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Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Mickey Mouse is one of the most enduring symbols in our history. Those three simple circles take on meaning for virtually everyone on the planet.

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Jeff Malmberg

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documentary, biography

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Production

Tremolo Productions,ABC News Studios

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During the last few years, we've ventured into a lot of different fields. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

During the last few years, we've ventured into a lot of...

It's magical to be able to channel - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

It's magical to be able to channel

…who we can fill with
all of our hopes and dreams - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

…who we can fill with all of our hopes and dreams

Hi, Mickey. Hi, Mickey! Mickey! - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Hi, Mickey. Hi, Mickey! Mickey!

He's plastered over every T-shirt,
every billboard. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

He's plastered over every T-shirt, every billboard.

But over time, he gets so big - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

But over time, he gets so big

How's that even possible
with this... ...little mouse? - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

How's that even possible with this... ...little mouse?

The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse

The life and ventures
of Mickey Mouse - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse

He still speaks for me,
and I still speak for him. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

He still speaks for me, and I still speak for him.

When I first got to the studio
to do the Genie in Aladdin, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

When I first got to the studio to do the Genie in Aladdin,

It felt like he was encased in amber, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

It felt like he was encased in amber,

Ah. Here we are. The Hat Building. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Ah. Here we are. The Hat Building.

Sometimes people ask, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Sometimes people ask,

Sometimes people ask, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Sometimes people ask,

Walt used to say, "Don't forget.
It was all started by a mouse." - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Walt used to say, "Don't forget. It was all starte...

This process of hand-drawn
hasn't really changed for a century. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

This process of hand-drawn hasn't really changed for a ...

You know, the process of drawing
the characters is exactly the same. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

You know, the process of drawing the characters is exactly t...

But back when the great Mickey cartoons
were being made, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

But back when the great Mickey cartoons were being made,

These days, to do
a new hand-drawn Mickey project, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

These days, to do a new hand-drawn Mickey project,

Randy did characters
like Clayton in Tarzan. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Randy did characters like Clayton in Tarzan.

And then Mark Henn
is really known as the princess guy. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

And then Mark Henn is really known as the princess guy.

We've always wanted to do something - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

We've always wanted to do something

That's never really been seen
in a film before, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

That's never really been seen in a film before,

Where he's walking down the hallways
of Disney Animation, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Where he's walking down the hallways of Disney Animatio...

I mean, basically we're gonna be making
about 1,500 original drawings of Mickey - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

I mean, basically we're gonna be making about 1,500 ori...

And this is Mickey as he was designed by
Walt and Ub Iwerks. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

And this is Mickey as he was designed by Walt and Ub Iwerks.

Not exactly the Mickey we recognize today,
but our kind of proto-Mickey. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Not exactly the Mickey we recognize today, but our kind of p...

My chore was to keep the horse going
around the circle - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

My chore was to keep the horse going around the circle

Walt lived here
in Marceline for five years. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Walt lived here in Marceline for five years.

But those very few years
were Walt's childhood. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

But those very few years were Walt's childhood.

His family was poor, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

His family was poor,

And so art for Walt was an escape. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

And so art for Walt was an escape.

Walt would take his drawing materials
and go down to a special tree. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Walt would take his drawing materials and go down to a speci...

He would spend hours
under that tree just laying in the grass. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

He would spend hours under that tree just laying in the gras...

A thing that Walt called "Belly Botany." - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

A thing that Walt called "Belly Botany."

Whatever happened to run
or crawl or fly by, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Whatever happened to run or crawl or fly by,

His little sister told me Walt
would do a series of drawings for her. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

His little sister told me Walt would do a series of drawings...

And then he would make a really good story
up to go along with it. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

And then he would make a really good story up to go along wi...

I can just see those creative juices
happening underneath his tree. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

I can just see those creative juices happening underneath hi...

It was where that spark happened. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

It was where that spark happened.

- I love it. Yeah, that looks cool.
- It's cool. I like that. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

- I love it. Yeah, that looks cool. - It's cool. I like...

So, like, all the possibilities of what
you would want on your arm, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

So, like, all the possibilities of what you would want on yo...

I feel like blood, sweat and tears
was put into Mickey Mouse by Walt. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

I feel like blood, sweat and tears was put into Mickey Mouse...

Dirt poor with, like, a dream.
Just like, "Nope, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Dirt poor with, like, a dream. Just like, "Nope,

You get a lot of people
coming in here - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

You get a lot of people coming in here

I know way too much
about the history of this now, you know? - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

I know way too much about the history of this now, you know?

With Walt and his brother
starting the Disney Brothers Studio here. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

With Walt and his brother starting the Disney Brothers Studi...

And now this little, rad dude - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

And now this little, rad dude

Especially nowadays, things do
tend to be getting a little bit darker. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Especially nowadays, things do tend to be getting a little b...

So, this is the very first,
officially licensed - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

So, this is the very first, officially licensed

Imaginatively titled, "Mickey Mouse Book." - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Imaginatively titled, "Mickey Mouse Book."

Probably the most interesting, though,
is the story of how Mickey meets Walt. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Probably the most interesting, though, is the story of how M...

Falling from Mouse Fairy Land,
crash-landing on Walt's roof. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Falling from Mouse Fairy Land, crash-landing on Walt's ...

Like Santa Claus,
Mickey hops down the chimney, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Like Santa Claus, Mickey hops down the chimney,

Walt loved to tell tall tales
of the story about how Mickey came to be. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Walt loved to tell tall tales of the story about how Mickey ...

Walt, you're a man
who's famous for many things, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Walt, you're a man who's famous for many things,

Mickey Mouse
hopped out of my mind - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Mickey Mouse hopped out of my mind

Before Mickey Mouse, Walt and his studio
created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Before Mickey Mouse, Walt and his studio created Oswald the ...

I'd argue that Oswald is
certainly a lucky rabbit, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

I'd argue that Oswald is certainly a lucky rabbit,

The actual Oswald contract does not give
Walt Disney the rights to that character. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

The actual Oswald contract does not give Walt Disney the rig...

And so, Walt Disney
was pushed out of the equation. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

And so, Walt Disney was pushed out of the equation.

It's all about that mythological moment
when he's on the train. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

It's all about that mythological moment when he's ...

And he's been told his entire studio
has been hired away from him, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

And he's been told his entire studio has been hired awa...

He said, "Okay, we've lost everything.
Let's start again." - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

He said, "Okay, we've lost everything. Let's ...

Over the years, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Over the years,

Walt realizes the importance
of linking himself to that mouse. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Walt realizes the importance of linking himself to that mous...

Legend has it that,
on that train, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Legend has it that, on that train,

But they still had
a few Oswalds to produce, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

But they still had a few Oswalds to produce,

So that very first Mickey Mouse short
was made in their garage. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

So that very first Mickey Mouse short was made in their gara...

Walt had to turn to the people
that he trusted the most. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Walt had to turn to the people that he trusted the most.

Of course, you have Ub Iwerks,
Walt's lead animator. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Of course, you have Ub Iwerks, Walt's lead animator.

Walt and Ub complemented each other. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Walt and Ub complemented each other.

You know, Ub could do things
that Walt could not. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

You know, Ub could do things that Walt could not.

It was said
he could do 700 drawings a day, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

It was said he could do 700 drawings a day,

Ub Iwerks, meanwhile,
remembered a different scenario - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Ub Iwerks, meanwhile, remembered a different scenario

Either way, there's this famous sheet
of different designs of Mickey. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Either way, there's this famous sheet of different desi...

Does it matter if Mickey was
created on a train - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Does it matter if Mickey was created on a train

What matters is that
hope-from-despair story - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

What matters is that hope-from-despair story

In so precarious a world
of new possibilities - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

In so precarious a world of new possibilities

And those plans came very near
spelling a major disaster for us. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

And those plans came very near spelling a major disaster for...

Mickey was not
an overnight success. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Mickey was not an overnight success.

Walt had made two cartoons prior
to Steamboat Willie, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Walt had made two cartoons prior to Steamboat Willie,

Then came a very important breakthrough. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Then came a very important breakthrough.

In 1927, as sound came in, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

In 1927, as sound came in,

To launch
our picture impressively, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

To launch our picture impressively,

The upshot was that I had
to borrow on my automobile, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

The upshot was that I had to borrow on my automobile,

And everybody had to synchronize.
Hit that thing right on the button. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

And everybody had to synchronize. Hit that thing right on th...

We had a little-- kind of a little beat
that worked up and down. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

We had a little-- kind of a little beat that worked up and d...

They were all musicians working for me,
so they could follow those beats, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

They were all musicians working for me, so they could follow...

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Mickey Mouse is one of the most enduring symbols in our history. Those three simple circles take on meaning for virtually everyone on the planet.

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Director: Jeff Malmberg

Writer: N/A

Production: Tremolo Productions,ABC News Studios

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2022

MetaScore: 66/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 18 Nov 2022

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.disneyplus.com/movies/mickey-the-story-of-a-mouse/8DXLYGqqc4CT

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