The read
It runs a compact 45m.
Synopsis
An examination of Walt Disney, the man who created "the happiest place on earth," but whose life was far from a fairy tale with employee strikes, financial hardships and personal tragedies.
Ratings
TMDB9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Sara GauchatWriter
- Allison WilloughbyDirector
Cast
- Brad OsborneNarrator
- Walt DisneySelf (archive footage)
- Roy O. DisneySelf (archive footage)
- James BaskettSelf (archive footage)
- Bob GurrSelf - Former Imagineer
- Sarah NilsenSelf - Professor of Film & Television Studies
- Michael BowlingSelf - Disney Historian
- Lillian DisneySelf (archive footage)
- Shirley TempleSelf (archive footage)
- Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
- Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
- Nikolai StolpeSelf - Grandson of Former Disney Animator
Themes
anti-communismcartoon mouseamusement parklabor uniondisneylandmouseketeersbambisnow whitefantasiawalt disney cartoon classicsdisney parksdisney