Walt Before Mickey (2015)

Directed by

Khoa Le

Genre

drama film, biographical film, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

PG

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 246 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film shows Walt Disney struggling to build his career in the years before he created Mickey Mouse. It follows him as he starts failed businesses and works with his brother and a fellow animator to eventually find success.

underdoghopefulnostalgicinspirationalearnestslow-burndeterminedbiographical

What happens

Walt Before Mickey is a 2015 American independent biographical drama film about the early years of Walt Disney based on the book Walt Before Mickey: Disney's Early Years, 1919–1928 by Timothy S. Susanin, with a foreword written by Diane Disney. The film stars Thomas Ian Nicholas as Walt Disney, Armando Gutierrez as Ub Iwerks, and Jon Heder as Roy Disney. The film covers Walt Disney's early years in business, during which he started various businesses including Laugh-O-Gram Studio and The Walt Disney Company with fellow animator Ub Iwerks and his brother, Roy Disney. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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