Delengen ing ngisor iki lan banjur wangsulana pitakonan ing basa sing padha karo wacana:  Passage: Nalika Walt Disney Productions terus ngeculake film sing ramah kulawarga ing taun 1970-an, kayata Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) lan Freaky Friday (1976), film kasebut ora apik ing box office kaya materi sadurunge. Nanging, studio animasi kasebut sukses karo Robin Hood (1973), The Rescuers (1977), lan The Fox and the Hound (1981). Minangka kepala studio, Miller nyoba nggawe film kanggo nyopir pasar remaja sing duwe bathi sing umume ora nonton film Disney. Diilhami dening popularitas Star Wars, Disney ngasilake petualangan fiksi ilmiah The Black Hole ing taun 1979 sing regane $ 20 yuta kanggo nggawe, nanging ilang ing Star Wars. The Black Hole minangka film Disney pisanan sing nggawa rating PG ing Amerika Serikat. Disney ngupayakake genre horor karo The Watcher in the Woods, lan mbiayai Tron sing inovatif; kalorone film dirilis kanthi sukses minimal. Disney uga nyewa produser njaba kanggo proyek film, sing durung nate ditindakake sadurunge ing sejarah studio. Ing taun 1979, Disney mlebu usaha patungan karo Paramount Pictures ing produksi adaptasi film 1980 saka Popeye and Dragonslayer (1981); kaping pisanan Disney kolaborasi karo studio liyane. Paramount nyebarake film Disney ing Kanada nalika semana, lan diarep-arep manawa prestise pemasaran Disney bakal mbantu adol rong film kasebut. Pungkasane, ing taun 1982, kulawarga Disney adol hak menehi jeneng lan atraksi adhedhasar rel menyang studio film Disney kanthi 818,461 saham saham Disney sing regane $ 42.6 yuta sing ora ana sing entuk Retlaw. Uga, Roy E. Disney mbantah rega tuku sing regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane regane Divisi filem Walt Disney Productions digabung ing tanggal 1 April 1983 minangka Walt Disney Pictures. Ing taun 1984, CEO Disney Ron Miller nyipta Touchstone Films minangka merek kanggo...  Pitakonan: Kapan Disney Channel pisanan muncul?
18 April 1983