DISNEY INSIDER PRESENTS: FAN SPOTLIGHT The Special That Started It All by Wayne, 49, Franklin Park, NJ As I was reading the recent Disney Insider, THIS WEEK IN DISNEY HISTORY piece about the October 29, 1971 TV special, "The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World," I was struck ... Read more: http://disney.go.com/inside/fanspotlight/071218/index.html SPECIAL INSIDER OFFER Now this Pixie-Dusted Tinker Bell Tiny Tot by Marie Osmond Can Be Yours! http://psc.disney.go.com/eventservices/disneygallery/dlrmarieosmond_tinkerbelldoll.html SEE THE NEW EXHIBIT See what's new in the Walt Disney Family Museum! This month -- meet Walt the family man, and take a tour of the Museum under construction at the Presidio. THE MAIN ATTRACTION Behind the Book of Secrets "Around Thanksgiving or Christmas, it's nice to be able to enjoy a movie with your entire family -- one that kids and grandparents and everyone can go to," says Jerry Bruckheimer. And that is the film he has set out to make in "National Treasure: Book of Secrets." A smart adventure movie ... a blockbuster that doesn't rely on explosions to entertain the audience ... a sequel to the breakout hit of 2004 ... can it really be done? If anyone can do it, it is Jerry Bruckheimer. Decades of success have made Jerry one of the few producers whose name is a household word -- as familiar to many as those of the stars in front of the camera. From his earliest films right up through the spectacular "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy and the "National Treasure" films, he's had an unerring instinct for the movies that will thrill and entertain audiences. "National Treasure" introduced us to treasure-hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage), his cantankerous father (Jon Voight), the bewildered ... 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ASK DAVE YOUR QUESTION After watching "The Wizard of Oz" for the 15th time with my 3 year old, I was wondering what Walt thought about the picture. After all, it was made directly as a result of the fervor around "Snow White," which was released a year earlier. - Dan, 54, Penfield, NY DAVE'S ANSWER Walt was intrigued with the Oz stories, first inquiring about their copyright status in 1937, even before MGM had begun production on their film. I have never seen any comments by Walt on the MGM film, but in 1954, Disney bought the film rights to 11 of the original Oz books by L. Frank Baum, and soon announced plans for a film to be called "The Rainbow Road to Oz." Other than a couple of production numbers on the Disney TV show, the film was never made. It wasn't until 1985 that we finally took advantage of our rights ownership and made "Return to Oz." 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