As Disney celebrates its 100 year anniversary on Monday, the walls of the company’s animation studio come alive in the new short film, “Once Upon a Studio.”
In the 12-minute short, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, with the help of Tinker Bell, lead the charge in bringing 543 Disney characters – villains included – together for a group photo to mark the occasion. Burny Mattinson, an animator who worked for the studio for 70 years, locks the doors to Disney’s Burbank animation studio as the characters file out.
The Genie from “Aladdin,” voiced by the late Robin Williams, is also featured in the short, using some the actor’s original recordings, according to producer Brad Simonsen. In a poignant moment, a frantic Mickey Mouse stops in a hallway when he sees a portrait of Walt Disney himself. Mickey removes his hat, pays his respects to the man who created him and says, “Gotta go, but thanks! On with the show.
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