The story of the controversial topless image that appeared in the classic Disney animation

The story of the controversial topless image that appeared in the classic Disney animation

Do you know this story?

If you are a fan Disney Studiosyou’ve almost certainly heard about the controversial character present in the film Rescuers (Bernardo and Bianca, in Brazil). If you’re not aware, it’s a very interesting moment in the company’s extensive career when – in a children’s film – the image “the woman from topless” was mysteriously inserted into two animated frames. Find out the details below!

Movie Rescuers made its theatrical debut in 1977 and later in 1992 it was released for version home video. It all started on January 8th. 1999, When Disney announced recall versions home video animation and the reason was the presence “questionable background image.”

The image in question appeared in the scene around 38 minutes movie, while Bernardo This Bianca flew on my back Orville – albatross – and it was clearly topless a woman who could be seen walking past the windows of buildings in the background. See below:

A still from the original film “The Rescuers”.

A still from the original film “The Rescuers”.

ABOUT representative from Disney stated that falsification was committed more than 20 yearsnot included in the film by any of the animators, but probably inserted during film post-production (by using Snopes). Thus, the company collected about 3.4 million copies film under the pretext that it will be “to deliver on our promise to families we can trust and count on the Disney brand to deliver the best in family entertainment.”

A lot of gossip questionable words and images hidden in cartoons Disney They are repeated, and it is easy to find theories that include many of them. But contrary to these rumors, this case is clearly true and the images are inserted into the film in a purposeful and undeniable way. However, this case divided public opinion because, unlike others, This image didn’t have much impact. right up to Disney went public to talk about it.

You had to know that the images were there in order to pause the movie and be able to view them, otherwise they wouldn’t even be noticed, as it is frame very fast. So why Disney made such a loud statement then? Some believe that one of the best ways increase sales of a low-profit film this is an advertisement for your recall because presence of “questionable images”.