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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
IMDB rating: 7.30
Plot: Disney brings animated versions of 2 literary works to the screen here. The first is ‘The Adventures of Mr. Toad’, based on the characters from Kenneth Grahame’s ‘The Wind in the Willows’. The second is based on Washinton Irving’s masterpiece ‘The Headless Horseman’, in which schoolteacher Ichabod Crane, smitten with Katrina Van Tassel, attends a party hosted by her father. Town thug Brom Bones, who also has his eye on Katrina, tries to intimidate Ichabod with the chilling story of ‘The Headless Horseman’, a ghost of a soldier in the revolutionary war who lost his head in a fight. When Ichabod rides home through Sleepy Hollow late at night, he finds himself confronted by the Headless Horseman who wants Ichabod’s head for himself! Will Ichabod escape the terrifying, sword-wielding ghost….or will the Headless Horseman claim Ichabod’s head for himself?
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When Disney makes movies based on historical events is it always true?
Example Of Historical Disney Movies:
Mulan
Mulan 2
Pocahontas
Pocahontas 2
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
The Sword in the Stone
Robin Hood
Hercules
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Atlantis: Milo’s Return
Dinosaur
National Treasure
National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets
A Kid in King Arthur’s Court
Never Cry Wolf
Not sure what your question is trying to say, because it doesn’t make a lot of sense.
But I think you are only trying to say that classic Disney movies are only based from classic fairy tales, and are often credited by the people who had made historical facts from them and by authors who have written books about them.
Take Aladdin for example… it’s a classic Arabian tale, that may have origonated from 101 Arabian Nights, or it might have been writen and adaopted by a french author… or so is told if you know you triva and facts! Says so on the pop facts if you say have the special edition 2 Disk Aladdin DVD!
Or some of the movies are based on historical people, like Pocohontas for example… also Anastasia is another good example, but that’s a FOX movie! 
And Hercules and King Arthur are based of Greek and Arthurian myths and mythology! 
Even Atlantis: The Lost Empire is based of the myth and mystery if Atlantis truly exist or not; based by historians!
Also Atlantis is one of my all time favorites, because Milo is my favorite & is voiced by Michael J. Fox!
I do got to add all of the movies are my favorites!
I’m a Big OMG classic Disney movie fan by the way!
Sleeping Beauty is my number 1 all time favorite.
Followed by Aladdin, and The Sword in the Stone!
Those are my top 3 favorite Disney classics!
Even A Kid in King Arthur’s Court is my all time favorite, especially since it’s my favorite version of the classic story A Connetict Yankie in King Arthur’s Court!
And also because Thomas Ian Nicholas was so cool and such a great child actor back then!
Even since all of those movies are my favorites, I can practically recite all of my favorite quotes from the movies… even from Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, the Sword in the Stone, and A Kid in King Arthur’s Court!
Josh-Inuysha-Dude! | Feb 28, 2008
They’re mostly based on speculation, especially for disney cartoon movies. And if they are truly based on an actual event or person (Mulan), things are changed or added, mostly for entertainment value.
The Injun | Feb 28, 2008
…No.
Mulan never had a dragon, John Smith was not Pocahontas’s lover (besides, he was in his 30’s and she was about 12), there is no solid information saying Robin Hood ever existed, Atlantis is Atlantis, and National Treasure just does a bunch of historical name-dropping and fits it with far-fetched ties.
Hercules was pretty spot on, though (for what you can put in a kids movie).
Jeff R | Feb 28, 2008
Kid in King Arthurs court,historical events?
These movies involve magic, time travel, and talking animals.
Are you kidding me?
Shimmy in 2012 | Feb 28, 2008
Hercules???? LOL LOL LOL LOL
Disney’s animated Hercules was sooooooo…… far from the true myth/story.
I mean, who would’ve thought that Hercules is the son of Hera??? In most Greek mythology I’ve read, Hercules is NOT Hera’s son. Hera hates him so much and tries desperately to ruin his life bcoz in her eyes, Hercules is the symbol of Zeus’ betrayal to her.
me, myself, and I | Feb 28, 2008
They definately follow a basic summary of the stories as we know them to be true.
You have listed many movies which are all purely fictional. everything from mulan 2 down (excepting Pocahontas 1 not 2) are stories of fiction, made up for entertainment value.
Disney creates films for families to enjoy, especially children. They alter, add and take away parts of the story to keep the audience entertained. You’ll notice something is always happening in disney films. In real life Mulan and Pocahontas would have had some very boring times where nothing at was happening and all they could do is wait.
Trisha R | Feb 28, 2008
"Never Cry Wolf" might be closest to the real-life story. Try reading the Farley Mowat book as a comparison. I looked at the IMDB site, and it lists only one goff, so it’s difficult to judge its overall accuracy.
I would say the rest are a far cry from the original myths, legends, folklore and historical tales.
MystMoonstruck | Feb 28, 2008
