Print and broadcast media have explored Ozark culture broadly. Books set in the Ozarks include Where the Red Fern Grows, The Shepherd of the Hills and As a Friend. The 1999 film Ride with the Devil, based on the book Woe to Live On, depicts warfare in Southwest Missouri during the Civil War.
The late story artist Joe Ranft is named a Disney Legend. The Walt Disney Company announces that it has agreed to purchase Pixar Animation Studios. Ed Catmull and John Lasseter also assume leadership of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
As for Disney World, it might be time to consider revamping Disneyâs Hollywood Studios to give your new acquisitions their proper due. Only Pixarâs Toy Story gets the full Disney-World treatment and it only has one ride: a Buzz Lightyear shooter in Tomorrowland.