Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (TV 2001)

Director:

Jean-Pierre Isbouts

Writers:

Katherine Greene, Richard Greene,

Stars:

Dick Van Dyke, John H. Mayer, Marian Galanis

Cast

Credited cast:
Dick Van Dyke	...	Narrator / Himself
John H. Mayer	...	Additional Narrator (as John Mayer)
Marian Galanis	...	Additional Narrator
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Anderson	...	Himself
Julie Andrews	...	Herself (archive footage)
Ken Annakin	...	Himself
Xavier Atencio	...	Himself
Sharon Baird	...	Herself
Buddy Baker	...	Himself
Ray Bradbury	...	Himself
Michael Broggie	...	Himself
Roger Broggie	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bob Broughton	...	Himself
Edmund G. Brown	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robert Brown	...	Himself (archive footage)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

film maker | mouseketeers | walt disney | disneyland | reference to the disney corporation | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Historien om Walt Disney

Filming Locations:

Disneyland Park, Disneyland Resort - 1600 S. Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pantheon Productions, Walt Disney Family Foundation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Alice Helps the Romance (1926)

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Soundtracks

"The Skeleton Dance"
from "Dumbo"

User Reviews

He shaped the world we live in

It was great seeing a more balanced biography of Walt Disney after all these years. I felt like there have always been 2 extremes: the sugary and perfect Walt who loved children, and the diabolic Communist smasher that hated Jews. Well, here's a news flash: he was human. Walt was a taskmaster, and perfectionist, but he was dedicated to entertaining people and making them laugh. This movie showed us how he was a 12-year old at heart, full of the vigor that made his cartoons great and prone to being naive when it came to labor and politics. To work for Walt was probably a roller-coaster, being "under the eyebrow" one moment when he was concentrating on a project, then elated when he dispensed a single iota of praise from his gruff businessman persona. The next second he could transform himself into a character from the storyboard he was demonstrating, brimming with energy and enthusiasm like a middle-aged Huck Finn. People have tried to villify him over the years, pecking away and trying to drag down his overly-sweet reputation perpetuated by the studio after his death. But you can say this about him: he loved children, wanted to make people laugh, and in some small way felt that by making the childhood of others happier, he was a happy child himself.