Overview
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 and cast
- Brad Osborne as Narrator
- Walt Disney as Self (archive footage)
- Roy O. Disney as Self (archive footage)
- James Baskett as Self (archive footage)
- Bob Gurr as Self - Former Imagineer
- Sarah Nilsen as Self - Professor of Film & Television Studies
- Michael Bowling as Self - Disney Historian
- Lillian Disney as Self (archive footage)
- Shirley Temple as Self (archive footage)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Cast
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