Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life

Apr 26, 1981

0h 49m

★ 0.0

Overview

Former Disney child star Hayley Mills returns to the Walt Disney Studio for a look at the techniques of animated film production, with various veteran Disney animators illustrating said techniques.

Genres

Animation

Family

Documentary

Production Companies

Walt Disney Productions

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Cast

Self

Ken Anderson

Self (as The Andrews Sisters)

Laverne Andrews

Self (as The Andrews Sisters)

Maxene Andrews

Self (as The Andrews Sisters)

Patty Andrews

Self

Pearl Bailey

Self

Marc Davis

Self

Ollie Johnston

Self

Ward Kimball

Self - Host

Hayley Mills

In 1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, two audacious and visionary directors, dared to create a motion picture that eclipsed everything seen until then: when King Kong was released, it was celebrated as an artistic and technical revolution and became the first myth created by the young cinematic art.

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