Peter D. Sauers

Movies

What's an Abra Without a Cadabra?
Supervising Producer
Justin and his sister Kim are magically transported to Figonia by reciting the magic words in a mysterious magic kit. Once there, Figment hesitantly informs them that he doesn't know the magical words to return them home, so they enlist the help of Merlin to figure out a solution. Comparing and contrasting the sound, spelling, and meaning of words is the key to getting them back home again.
Where Does Time Fly?
Supervising Producer
Figment needs a story for the story contest he wants to win, and flies through time to find the inspiration to write a wonderful story. In original animation, he visits dinosaurs, the Wild West, and outer space, but can't seem to come up with an idea he likes. He invites two young children, Nick and Jessie, to help him. Nick's favorite stories are about pirates, so they decide on a pirate story-- which a pirate helps them write.
Mickey's Safety Club: Street Safe, Street Smart
Supervising Producer
Mickey and his friends take a close look at important street safety situations and tips.
Mickey's Safety Club: What to Do at Home
Supervising Producer
The film gives home-safety information and tips to children home alone.
Mickey's Safety Club: Playground Fun
Supervising Producer
Mickey Mouse, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. and Daisy Duck teach about the importance of safety while having fun at the playground
Goofy's Field Trips: Planes
Supervising Producer
Goofy visits an airport to see how it and the airplanes that arrive and depart from there operate.
Goofy's Field Trips: Trains
Supervising Producer
Goofy visits a train station to see how it and the trains there operate.
Goofy's Field Trips: Ships
Supervising Producer
Goofy visits a ship.
Reading Magic with Figment and Peter Pan
Supervising Producer
Figment is visited unexpectedly by Peter Pan who has lost his way back to Wendy's house and is in need of assistance. Apparently, he temporarily got pixie dust in his eyes. When Figment begins to write down directions for Peter, the boy who refused to grow up reminds him that he never learned to read. Figment agrees to bring Wendy to Figonia, but a miscalculation brings Amy instead. Through reading, Figment and his friend Amy vividly make the point that books can transport you to faraway lands, transform you into other characters, and open you up to innumerable adventures. By program's end, Peter agrees that being able to read is wonderful and magical. He may even learn to read himself!
Mickey's Field Trips: The United Nations
Supervising Producer
Mickey Mouse tours the United Nations complex.
Would You Eat a Blue Potato?
Supervising Producer
Katie and Scott are invited to eat at the home of Figment the dragon. The snack consists of green milk, blue potatoes, pink cauliflower, and orange sandwiches. Figment realizes the food just doesn't feel right to the children. They read a story of a sad king who painted his kingdom blue to match his mood. The children go through a series of "colorful" experiences and discover color through their senses and imaginations—imagining how the world would look and feel if everything was just one color. In the end, the children realize they like all the colors together best of all—and the King agrees!
How Does It Feel to Fly?
Supervising Producer
Figment needs Beth and Danny's help right away: King Dreary has banished him and all his friends from the kingdom, for being make-believe fliers. Beth and Danny hit upon the idea of identifying and making lists of real fliers and man-made fliers, and then persuading them to leave the kingdom also unless the King lets the imaginary fliers back in. In the process they learn that every flight, just like a story, has a beginning, middle, and end.
What Can You See by Looking?
Supervising Producer
Figment needs Todd and Dhara to help him. He is on a treasure hunt, looking for the "Bookus Dragonius," which contains all of the world's wisdom. The book was hidden by his Uncle Max (The Reluctant Dragon) who loved word play, puzzles, and anagrams. Together they find many clues left by Uncle Max: rhyming clues, anagrams, puzzles, books, brain-teasers, and a rebus are all part of this mystery. They solve these clues—and then finally figure it all out.
How Does Sound Sound?
Supervising Producer
"Toot!" "Tick!" "Chirp!" Onomatopoeia is introduced in this "soundsational" adventure. To learn the importance of sound in the world, Peter and Jessica accept Figment's invitation to go with him into Soundspace where they unlock the power of words and the magic of their imaginations. By journey's end, our intrepid explorers learn that language and sound have rhythm—and that the five senses may be used to explore the world around us.
How Does It Feel to Be an Elephant?
Supervising Producer
Figment takes Matt and Lisa on an "imagination safari" where they meet a menagerie of both real and imaginary animals. There they discover how animals communicate, and also imagine what it would feel like and how to express what it feels like to be certain animals.
Do Dragons Dream?
Supervising Producer
Educational film in which Figment introduces children to their imaginations.
Mickey's Field Trips: The Police Station
Supervising Producer
Mickey Mouse visits a police station.
Mickey's Field Trips: The Fire Station
Supervising Producer
Mickey Mouse visits the fire station to see how firefighters put out fires.
Mickey's Field Trips: The Hospital
Supervising Producer
Mickey Mouse visits a hospital to learn how doctors and nurses take care of their patients.