Five advocates stating 3-D's case

October 08, 2008 True, but he's also a tech pioneer, co-inventing the Fusion 3-D camera system he used to make the 2003 Imax film "Ghosts of the Abyss." Disney has always been a studio of firsts: the first synchronized sound cartoon (1928's "Steamboat Willie"), the first feature-length animated film (1937's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs") and, in 2005, the first digital 3-D animated feature ("Chicken Little"). The DreamWorks Animation CEO has emerged as one of the strongest -- and certainly most vocal -- champions of digital 3-D, which he has hailed as the biggest innovation in moviegoing since color.

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