Walt Disney (film)

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Walt Disney
DVD cover
Genre Documentary film
Written by
  • Sarah Colt
  • Tom Jennings
  • Mark Zwonitzer
Directed by Sarah Colt
Narrated by Oliver Platt
Theme music composer Joel Goodman
Country of origin United States
Original language English
No. of episodes 2
Production
Producers
  • Sarah Colt
  • Molly Jacobs
Cinematography John Baynard
Editors
  • Mark Dugas
  • Glenn Fukushima
  • Jon Neuburger
Running time 222 minutes
Production company Sarah Colt Productions
Original release
Network PBS
Release September 14, 2015  ( 2015-09-14 )

Walt Disney is a documentary film created by PBS [1] [2] [3] for the American Experience program. [4] [5] The two-part, four-hour documentary premiered on September 14, 2015, with part two on the following day and centers on the life, times and legacy of Walt Disney . According to Sarah Colt, director of the documentary film, the biggest challenge was "capturing the truth of the man who had such [an] outsized influence and notoriety ... People think they know him but in reality they don't know him ... He was a human being with many layers of complexity". [6] Rob Lowman, of the Los Angeles Daily News , described " Disneyesque " as being "synonymous with a specific artistic style and, eventually, a fantasy world". [7] Richard Sherman , a Disney songwriter, recalled [8] that "Disney was never driven by a desire for wealth or fame. He wanted to be seen as a master storyteller ... He got great joy out of making people happy with his movies". [6]

Participants [ edit ]

The documentary film is narrated by Oliver Platt and includes the following participants (alphabetized by last name):

Reviews and criticism [ edit ]

The film was met with mixed reviews for its presentation of Walt. [9] [10]

According to Neil Genzlinger , of The New York Times : "Before [Walt Disney] became synonymous with a staid, whitewashed version of Americana , [he] was considered a boundary pusher, expanding the possibilities and ambitions of his art form ... [the documentary film is] a workmanlike treatment of a titanic life ... [and] makes you feel the limitations of the familiar ' American Experience ' format: no-nonsense narration; archival footage and photographs; talking heads delivering sound-bite-length flourishes". [3] Cynthia Littleton, of Variety , writes that "Walt Disney was a dictator who ruled his studio with an iron fist. Walt Disney was a generous soul who loved nothing more than making people happy. Both of those sides of the man who has achieved mythic status were on display [in the documentary film]". [6] Neal Gabler , author of the biography " Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination " (2006), notes that "the film takes the measure of [Walt Disney] as a human being". [7]

It was nominated for a Peabody Award . [11] [12]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Staff (September 14, 2015). "Video: Walt Disney" . PBS . Retrieved September 19, 2015 .
  2. ^ Jacobs, Molly (June 4, 2015). "Walt Disney Comes to American Experience in September" . PBS . Retrieved September 20, 2015 .
  3. ^ a b Genzlinger, Neil (September 11, 2015). "Review: PBS's 'Walt Disney' Explores a Complex Legacy" . New York Times . Retrieved September 19, 2015 .
  4. ^ Harris, Aisha (September 15, 2015). "This New Walt Disney Doc Might Be Our Best Look Yet at Just How Complicated His Legacy Is" . Slate . Retrieved September 20, 2015 .
  5. ^ Shine, Bernie (September 17, 2015). "Walt Disney: Parlaying a Mouse" . Huffington Post . Retrieved September 20, 2015 .
  6. ^ a b c Littleton, Cynthia (August 2, 2015). "Walt Disney 'American Experience' Documentary Balances Man & Myths" . Variety . Retrieved September 20, 2015 .
  7. ^ a b Lowman, Rob (September 14, 2015). "New PBS documentary 'American Experience: Walt Disney' shows man behind the American icon" . Los Angeles Daily News . Retrieved September 20, 2015 .
  8. ^ Walt Disney was not anti-Semitic, American Experience PBS panel says|EW.com
  9. ^ 'Walt Disney' Life, Legacy Chronicled By PBS Documentary ? Variety
  10. ^ A Few Things I Noticed about American Experience: Walt Disney ? Part Two ? Disney History Institute
  11. ^ The Peabody Awards
  12. ^ The Peabody Awards - American Experience: Walt Disney

External links [ edit ]

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