Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
2024•PG•45m•9.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Allison Willoughby
Writer
Sara Gauchat
Languages
English
Studio
Associated Production Music
Cast
Brad Osborne
Narrator
Walt Disney
Self (archive footage)
Roy O. Disney
Self (archive footage)
James Baskett
Self (archive footage)
Bob Gurr
Self - Former Imagineer
Sarah Nilsen
Self - Professor of Film & Television Studies
Michael Bowling
Self - Disney Historian
Lillian Disney
Self (archive footage)
Shirley Temple
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
Nikolai Stolpe
Self - Grandson of Former Disney Animator
Robert Newton
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Cubby O'Brien
Self - Former Mouseketeer
Production
Company
Associated Production Music
Company
ReelzChannel
Company
AMS Pictures
Producer
Sara Gauchat
Producer
Allison Willoughby
Producer
Marisa Thomas
Producer
Michael Tessler
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