`Peter Pan' continues to hook kids

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19980227
Author:Susy Schultz

The project was a personal favorite of Walt Disney's. And decades later, "Peter Pan" is still a nice story for all ages.

On Tuesday, Walt Disney Home Video will release Disney's "45th Anniversary Limited Edition of Peter Pan" ($26.99). It includes the 77-minute classic that was Disney's 14th animated film, as well as "You Can Fly: The Making of Peter Pan," a short program narrated by Leonard Maltin.

This movie premiered in 1953, the culmination of 18 years of planning and drawing, as well as negotiating for the rights to James M. Barrie's story of the little boy who refused to grow up. It ...

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