Wednesday December 6, 6:57 pm Eastern Time

Press Release

SOURCE: Walt Disney Pictures

World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE Sunday, December 10 at the Historic El Capitan Theatre

It'll Be a Llama-Rama of a Good Time

WHO: From the film: Sting, David Spade, Patrick Warburton, Eartha

Kit, Wendy Malick, Kelly Ann Kelso, songwriter David Hartley,

Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Director Mark Dindal, producer Randy

Fullmer and executive producer Don Hahn

               Other guests include:  Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Sela
               Ward, Jody Watley, Rascal Flats, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mimi
               Rogers, Alan Thicke, Bruce Jenner, Enrico Colantoni, Jo Anne
               Worley, Teri Garr, Estelle Harris, Paul Wylie, Simon Baker and
               more . . .

    WHAT:      To celebrate the World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures'
               THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE

    WHEN:      Sunday, December 10, 2000     WHERE:    El Capitan Theatre
                                                       6838 Hollywood Blvd.
                                                       Hollywood

    CONTACTS:  For media inquiries only, please contact Print & Photo,
               Elizabeth Wolfe, 818-560-5781, or Broadcast, Arlene Ludwig,
               818-560-1217, or International, Maggie Todd, 818-972-3569

             YOUR COVERAGE IS INVITED - CREDENTIALS ARE REQUIRED

                Walt Disney Pictures' THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE
                opens nationwide on Friday, December 15, 2000

SOURCE: Walt Disney Pictures