The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film) the film – stemmed from the company's domestic partnership policy and gay and lesbian theme days at Walt Disney World. Gary Trousdale also claimed that Southern Baptists were outraged over the casting of Demi Moore as Esmeralda, as she had just come off of the controversial "Striptease", in which she played an exotic dancer. Disney officials would not comment on the motivation for the religious content displayed in the film beyond comments on the subject included in the film's press kit with Disney vice president John Dreyer commenting, "The film speaks for itself." Nevertheless, there was praise from religious organizations
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame that is inspired by an opera created by Hugo himself. Artists like Noel Gloesner , Andrew Dickson , Robin Recht , Tim Conrad , Gilbert Bloch , George Evans Dick Briefer have all created comic strip and book adaptations of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Paulo Borges , Gustavo Machado and Dan Spiegle have drawn comic strip versions based on the 1996 Disney movie adaptation. The book was twice adapted and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 as its Classic Serial: "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" has been translated into English many times. Translations are often reprinted in various imprints. Some translations