tarzan's popularity led to a spin-off TV series, a direct-to-DVD midquel, and a short-lived Broadway musical. While still a 2D animated film, Tarzan notably used an innovative new computer system called Deep Canvas to create complex 3D backgrounds. Tarzan is based on the novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The story begins with a shipwreck stranding the baby Tarzan and his parents in the jungles of Africa. When his parents are killed by the leopard Sabor, Tarzan is rescued by the gorilla Kala, who raises him as her son. As he grows up with his friends Terk (a fellow gorilla) and Tantor (an elephant), Tarzan struggles to gain the approval Kerchak, the leader of the gorillas. Tarzan's...