# Disney Does Dali!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-does-dali/207009>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 12, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-does-dali/207009 "2003-10-12T16:50:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-does-dali/207009/1 "2003-10-12T16:50:22Z")

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Just after WW II, Disney started working on an animated cartoon with Salvadore Dali, but dropped the project before it was ever completed because Disney didn’t think that they’d make a profit off the film. [Disney has now decided to complete the project](http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1462300.html) and you can even see short clips of the film. And yes, it _will_ be released on DVD next year. 🆒

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**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-does-dali/207009/2 "2003-10-12T17:48:38Z")

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The odd thing is that the project was revived because it was now deemed profitable – not due to the revenues from the film itself, but because it would give Disney clear title to a bunch of Dali sketches and paintings that had been in legal limbo since the original project was abandoned in the 1940s:

[http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article\_no=1761](http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=1761)

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-does-dali/207009/3 "2003-10-12T19:34:50Z")

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I have two words :

[Gee](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdali.html)

[and](http://disneyshorts.toonzone.net/years/1998/destino.html)

[Whiz](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=188371).

Okay, so that’s three words. Sue me. 😉