- Explore the complex life and enduring legacy of the creative genius as he made films such as Cinderella and Mary Poppins and realized his dream project, Disneyland.
- This is part 2 of a 2 part 4 hour documentary on the life of Walter Elias Disney. It picks up where part 1 left off at the low point of his career. It details the unionization and subsequent strike by his animators (which he viewed as disloyalty) and the end of the "one big family" work environment he was so proud of previously. He suffers from depression and a feeling of betrayal from which he can not let go, then to add more bad news, his next great (though panned by critics) films (Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi) all of which lost money, and then his accusation of at best racial stereotyping (Song of the South) only adds to his disillusionment. He now began to lose the enthusiasm and unbridled joy that had always accompanied his new groundbreaking innovations. Fortunately he (along with the tenacity and business acumen of his brother Roy) finally broke away from his apathy for film projects (firmly believing he could never top Snow White), to a new idea that would finally give him the financial freedom to pursue his dreams without being constantly on the verge of going under. He went to TV with great success and used all the proceeds from his shows and more borrowed money procured by Roy, to realize his dream of Disneyland and later Disney World and EPCOT (neither of which he lived to see completed) and sadly ends with his death at 66 from lung cancer, though his legacy will live forever. The film maker has a very balanced approach, covering the detractors over the years and the basis of their gripes, as well as those billions who adored him and still do today with new fans joining the ranks constantly.
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