Thursday July 15, 8:23 pm Eastern Time

Company Press Release

Walt Disney Pictures to Host Special Screening of ``Inspector Gadget''

WHO:      From the film: Matthew Broderick, Joely Fisher, Michelle
          Trachtenberg, Cheri Oteri, Andy Dick, Michael Hagerty, Rene
          Auberjonois, Academy Award®-winning special effects master
          Stan Winston, Reba (``Brain'' the dog), Director David
          Kellogg, Producers Jordan Kerner, Roger Birnbaum and Andy
          Heyward.

          Other guests include: Hank Azaria, Don Adams, Joanna Kerns
          and more...

WHAT:     To celebrate the opening of Walt Disney Pictures'
          ``Inspector Gadget''

WHEN:     Sunday, July 18
          Press arrivals: 10:30 a.m.
          Celebrity arrivals: 11 a.m.
          Screening: 11:30 a.m.

WHERE:    Walt Disney Studios
          Main Theatre
          500 South Buena Vista Street
          Burbank

   Media coverage is invited -- must be credentialed to cover event

                         Satellite Coordinates
          Date: Sunday, July 18
          Time:  2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
          C Band/Telestar 4, Transponder 24
          Horizontal Downlink 4180
          Contact Laura Comer at 818/840-7159 during transmission

     Walt Disney Pictures' ``Inspector Gadget'' opens nationwide
                           Friday, July 23

Walt Disney Pictures, Burbank
Arlene Ludwig, 818/560-1217 (broadcast)
Elizabeth Wolfe, 818/560-5781 (print & photo)