Business Lessons: Animation Feature Films

The American Film Institute accepted nominations for the ten best films in each of ten categories, then conducted an international poll of the world’s greatest film authorities. Here are the top ten ANIMATION feature films:

1. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
2. Pinocchio (1940)
3. Bambi (1942)
4. The Lion King (1994)
5. Fantasia (1942)
6. Toy Story (1995)
7. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
8. Shrek (2001)
9. Cinderella (1950)
10. Finding Nemo (2003)

Business Lesson: Those who have mutual trust and respect and then cooperate and collaborate effectively can accomplish almost anything.

In most of these films, teamwork is the key to success. In fact, there would be no success without it. Most of the eventual victors in these films are underdogs. To some extent, their strength is in numbers but they also have street smarts and enthusiasm for facing danger together. “One for all and all for one!” They like each other and they care about each other.

You can check out the wealth of resources provided by the American Film Institute and the Internet Movie Database. Here are links to their Web sites:

http://www.afi.com/

http://www.imdb.com/

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