Strange World (Nov. 23 in theaters)

Dennis Quaid is Jake Gyllenhaal’s father in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Strange World. Inspired by the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Jules Verne, it follows three generations of the Clade family who overcome their differences while exploring a wondrous and oftentimes hostile world.

“It’s about being authentic,” said Quaid, 69, who saw every Disney movie when he was a kid. “To be asked to do a Disney movie is an honor,” he says.”The movies point to something that you don’t really have words for, but that we all have inside us and connect with. That’s what [Walt] did for me.”