Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (2001) (TV)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Jean-Pierre Isbouts

Writers:

Katherine Greene (writer) and
Richard Greene (writer) ...

Release Date:

16 September 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Plot Keywords:

Film Maker | Animator | Character Name In Title

Cast

Dick Van Dyke	...	Narrator / Himself - Actor
John H. Mayer	...	Additional Narrator (as John Mayer)
Marian Galanis	...	Additional Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Anderson	...	Himself - Author and Historian
Julie Andrews	...	Herself (archive footage)
Ken Annakin	...	Himself - Director
Xavier Atencio	...	Himself - Imagineer
Sharon Baird	...	Herself - Mouseketeer
Buddy Baker	...	Himself - Composer
Ray Bradbury	...	Himself - Writer and Friend
Michael Broggie	...	Himself - Author and Historian
Roger Broggie	...	Himself (archive footage)
Bob Broughton	...	Himself - Camera Effects Artist
Edmund G. Brown	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robert Brown	...	Himself (archive footage)
Victoria Brown	...	Herself (archive footage)
Bobby Burgess	...	Himself - Mouseketeer
Harriet Burns	...	Herself - Imagineer
John Canemaker	...	Himself - Author and Historian
Mickey Clark	...	Himself - WED Executive
Gary Cooper	...	Himself (archive footage)
Kevin Corcoran	...	Himself - Actor, 'Moochie'
Bill Cotter	...	Himself - Author and Historian
Roland F. Crump	...	Himself - Imagineer (as Rolly Crump)
Alice Davis	...	Herself - Costume Designer
Marc Davis	...	Himself - Animator and Imagineer
Virginia Davis	...	Herself - Actress
Angie Dickinson	...	Herself (archive footage)
Diane Disney	...	Herself - Daughter (as Diane Disney Miller)
Edna Disney	...	Herself (archive footage)
Elias Disney	...	Himself (archive footage)
Flora Disney	...	Herself (archive footage)
Herbert Disney	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lillian Disney	...	Herself (archive footage)
Christopher Disney Miller	...	Himself - Grandson
Robert Disney	...	Himself (archive footage)
Roy Edward Disney	...	Himself - Nephew (as Roy E. Disney)
Roy O. Disney	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ruth Disney	...	Herself (archive footage)
Sharon Disney	...	Herself (archive footage)
Walt Disney	...	Himself (archive footage)
Karen Dotrice	...	Herself - Actress
Buddy Ebsen	...	Himself - Actor
Peter Ellenshaw	...	Himself - Artist and Special Effects Designer
Richard Fleischer	...	Himself - Director
Bruce Gordon	...	Himself - Author and Historian
Joe Grant	...	Himself - Artist and Storyman
Bob Gurr	...	Himself - Imagineer
John Hench	...	Himself - Artist and Imagineer
Adolf Hitler	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ollie Johnston	...	Himself - Animator
Chuck Jones	...	Himself - Animation Producer
J.B. Kaufman	...	Himself - Author and Historian
Ward Kimball	...	Himself - Animator
John Lasseter	...	Himself - Filmmaker
Art Linkletter	...	Himself - Television Celebrity and Friend
Bill Littlejohn	...	Himself - Union Leader
Leonard Maltin	...	Himself - Author and Historian
Sammy McKim	...	Himself - Imagineer (as Sam McKim)
Bill Melendez	...	Himself - Animator
Jennifer Miller-Goff	...	Herself - Granddaughter
Joanna Miller	...	Herself - Granddaughter (as Joanna Miller-Runeare)
Ronald Miller	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Ronnie Miller)
Ron Miller	...	Himself - Son-in-law
Walter Elias Disney Miller	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mary Tyler Moore	...	Herself (archive footage)
Richard Nixon	...	Himself (archive footage)
Floyd Norman	...	Himself - Artist
Dick Nunis	...	Himself - Theme Park Executive
Don Peri	...	Himself - Author and Historian
Harrison 'Buzz' Price	...	Himself - Research Consultant
Dorothy Puder	...	Herself - Niece
Ronald Reagan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Tamara Scheer	...	Herself - Granddaughter (as Tamara Miller-Scheer)
Hazel Sewell	...	Herself (archive footage)
Marjorie Sewell	...	Herself (archive footage)
Melvin Shaw	...	Himself - Animator (as Mel Shaw)
Richard M. Sherman	...	Himself - Songwriter (as Richard Sherman)
Robert B. Sherman	...	Himself - Songwriter (as Robert Sherman)
Brian Sibley	...	Himself - Author and Historian
Marty Sklar	...	Himself - Imagineering Executive
Dave Smith	...	Himself - Disney Company Archivist
Charles Solomon	...	Himself - Author and Historian
Jack Speirs	...	Himself - Writer
Robert Stack	...	Himself - Actor
Shirley Temple	...	Herself (archive footage)
Bob Thomas	...	Himself - Walt Disney Biographer
Frank Thomas	...	Himself - Animator
Gregg Toland	...	Himself (archive footage)
Spencer Tracy	...	Himself (archive footage)
E. Cardon Walker	...	Himself - Studio Executive (as Card Walker)

Runtime:

119 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:G | USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Pantheon Productions

Movie Connections:

Features Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

Soundtrack:

There's Trouble Brewing

The best documentary on Walt Disney

The film is a two hour Biography on Walt Disney(I can tell you it's not on the show Biography or on the history channel). The Documentary talks about the life of Walt Disney and gives information that you think you might know like who was the first Disney cartoon character ever made? You're probably thinking it's Mickey Mouse right? WRONG!! No, mickey mouse was not the first Disney cartoon character ever made. The Documentary also shows you what a good visionary Walt is and how his style of animation changed the world. The film also focuses on Walt's personal life at home.

The film is narrated by Dick Van Dyke (Who played Bert in "Mary Poppins.)and shows interviews of people who worked and met Walt Disney, like Walt's 9 old men (Animators),The Sherman brothers (Helped Walt with the music),The mouseketeers(From the Mickey Mouse Club) his Family and more. You also get to see some extremely rare footage of home movies of Walt and his Family. Plus you get to see what his house and his studios look like today.

The Documentary has been well done i liked it a lot, but the only thing i wish this Documentary could have shown was the dark side of Walt Disney, that way you can see that everybody has a good and bad side of their lives, but other wise it's good. I can only recommend this film to certain people, if you're a big fan of Walt Disney and you want to see what his life is like, this is for you. However if you don't like watching Documentaries and you're only looking to see if the rumors are true( Like the Silly rumor that he frozen himself)this Documentary is not for you. I know the film is rated G but in my opinion it should have been rated PG because i don't think a younger audience is really going to understand what they're saying and it also has some mild language.

My rating for this film is a 9 out of 10.