Original subtitles

[SOUND OF MOVIE REEL RUNNING]

NARRATOR: THEY SAY WALT DISNEY'S FONDEST MEMORIES

CAME FROM A SMALL TOWN IN MISSOURI WHERE HE LIVED WITH

HIS FAMILY,

A TOWN CALLED MARCELINE.

[MUSIC]

IF YOU ASK ME NOW WHAT MAKES A MAN

THE PLACE WHERE HE COMES FROM

RELIGION, HIS FAMILY, AND HIS FRIENDS

INDEED THESE ALL MUST PLAY A ROLE

AND MANY CAN FOR SOME

BUT FOR WALT THERE WAS JUST ONE IN THE END

MARCELINE, MARCELINE

WHERE THE BEST OF DREAMERS DREAM

THO YOU'VE GIVEN ME YOUR BEST

I MUST BE HEADED WEST

THO I OWE SO MUCH TO YOU

I MUST DO AS DREAMERS DO

MY CITY, MY QUEEN, MARCELINE

[MUSIC]

MARCELINE, MARCELINE

WHERE THE BEST OF DREAMERS DREAM

THO YOU'VE GIVEN ME YOUR BEST

I MUST BE HEADED WEST

THO I OWE SO MUCH TO YOU

I MUST DO AS DREAMERS DO

MY CITY, MY QUEEN, MARCELINE

NARRATOR: HERE COMES THE

DISNEY FAMILY NOW. YOU SEE, WALT'S PARENTS, ELIAS AND

FLORA, DECIDED TO BUY A FARM AND MOVE TO THE COUNTRY

THERE. THEY DIDN'T FEEL SAFE IN CHICAGO ANYMORE. IT WAS

THE PLACE WHERE WALT WAS BORN, BUT THE TURN OF THE

CENTURY BROUGHT WITH IT A RISE IN CRIME. THIS BOY,

NAMED, AFTER THE FAMILY'S LOCAL PASTOR, WAS UNLIKE

ANYONE AMERICA HAD EVER SEEN; THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW

IT YET; AND FLORA AND ELIAS CERTAINLY DIDN'T KNOW IT,

BUT MOVING THEIR FAMILY TO THIS LITTLE TOWN IN

MISSOURI, WOULD CHANGE AMERICAN HISTORY FOREVER.

ELIAS: FIRST AND FOREMOST, LET'S GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR

GETTING US HERE SAFE. (AMEN) ROY, GO TO THE LUGGAGE CART,

GET OUR BAGS AND TRUNKS. WALT, I NEED YOU TO GO FIND

MR. COFFMAN, HIS HORSE AND BUGGY.

FLORA, CAN YOU GET

SOME WATER FOR MY CANTEEN PLEASE?

WALT, WALTER! WALTER!

NARRATOR: NO ONE COULD HAVE IMAGINED THAT

WHAT WALT WAS SEEING WOULD END UP BEING SUCH A BIG

INSPIRATION TO HIM LATER IN LIFE. WALT'S EYES HAD JUST

WITNESSED THEIR FIRST GLIMPSE AT WHAT REALLY WAS

MAIN STREET U.S.A.

WALT: Wow!

ELIAS: WALTER!

YES, SIR. SORRY SIR! YES, SIR?

ARE YOU READY TO SEE THE FARM?

YES, SIR!

ALRIGHT, MY ABSENT-MINDED SON.

TRY TO KEEP UP WITH ROY.

ROY: COME ON WALT. THERE'S A MAN WITH A WAGON HERE TO MEET US.

SEE, PEOPLE ARE REAL NICE HERE.

WALT: I THINK I'M GOING TO LIKE IT HERE ROY.

YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE FARM YET.

I CAN ALREADY TELL. IT ALREADY

SMELLS A LOT NICER, PEOPLE ARE A LOT NICER, AND THE

SKIES ARE A LOT NICER.

COME ON WALT.

NARRATOR: WALT

DISNEY WAS KNOWN TO SAY THAT MORE THINGS OF IMPORTANCE

HAPPENED TO HIM IN MARCELINE THAN HAD HAPPENED SINCE OR

WERE LIKELY TO IN THE FUTURE.

WALT: WHAT DO YOU THINK, RUTH?

BOY, THIS IS THE LIFE!

RUTH: LIFE

WALT: NO, I MEAN, AIN'T IT PRETTY?

RUTH: PRETTY

IT'S NOT THE CITY, GET IT? THIS HERE'S THE COUNTRY!

COUNTRY

GOLLY! CAN'T YOU COME UP WITH ANYTHING ON

YOUR OWN?

[SPITTING SOUND]

OH, BROTHER!

SISTER!

NARRATOR: EVEN

THROUGH COLD WINTERS, WALT WOULD FIND A WAY TO

ENTERTAIN HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY. YOU SEE, WALT WAS

INTERESTED IN THE ARTS, AND ADVENTURES FROM A VERY YOUNG

AGE. AND WELL, IT LOOKS AS IF HE'S ABOUT TO CREATE HIS

FIRST MASTERPIECE.

WALT: LOOK, RUTH! PAINT!

RUTH: HUH?

UH, OH!

DON'T WORRY, RUTH. IT COMES

OFF. IT'S JUST PAINT. ALL WE NEED NOW IS PAINT BRUSHES.

[MUSIC]

YEAH, IT'S PERFECT! I'M GOING TO BE A PAINTER

WHEN I GROW UP.

YEAH!

FLORA: THERE YOU TWO ARE.

OH, MY GOODNESS! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

WE'VE BEEN PAINTING MAMA, IT'S CALLED ART!

PAINTING!

THIS IS TAR WALTER!

IT ISN'T PAINT! IT DOESN'T COME OFF.

YOU'VE RUINED THE NEW HOUSE! RUTH, GO INSIDE NOW! NOW

SHE DOESN'T KNOW ANY BETTER, BUT YOU, YOU SHOULD!

I'M SORRY MAMA. IT WAS THERE AND I JUST FIGURED.

WELL, SORRY ISN'T GOING TO TAKE THE PITCH OFF

THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE NOW IS Ir?

I THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE IT.

WE MADE IT FOR YOU LIKE REAL LIFE PAINTERS.

REAL PAINTERS USE REAL PAINT, WALT!

I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT

OH, WALT! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO

WITH YOU? YOUR IMAGINATION IS JUST BURSTING AT THE

SEAMS!

I CAN PAINT THE REST OF THE HOUSE SO IT WILL

MATCH. I THINK IT WILL KIND OF LOOK NICE.

DON'T

YOU DARE! NOW, WALTER, I KNOW YOU DIDN'T MEAN

ANYTHING BY IT, BUT YOUR GOING TO HAVE TO BE

PUNISHED. I CAN'T LET YOU GO AROUND GETTING AWAY WITH

THINGS LIKE THIS. YOU UNDERSTAND?

I'M SORRY,

MAMA. I'M SO SORRY! PLEASE DON'T PUNISH RUTH. IT WAS MY

FAULT NOT HERS. 1 TOLD HER IT WOULD WASH OFF. I THOUGHT

IT WAS LIKE REAL PAINT.

WELL, YOU CAN PAINT

THE FENCE TO MAKE UP FOR IT. HOW'S THAT?

OK, MAMA,

WITH REAL PAINT THIS TIME.

JUST LIKE TOM

SAWYER.

NARRATOR: WALT HAD A BIG HEART FOR A LITTLE KID,

AND IT WAS FILLED WITH DREAMS. WHY, HE EVEN FOUND A

DREAMING TREE IN MARCELINE. IT WAS HIS OWN SPECIAL

PLACE, WHERE HE COULD SIT AND IMAGINE ALL SORTS OF

MAGICAL THINGS. HE WOULD RETURN TO THIS SPOT

THROUGHOUT HIS ADULT LIFE FOR REFLECTION, PRAYER, AND

OF COURSE, TO BE INSPIRED. HE WAS PROUD OF THAT TREE

AND THE DREAMS THAT CAME FROM IT. AND IF THE DREAMING

TREE WASN'T WORKING OUT FOR WALT'S AWAKE-DREAMING, IT

SURE CAME IN HANDY AS A SPOT FOR SOME REAL DREAMING. LIKE

THE SLEEPING KIND.

AUNT MARGARET: WALTER, WAKE UP

AND SEE WHAT AUNTIE MARGARET HAS BROUGHT YOU.

WALT: AUNTIE MARGARET, IS THAT

YOu?

AUNT MARGARET: NO, JUST

A DREAM SILLY!

IF YOU'RE JUST A DREAM, HAVEN'T

YOU BROUGHT ME SOMETHING I'VE BEEN DREAMING ABOUT?

AM I NOT PRESENT ENOUGH?

I SUPPOSE.

WALT, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE MY

FAVORITE NEPHEW. HONEST AS THE DAY YOU WERE BORN. OF

COURSE I HAVE PRESENTS FOR YOU! LOOK!

ANEW TABLET? NEW ART SUPPLIES? THE WHOLE LOT?

ALL OF IT!

ALL FOR ME?

YES! BE MY GUEST, HELP YOURSELF.

OH, THANK YOU, AUNTIE! THANK YOU!

YOU CAN THANK ME

BY DRAWING ME A PICTURE WALT. YOU ARE SUCH A GRAND

ARTIST. I'M GOING TO SEE YOUR WORK IN A MUSEUM ONE

DAY.

WELL, TODAY I PROMISE DOC SHERWOOD THAT

I'D DRAW RUPERT.

WHO'S RUPERT?

HIS HORSE

I SUPPOSE YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.

MAYBE AFTERWARDS YOU CAN DRAW A

PICTURE FOR ME TOO? BUT ONLY IF YOU HAVE ALL YOUR CHORES

DONE FIRST, ALRIGHT?

RIGHT AFTER I GET DONE WITH RUPERT.

LOOK, THERE HE IS NOW WITH DOC.

WELL, RUN ALONG.

THANK YOU AUNT MARGARET!

DID IJUsT GET SNUBBED FOR A HORSE?

DOC: SORRY, DO YOU THINK YOU CAN STILL DRAW HIM WHILE HE'S

ACTING THIS WAY? PERHAPS HE'S JUST BEING SHY OR

SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW.

I'VE ALMOST GOT IT I THINK.

DOC: SAY, WALTER, HOW'S YOUR FATHER FEELING

THESE DAYS? I'VE HEARD THAT HE'S BEEN ILL.

WELL, HE'S DOING PRETTY AWFUL, DOC.

DOC: OH, SORRY TO HEAR

THAT WALTER. SHOULD I PAY HIM A VISIT YOU THINK?

WALT: NO, NO, SIR! IF HE EVEN FINDS OUT THAT I WAS TALKING

ABOUT HIM, PLEASE DON'T DOC. MOM SAYS IT'S JUST STRESS

THAT'S DONE IT TO HIM. HE'S MADE HIMSELF SICK BY WORRY

SO MUCH ABOUT EVERYTHING. I THINK IT'S JUST THE WEATHER

OR ATLEAST THAT'S WHAT AUNT MARGARET SAYS.

DOC: WELL, EITHER WAY, IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. HE'S GOT A

BIG FARM TO TEND. WELL, JUST MAKING ENDS MEET, SEEMS LIKE

HE MAY HAVE TO GIVE IT UP.

WALT: OH, NO SIR! WE ALL

LOVE THE FARM. HECK! WHAT WOULD MARCELINE BE WITHOUT

WALT DISNEY! RIGHT DOC?

DOC: WELL, IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T

BE AS COLORFUL. BUT, WELL, AS MUCH AS RUPERT AND I

WOULD HATE TO SEE YOU GO, WELL, SOMETIMES IN LIFE YOU

HAVE TO GIVE UP THINGS YOU LOVE. IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO

MOVE ON.

WALT: I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE DOC. THIS HERE'S MY

HOME!

DOC: WELL, HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS AS THEY

SAY, WALTER.

WELL, MY HEART IS IN MARCELINE!

I KNOW THAT, WALTER. I KNOW. BUT WELL, PERHAPS

YOU SHOULD BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT

EXCUSE ME, SIR. I HATE TO BE

SHORT WITH YOU BUT I'VE GOT OTHER PICTURES TO GET TO.

HERE WE GO! ALL DONE!

I LOVE IT! IT'S MAGNIFICENT!

WHAT A TALENTED YOUNG MAN YOU ARE, WALTER!

GEE, THANKS DOC!

IT WASN'T EASY WITH RUPERT DANCING THE

WHOLE TIME. IT WAS FUN, THOUGH, TRYING TO GET HIM ON

PAPER. WITH THE WAY HE MOVED,

WELL, BEING STILL WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO EASY.

WELL, IT'S EXCEPTIONAL!

I'D LIKE TO FRAME IT AND PUT IT IN MY HOUSE.

REALLY?

YES, REALLY! OH, NOW, HERE'S A NICKEL.

NOW I THINK THAT'S A FAIR EXCHANGE IF YOU'LL AGREE, OF

COURSE.

WOW! DOC, 1 WOULDA JUST GIVEN IT TO YOU.

NEVER GIVE YOUR ART AWAY, WALT! NO, NO, TALENT

LIKE THIS NEEDS TO BE PAID FOR. WELL, I'VE NEVER SEEN A

PATIENT FOR FREE NOW HAVE I?

NO, I GUESS NOT.

EXACTLY. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE A REAL ARTIST, YOU'RE

GOING TO HAVE TO CHARGE FOR YOUR WORK.

TO EVERYBODY? EVEN MY MOM?

WELL, NOT EVERYONE, BUT THE

GENERAL PUBLIC, YEAH.

OK. THEN MAYBE JUST MY DAD.

(LAUGHTER)

OH, AND WALTER! IF YOU'RE GOING TO

BE A REAL ARTIST, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE

MARCELINE EVENTUALLY. I MEAN, REAL ARTISTS NEED

ADVENTURE IN THEIR LIVES. IT'S INSPIRATION FOR THEIR

WORK, YOU SEE.

I GUESS SO.

YOU NEED TO SEE NEW

THINGS, MEET NEW PEOPLE, NEW HORSES EVEN.

FILL YOUR MIND FULL OF FRESH CREATIVITY.

WHY, YOU NEED TO DO THAT, THOUGH, AWAY FROM MARCELINE.

ARTISTS OF TODAY ARE IN NEW

YORK CITY OR MAYBE EVEN FRANCE!

WELL, RIGHT NOW I'M JUST HAPPY DRAWING RUPERT.

AN ARTIST GOESWHERE THE WIND BLOWS, WALTER.

I'LL THINK ABOUT THAT DOC.

I BETTER GET HOME FOR DINNER SO I CAN

DRAW AUNTIE MARGARET'S PICTURE FIRST AND I'M AWFUL

GRATEFUL FOR THE NICKEL, DOC.

I'LL REMEMBER THIS FOREVER!

THANK YOU!

OH, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME, WALTER!

AND WHENEVER I LOOK AT THIS PICTURE, I'LL THINK OF YOU.

WELL, GOODBYE NOW, SON.

AUNT MARGARET: WELL, THE YOUNG ARTIST RETURNS.

LOOK, AUNTIE MARGARET, I MADE A

WHOLE NICKEL. I SOLD MY FIRST ARTWORK.

OF A HORSE?

YEAH, AND IT KEPT DANCING

AROUND LIKE HE WAS DOING THE FOX TROT TOO!

WALTER, YOU AMAZE ME MORE EVERY DAY! YOU SOLD YOUR

FIRST SKETCH? YOU ARE A REAL ARTIST NOW!

WELL, NOT

REAL, REAL. I'M STILL JUST A KID. I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL

I'M OLDER.

WELL, IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT

TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? AN ARTIST?

WELL, YEAH?

BUT I WANT TO BE SOMETHING MORE.

LIKE WHAT?

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?

WELL, NOT LIKE PRESIDENT IN POLITICS. I WANT TO HAVE THE

POWER TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES SOMEHOW.

WELL, ART CHANGES PEOPLE'S LIVES, WALTER.

HOW?

ART HAS POWER! IT HAS THE

POWER TO MAKE US HAPPY OR SAD.

IT HAS THE POWER TO HELP US SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

OR, WE SEE SOMETHING AND WE FEEL IT TOO

AND IT HELPS US KNOW WE'RE

NOT ALONE. ART CAN CHALLENGE PEOPLE. IT CAN CHANGE

PEOPLE.

WOW! THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO!

WELL, YOU ARE OFF TO A MAGNIFICENT START.

AND IF I CAN GET PAID TODO IT,

WELL,

DOC SAID I SHOULDN'T GIVE AWAY MY ART FOR FREE.

WELL, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOUR HEART ON THAT ONE, BUT

YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOUR STOMACH TOO, BECAUSE A MAN

HAS TO EAT AND IT TAKES MONEY TO BUY FOOD.

SPEAKING OF WHICH, WE HAD BETTER HEAD IN FOR DINNER

BEFORE YOUR DAD SENDS OUT A SEARCH PARTY.

YEAH. AND AUNTIE MARGARET?

YES?

THESE ARE FOR YOU.

WALT, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL!

THEY LOOK SO REAL I CAN ALMOST SMELL THEM,

THANK You!

NO, THANK YOU AUNTIE MARGARET.

FOR WHAT?

YOU'RE THE ONLY ADULT THAT

TALKS TO ME LIKE I'M A REAL PERSON.

WELL, YOU ARE A REAL PERSON.

I THINK? I MEAN, AREN'T YOU?

OF COURSE I AM.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN AUNTIE MARGARET.

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

WE ARE KINDRED SPIRITS.

YES. KINDRED SPIRITS!

NARRATOR: AND IF THERE WAS ANOTHER

ADULT WALT ENJOYED BEING AROUND AS MUCH

AS HIS AUNTIE MARGARET, IT WAS HIS UNCLE MIKE, THE

STEAM TRAIN ENGINEER.

EVER SINCE HE TOOK THAT FIRST

TRAIN RIDE WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE STATION IN MARCELINE,

HE WAS HOOKED. HE EVEN SAID HIMSELF THAT ONE OF THE

PRIDES OF HIS LIFE WAS HIS UNCLE MIKE MARTIN, WHO WAS

AN ENGINEER ON A TRAIN RUNNING FROM MARCELINE TO

FORT MADISON, IOWA.

AFTER ALL,

IF YOU CAN'T BE AN ENGINEER YOURSELF,

THE NEXT BEST THING IS TO HAVE A RELATIVE WHO'S ONE.

AND YOUNG WALT WAS EXPECTING HIM ANY MINUTE.

SAY, THERE, GUY! WHAT'CHA DOIN' ON THE TRACKS?

DON'T YOU KNOW THERE'S A TRAIN COMING?

WHY, SURE I DO, MISTER!

THAT TRAIN COMING IS ENGINEERED

BY MY VERY OWN UNCLE,

MR. MIKE MARTIN!

IS THAT SO?

SURE IS. WAIT AND SEE.

WELL, COULD YOU WAIT AND SEE FROM UP HERE?

YOU'RE MAKING ME A

BUNDLE OF NERVES SITTING ON THE TRACK LIKE THAT.

IDON'T

WANT TO END UP IN THE MARCELINE HERALD AS THE

MAN WHO IGNORES TRACK-NAPPING KID

JUST BEFORE HE WAS SQUISHED.

AH, SHUCKS, MISTER. I'M JUST LISTENING

FOR THE TRAIN IS ALL.

LISTENING FOR THE TRAIN?

AIN'T THAT WHY A TRAIN BLOWS ITS WHISTLE?

GOSH, MR! HAVEN'T YOU EVER LISTENED

FOR THE VIBRATIONS ON A TRACK?

YOU CAN HEAR A TRAIN COMING FOR MILES AWAY.

NO FOOLIN', HUH?

YOU WANNA TRY?

WELL, GOLLY, YOU AREN'T AFRAID ARE YOU?

WHO ME?

NO, I'M NOT AFRAID!

I'VE BEEN MEANING TO BRUSH UP ON MY TRAIN VIBRATION

STUDIES.

LIKE THIS?

I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING.

PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE.

I HEAR SOMETHING.

THAT'S MY UNCLE MIKE!

WOW! THAT REALLY IS A SWELL TRICK.

I'M REAL PROUD OF YOU MISTER.

AW, SHUCKS!

THANKS KID.

NOW I'LL ALWAYS KNOW IF THE TRAINS

ARE RUNNING ON TIME.

MISTER?

WHAT'S THAT KID?

YOU MIGHT WANT TO SKEDADDLE.

[TRAIN WHISTLE!]

[SOUND OF TRAIN PASSING[

NARRATOR: WALT'S LOVE FOR TRAINS WAS ONLY RIVALED BY

HIS LOVE FOR COMMUNITY IN MARCELINE.

THERE WAS NO

DOUBT THAT WALT FELT A SENSE OF SUPPORT FROM HIS

RELATIVES.

HIS FATHER, ELIAS,

MAY NOT HAVE EVER FULLY UNDERSTOOD HIS SON,

BUT HE WOULD RELUCTANTLY SUPPORT WALT.

AND YOU SEE,

MARCELINE WAS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE HELPED EACH OTHER.

ONE OF WALT'S FAVORITE

MEMORIES OF SUCH A TIME WAS THRESHING SEASON.

A STEAM

ENGINE WOULD PULL A TRAIN OF WAGONS THROUGHOUT THE FIELDS

AND ALL THE NEIGHBORS WOULD GATHER AROUND TO BE OF

SERVICE.

THEY WERE GOOD, CHRISTIAN PEOPLE

HELPING ONE ANOTHER SURVIVE.

AS WALT WOULD LATER PUT IT,

I BELIEVE FIRMLY IN THE EFFICACY OF RELIGION,

IN ITS POWERFUL INFLUENCE ON A PERSON'S WHOLE LIFE.

IT HELPS IMMEASURABLY

TO MEET THE STORMS AND STRESSES OF LIFE

AND KEEP YOU ATUNED TO DIVINE INSPIRATION.

WITHOUT INSPIRATION, WE WOULD PERISH.

ALL I ASK OF MYSELF,

"LIVE A GOOD, CHRISTIAN LIFE".

AND SO HE DID.

HE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO LIVE,

ABOUT HIS OWN CHARACTER,

ALL FROM MARCELINE AND THE PEOPLE

THAT LIVED THERE.

AND HE WOULD KEEP THOSE QUALITIES

IN HIS HEART

TO FOREVER BE A PART OF HIM.

WALT SURE WISHED THAT THINGS NEVER HAD TO CHANGE.

HE WISHED IT MORE THAN ANYTHING.

BUT HE KNEW DOC SHERWOOD WAS RIGHT;

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GIVE THINGS UP.

AND AS MUCH AS HE DIDN'T WANT TO,

HE COULD TELL THAT CHANGE WAS COMING.

AND HE KNEW THEIR LIFE IN MARCELINE COULDN'T LAST

FOREVER, EXCEPT FOR IN HIS HEART, OF COURSE. NOBODY

COULD EVER TAKE THAT FROM HIM. BUT IT WOULDN'T BE LONG

BEFORE FLORA MADE THE DECISION TO SELL THE FARM

AND MOVE INTO TOWN. NOW, SURE, THE TOWN WASN'T FAR,

BUT TO WALT

IT MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN A WHOLE WORLD AWAY.

ONCE HE GOT A TASTE OF THAT COUNTRY LIFE,

BOY, HE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE IT UP.

BUT SOON, THERE WOULDN'T BE A CHOICE.

WALT: ROY?

ROY: YEAH?

WALT: WHY DO YOU THINK

DAD'S HAVING US POLISH THIS STUFF NOW? THE FARMING

SEASON IS OVER AND IT'S JUST GOING TO GET ALL DUSTY

AGAIN. SO WHY?

ROY: COME ON, WALT! YOU KNOW WHY.

YEAH, I GUESS 1 JUST WANTED TO HEAR IT FROM SOMEONE

WHO'D TELL IT TO ME STRAIGHT.

JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER

IT WILL BE BUSINESS AS USUAL.

IT'LL BE DIFFERENT, ROY, AND YOU KNOW IT.

GOSH! I'M ONLY TRYING TO CHEER YOU UP.

AND I MEANT IT, MOST OF IT ANYWAY.

WE MAY NOT BE HERE ON THE FARM

BUT WE'LL STILL HAVE EACH OTHER.

IT'S JUST TIME TO MOVE ON, IS ALL.

BUT THE WHOLE WORLD IS AHEAD OF US.

IT'S TIME TO GET OFF THIS FARM.

YOU WANT TO LEAVE MARCELINE?

DOESN'T ANYTHING MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER, WALT?

ELIAS: WALTER, WHAT'S THIS I HEAR ABOUT YOU FEELIN' BAD?

WALY: 1 JUST DON'T

ELIAS: DON'T WHAT?

ROY: HE WANTS TO STAY.

I CAN'T BLAME HIM.

BOYS, I'M SORRY, BUT IN THIS

HOUSEHOLD WE'VE GOT TO GO WHEREVER WE CAN MAKE A

BETTER LIFE FOR OURSELVES,

NOT WHEREVER WE CAN DRAW THE BEST BARN CAT.

NOW HOW'S THE POLISHING COMING?

IT WILL BE A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH

IF THIS ISN'T READY FOR THE AUCTION TOMORROW.

AUCTION! TOMORROW?

YEAH, AUCTION! WHAT DID YOU THINK?

WE'RE GOING TO PULL THIS STUFF BEHIND THE WAGON?

TAKE IT TO THE NEW HOUSE? IT

WOULD LOOK REAL GOOD, NOW, SITTING THERE ON THE STREET,

NOW WOULDN'T Ir?

OH, DAD, HE DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING BY IT.

WELL, YOU'RENOT THE ONLY ONE LOSING SOMETHING HERE.

I'VE WORKED HARD FOR THIS.

ALL OF THIS.

WE KNOW YOU DID, DAD.

BOYS, MAKE YOURSELVES

USEFUL. GO INTO TOWN AND HANG THESE SIGNS UP AND I'LL

WORK EVEN HARDER CLEANING UP THE FARM EQUIPMENT. HERE,

YOU'RE FINISHED.

WE CAN DO BOTH, DAD.

NO! JUST GET IT DONE. GO INTO TOWN AND GET IT DONE!

WE'LL BE BACK.

BOYS! LISTEN, MAKE SURE YOU'RE

HOME IN TIME FOR DINNER.

YOUR MOM'S MAKING SOMETHING

REALLY NICE AND IT WOULD GREAT TO BE TOGETHER AS A

FAMILY.

WE'RE ALL HURTING IN OUR OWN WAY.

DAD DOESN'T ALWAYS SHOW IT

BUT HE'S HURTING AND HE CARES THAT WE'RE HURTING TOO.

I DON'T KNOW. ROY:

YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU GET OLDER.

IF THAT'S GETTING OLDER,

I DON'T EVER WANT TO GET OLDER.

YOU CAN'T HELP GROWING UP.

WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE ABOUT THAT.

OH, YEAH?

HAVE SOME IDEAS!

EVER HEARD OF THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH? I READ ABOUT IT

ONCE IN AN ADVENTURE BOOK.

OH, WALT!

IT'S REAL I TELL YOU!

NARRATOR: IT WAS A SAD DAY, INDEED.

EVERYTHING WALT HAD COME TO KNOW WAS CHANGING AND WOULD

JUST KEEP ON CHANGING, AS LIFE HAS A TENDENCY TO DO.

BUT HE HAD ROY. AND AT LEAST ROY COULD NOT ONLY SUPPORT,

BUT ENJOY WALT'S IMAGINATION.

THE FAMILY

MOVED INTO A SMALL HOUSE IN TOWN WHERE ELIAS COULD GET

BETTER WHILE WALT, ROY, AND RUTH WOULD FINISH SCHOOL.

WALT ACTUALLY ENJOYED THAT HOUSE, IT WAS COZY AND THE

FAMILY WAS ALWAYS TOGETHER; THAT, HE COULD GET USED TO.

SCHOOL WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY THING THAT REMAINED THE

SAME.

EVEN MARCELINE WAS A'CHANGIN', STREETS WERE

PAVED NOW, THERE WERE AUTOMOBILES, A BIG OL' MOVIE

THEATER, AND JUST BEFORE THE FAMILY LEFT, THERE WERE REAL

ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS. WALT'S SMALL TOWN HAD BECOME

A CITY WITHIN ITSELF. YA SEE, NOTHING IS REALLY

IMMUNE TO CHANGE.

BUT IN WALT'S HEART IT WAS.

HE WOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER MARCELINE IN HIS OWN WAY.

YEARS LATER, IN A MEETING, HE SPOKE OF IT FONDLY,

SAYIN', "THAT'S WHAT IT IS A FEELING OF FREEDOM WITH THE

ANIMALS AND CHARACTERS THAT LIVE OUT THERE.

THAT IS WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE

WHEN YOU GO OUT INTO THE COUNTRY.

YOU ESCAPE THE EVERYDAY WORLD,

THE STRIFE AND STRUGGLE.

YOUGET OUT WHERE EVERYTHING IS FREE AND BEAUTIFUL."

AND SO IT REMAINED TO HIM.

AND HE HELD ONTO THAT DREAM,

THAT PLACE WHERE HE ONCE LIVED

THAT HE WOULD NEVER FORGET,

ESPECIALLY WHEN THE DISNEY FAMILY LEFT MARCELINE FOR

GOOD.

WHEN ELIAS WAS WELL ENOUGH, THEY WERE OFF TO

KANSAS CITY, ANOTHER ADVENTURE.

[SOUND OF SOMEBODY WALKING UP STAIRS]

ELIAS: BOYS! LISTEN UP, I HAVE A JOB FOR US.

ROY: WHAT IS IT?

WALT: YEAH, DAD, WHAT IS IT?

WELL, IT'S A PAPER ROUTE.

A PAPER ROUTE? THAT'S A KIDS JOB.

IT'S ANYBODY'S JOB AS LONG AS IT PAYS MONEY, WALTER.

ROY: WHAT'S IT PAY?

ELIAS: THAT'S MORE LIKE IT, MY

INDUSTRIOUS SON. THIS JOB, IT PAYS $3 A CUSTOMER.

HOW MANY CUSTOMERS?

650

ON FOOT?

YES, ON FOOT!

HOW MANY BLOCKS?

20 SQUARE BLOCKS

SAY, DAD, DON'T WANT TO GUM UP THE

WORKS HERE OR NOTHIN', BUT I CAN'T CARRY 1/3 OF 650

PAPERS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS AND I'M SURE I

CAN'T CARRY IT.

WELL, THAT'S WHY I GOT US CARTS, WALTER.

SO HOW MUCH WILL WE GET PAID?

YOU, ROY, WILL BE MAKING A STIPEND. WALT, HERE, WILL BE

MAKING AN ALLOWANCE. AND I'LL BE INVESTING WALTER'S

ALLOWANCE FOR HIM.

SAY! WHAT DO YOU MEAN, INVESTMENT?

THAT'S NOT MONEY!

IT'S BETTER THAN MONEY FOR YOU, WALT. TRUST ME.

WELL, THAT'S IN INTERESTING IDEA, DAD,

BUT I'D RATHER TAKE THE MONEY INSTEAD, PLEASE.

WALTER

WELL, I'M SURE YOU WOULD, WALTER,

BUT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

YOU WILL LISTEN TO WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY.

I'LL BE INVESTING THE MONEY.

I DON'T NEED YOU WASTING ALL THIS

MONEY ON FRIVOLOUS THINGS,

LIKE, TOYS AND CANDY AND ART SUPPLIES.

BUT

NO BUTS. LISTEN, WE START AT 3:30 IN THE MORNING.

BUT I HAVE SCHOOL!

WELL, THEN YOU BETTER GET UP IN TIME TO GET YOUR PAPER

ROUTE FINISHED BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS OR YOU'RE GOING TO GO

HUNGRY.

BUT I

NO MORE BUTS! LIGHTS OUT!

3:30 IN THE MORNING

3:30

GOSH! IF IT WASN'T BAD

ENOUGH THAT HE WAS MAKING ME WORK WITH NO PAY, TO ADD TO

INSULT AND INJURY, HE COMPARED MY ART SUPPLIES TO

CANDY AND TOYS.

ROY: OH, COME ON! HE'LL PROBABLY USE

YOUR MONEY TO BUY MORE SHARES OF THE O-ZELL

COMPANY. HECK, MAYBE HE'LL RUN THE PLACE ONE DAY THEN

YOU CAN WORK FROM THERE.

WALT: I DON'T CARE ABOUT

NONE OF THAT STUFF! I WANT TO BE AN ARTIST. SEE, I'VE

BEEN DRAWING ALL MY LIFE.

WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?

YOU SAY THAT LIKE YOU'RE 1,000 YEARS OLD.

I'VE GOT AS MUCH OF A CHANCE AS ANYBODY!

LET'S JUST TRY OUT THIS PAPER ROUTE THING, OK?

IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO STOP DRAWING.

OK

AND I CAN ALWAYS BUY YOU CANDIES AND TOYS WITH MY

MONEY.

I DON'T WANT YOU GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE

STORE ON MY ACCOUNT, ROY.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND GIVE ME THE MONEY?

GOOD NIGHT, WALT!

GOOD NIGHT.

AND ROY, THANKS!

[MUSIC]

ELIAS: WALTER, YOU SHOULD BE WORKING!

BERT: ARE YOU WALT'S POP?

ELIAS: YES, I'M

ELIAS DISNEY.

BERT: VERY PLEASED TO MEET YOU, SIR.

VERY, PLEASED

I'M BERT HUDSON. I OWN THE JOINT.

WALT IS AN EXTREMELY TALENTED KID! JUST LOOK AT

ALL THE PEOPLE LINED UP TO SEE HIS LATEST MASTERPIECE!

YES, I SEE.

[MUSIC]

[MUSIC]

BERT: IT'S A SLOW DAY.

WELL, HE SHOULD BE WORKING.

OH, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT MR. DISNEY,

I PAY HIM ALRIGHT.

HE GETS A FREE HAIRCUT WITH EVERY PICTURE.

AND WHEN HE DOESN'T NEED A TRIM,

I PAY HIM .15 FOR EACH WORK OF ART.

157

OH, YOU BET'CHA! I FRAME THEM RIGHT HERE.

I CAN'T GET HIM TO DRAW FAST ENOUGH.

YOUR SON IS A HIT!

ARIT?

WALTER, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT THIS?

I MEANT TO,

1 JUST DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE YET.

WELL, HE CERTAINLY WASN'T HIDING IT

OUT OF SHAME.

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING A PARENT

BOASTS AND BEAMS ABOUT.

YOUR SON IS A STAR IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

ALL FINISHED, BERT.

HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

OH, IT'S A BEAUT, WALT!

ONE OF YOUR FINEST.

SEE YOU IN A COUPLE OF DAYS TO DRAW ANOTHER?

THE PEOPLE KEEP ASKING FOR THEM.

SURE, BERT! IF IT'S OK WITH MY DAD.

SURE, WALT. AS LONG AS YOU DELIVER YOUR PAPERS ON TIME.

OF COURSE!

MR. HUDSON, HE'LL BE BACK.

WELL, NICE TO MEET YOU MR. DISNEY.

WE'LL SEE YOU SOON WALT!

SEE YA!

TREMENDOUS DRAWING

[MUSIC]

[CLAPPING]

OSCAR: C'EST MANNEQUIN, MASTER DISNEY!

GIN: INDEED, WALTER! WHAT HE SAID!

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

OSCAR: T HAVE NO IDEA. 1 JUST FELT THAT YOUNG

MASTER DISNEY DESERVED A COMPLIMENT IN DIFFERENT

LANGUAGE.

I HAVE NO SURE WHAT LANGUAGE IT WAS.

WALT: THANKS, OSCAR! THANKS, GIN!

ELIAS: WALTER, DID YOU JUST

CALL THIS MAN GIN"?

NO, NO, NO! NOT ‘GIN',

PERHAPS YOU HEARD YOUNG WALTER SAY JIM.

OR TIM

OR TOM.

ALTHOUGH, GIN WOULD BE BEST.

I THINK SO. BUT ONLY IF IT WAS THE TINIEST DROP

IN A TALL GLASS OF TONIC WATER, BEING SIPPED IN FRONT

OF A SUPER, BELLA

FRAGILE, MYSTIC; SPECIALLY

ALL FEROCIOUS.

WALT DISNEY ILLUSTRATION!!!

GIN: EXACTLY! NOTHING BETTER!

SEE, YOUNG MASTER DISNEY,

YOUR WORK IS UNFIT FOR PLAIN OLD WORDS.

SOMEDAY PEOPLE WILL STARE AT YOUR WORK AND JUST NOT HAVE

WORDS, SO THEY'LL INVENT THEM. OR YOU WILL. BECAUSE

YOU'RE THAT GOOD.

ELIAS: WALTER, PLEASE. DON'T

ENCOURAGE THEM.

GIN: OH, WE DON'T NEED ANY

ENCOURAGEMENT. WE'VE GOT ENOUGH MOTIVATIONAL

OOOMPH,

1 YES, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH MOTIVATIONAL OOMPH OF

OUR OWN. JUST LIKE WALT HERE!

MOTIVATIONAL OOMPH. I LIKE SOUND OF THAT.

SEE? JUST BEING

AROUND YOU MAKES PEOPLE MORE OOMPHFUL.

OK. EXCUSE US GUYS. WE HAVE TO GO.

DON'T YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO DO?

WHY RUIN A MOMENTOUS TIME?

I'M SORRY, SIR. I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND.

WE'VE KNOWN

YOUNG MASTER DISNEY SINCE THE BEGINNING.

I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND

I AM YOUNG MASTER WALT'S FATHER

AND I NEED TO SPEAK WITH HIM BY MYSELF IF YOU

DON'T MIND.

HIS FATHER, HUH?

GUESS THAT KIND OF TRUMPS OUR STANDING

WITH WALTER, NOW DOESN'T IT?

WELL, WE'LL ALWAYS BE OUTSIDE THAT WINDOW LOOKING

AT YOUR ART, UNLESS NATURE CALLS.

OR UNLESS WE'RE LOOKING AT YOUR ART IN A MUSEUM.

BUT IT WOULD BE HIS MUSEUM, OF COURSE,

THE DISNEY MUSEUM.

HE WOULDN'T SHARE IT WITH ANYONE.

WALTER, YOU ARE A TRUE VISIONARTISARY!

AURESERVOIR, YOUNG MASTER DISNEY!

HERE, I MADE A DRAWING FOR YOU.

THANKS YOUNG MASTER DISNEY!

WELL, DO YOU GUYS LIKE Ir?

(I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER)

THOSE GUYS ARE PRETTY FUNNY, HUH?

LISTEN WALT, YOU DON'T NEED

TO BE SPENDING TIME WITH FOLKS LIKE THAT.

YOU NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON YOUR WORK AND YOUR TALENT.

YOU THINK I'M TALENTED?

THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD THINKS YOU'RE TALENTED, WALT.

AND NOW THAT YOU'RE GETTING PAID FOR YOUR SKILLS,

YOU SHOULD INVEST YOUR EARNINGS.

AW, DAD

NOW WAIT A SECOND.

GIVE ME A CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING GOOD HERE.

SORRY, DAD.

YOU COULD INVEST YOUR EARNINGS IN ART LESSONS.

THEY TEACH AT THE KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE!

WELL, NOW THAT YOU'RE BECOMING AN ARTIST

YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO IT

BUT DON'T EVER THINK THAT YOU'RE THE BEST.

YOU CAN ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING.

YOU CAN ALWAYS GET BETTER.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

YES, DAD!

THANK YOU! I'M GOING TO GO RUN HOME AND TELL ROY.

MEET YOU THERE!

OKAY, THEN.

AND, DAD?

YES?

I'M GLAD YOU HAPPENED BY.

ME, TOO, SON. ME, TOO.

[SOUND OF DOOR FLYING OPEN]

WALT: ROY! WHERE ARE YOU?

ROY!

I'VE GOT IDEAS, ROY!

ROY!

I'VE GOT AN IDEA

ROY: NOT AGAIN.

NO, NO LOOK AT THIS.

ALRIGHT.

LOOKS NICE.

IT'S ELECTRIC PARK,

IT HAS GAMES, IT HAS RIDES. IT HAS EVERYTHING!

SO, WHAT'S THE IDEA?

WE OPEN UP OUR OWN ELECTRIC PARK. OK?

FORGET ABOUT GOING TO CHICAGO WITH MOM AND DAD.

ACTUALLY, WALT, I'VE BEEN MEANING TO

TALK TO YA ABOUT SOMETHING.

NO, NO, LOOK, LOOK.

THIS PLACE IS PRETTY GREAT, YOU KNOW.

IT HAS STAGE SHOWS, LOG RIDES,

ALOT OF LIGHTS,

BUT IT'S MISSING SOMETHING.

IT'S MISSING SOMETHING.

IT'S MISSING IMAGINATION. IT'S MISSING US!

I DREW IT ALL OUT RIGHT HERE.

WE CAN OPEN UP OUR OWN PARK:

A DISNEY PARK!

NO ONE IS GOING TO COME TO A DISNEY PARK.

YES, THEY WILL! LOOK!

I DREW A LAYOUT RIGHT HERE.

HEY, HEY, ENOUGH, ENOUGH.

LET ME SPEAK. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

WELL, THIS SOUNDS SERIOUS.

SURE IT IS.

I'M GONNA BE LEAVING IN A FEW WEEKS.

WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I JOINED THE NAVY.

WITH OUR COUNTRY AT WAR, I CAN'T JUST SIT AROUND

AND DO NOTHING WHEN I KNOW I'M ABLE TO HELP.

WHAT ABOUT ME?

THIS IS FOR YOU.

THIS IS FOR YOU AND

EVERY OTHER AMERICAN IN THIS COUNTRY.

I'M DOING THIS SO

THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE A SAFE AND FREE LIFE.

DON'T YOU GET IT?

WALT: NO! I DON'T GET IT.

I NEED YOU HERE, ROY.

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITHOUT YA?

COME ON, WALT,

LOOK AT YOU! YOU'RE DOING GREAT!

YOU'RE GETTING PAID TO DRAW,

YOU'RE TAKING ART CLASSES.

YOU'RE A SWELL KID ALL ON YOUR OWN.

YOU DON'T NEED ME.

YEAH, I DO, ROY! YEAH, I DO NEED Y OU. YOU'RE MY FAMILY!

AND I WILL STILL BE YOUR FAMILY NO MATTER WHERE

I AM. I'M YOUR BROTHER WHETHER I'M SITTING NEXT TO

YOU OR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD.

HEY, LET ME PUT IT TO YOU THIS WAY.

I NEED AN ADVENTURE.

A REAL ADVENTURE;

THE KIND YOU READ ABOUT IN HISTORY BOOKS,

THE KIND THAT TAKES YOU TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE

WORLD, TO SEE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND THIS IS AONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR ME

TO HAVE THAT ADVENTURE

I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

YEAH, YEAH, I GET IT. I GET THAT YOU'RE THE

BRAVEST PERSON I KNOW. YOU'RE THE BEST BROTHER A

GUY COULD ASK FOR.

AND YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON

AROUND HERE THAT UNDERSTAND ME

AND SUPPORTS ME.

I UNDERSTAND

AND PRETTY SOON YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE YOUR

OWN ADVENTURES.

RIGHT NOW, MAYBE FOR YOU,

THAT'S CHICAGO.

AW, ROY. 1 DON'T KNOW.

HEY, WHAT IF I GO WITH YOU?

YOU WILL BE WITH ME.

I'LL BE THINKING OF YOU THE WHOLE TIME.

ROY, I'LL FIND A WAY. OK?

I LOVE THIS COUNTRY JUST AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE,

ALRIGHT, AND IF YOU LOOK UP CLOSE IN MY EYE YOU'LL SEE

AN AMERICAN FLAG WAVING,

AND ON MY SPINE IS GROWING RED, WHITE AND BLUE. ALRIGHT?

I'LL FIND A WAY, ROY! I'LL FIND A WAY!

WHATEVER YOU SAY.

SO, TELL ME ABOUT THIS DISNEY PARK.

IT'S JUST AN IDEA.

BUT NOW,

NOW, TOGETHER WE ARE GOING ON A REAL ADVENTURE.

THE DISNEY BOYS ARE GOING OUT TO WAR.

NARRATOR: THINGS DIDN'T MOVE

QUITE AS FAST AS WALT HAD HOPED AND HE FOUND HIMSELF

LIVING IN CHICAGO WITH ELIAS AND FLORA.

CHICAGO WAS BITTER-SWEET FOR WALT.

HE GOT A JOB AS A CARTOONIST FOR HIS SCHOOL NEWSPAPER.

HE EVEN HAD A GIRLFRIEND,

BUT NOTHING COULD MAKE HIM FORGET THAT ROY WAS GONE.

HE MISSED HIS BROTHER,

AND HE WAS GOING TO FIND A WAY TO JOIN HIM.

SOMETIMES IN YOUR HEART,

YOU JUST KNOW IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

HE'D FOLLOW IN ROY'S FOOTSTEPS

AND BE AS BRAVE AS HE COULD.

HE'D MAKE HIS BROTHER PROUD.

SO, WALT FIGURED HE'D GO AHEAD AND FIGHT FOR OUR

COUNTRY.

HE WAS GOING TO ENLIST TO FIGHT IN WORLD WAR 1

JUST LIKE ROY DID.

NEXT!

MR. DISNEY!

THE UNITED STATES ARMY

THANKS YOU FOR YOUR GUMPTION AND YOUR COURAGE IN

APPROACHING THE RECRUITMENT OFFICE TODAY, BUT

OF COURSE, SIR, IT'S MY DUTY AS AN AMERICAN.

MR. DISNEY!

YES, SIR?

AT EASE, MR. DISNEY.

LISTEN, KID, YOU'RE

SIXTEEN YEARS OLD.

UNDER THE SELECTIVE SERVICE LAW,

CAN'T TAKE YOU UNLESS YOU'RE 18. GOT IT?

EXCUSE ME,

SIR, BUT I THINK MY PRIDE AS AN AMERICAN MAKES UP FOR

THOSE YEARS.

MY WILLINGNESS TO GET OUT THERE AND FIGHT

WITH MY FELLOW COUNTRYMEN.

I MEAN, I HAVE BRAVERY BUSTING

OUT OF MY SOUL! DOESN'T THAT COUNT FOR ANYTHING?

WE APPRECIATE YOUR BRAVERY, BUT

THAT DOESN'T MEAN I CAN BREAK THE RULES FOR YOU.

SIR, DO YOU HAVE A BROTHER?

YES. THREE OF THEM,

WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING,

MR. DISNEY?

WELL, IT HAS A WHOLE LOT TO DO WITH ME, SIR.

I MEAN, MY BROTHER IS

OUT THERE,MY BROTHER IS OUT IN THE FIGHT,

AND THERE'S

NOTHING I WANT MORE THAN TO BE OUT THERE WITH HIM.

HIS NAME IS ROY DISNEY.

AND HE'S FULL OF COURAGE AND A LOVE

FOR AMERICA. AND,

I HAVE AS MUCH PRIDE FOR HIM AS THIS COUNTRY.

I MEAN, T JUST WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND SHOW

HIM. SURELY YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

I DO UNDERSTAND.

AND IN TWO YEARS I'M GOING TO BE REAL

PROUD TO CALL YOU A SOLDIER.

BUT UNTIL THEN, MY BACK'S AGAINST THE WALL, KID.

RULES ARE RULES.

I'M SURE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT?

YES, SIR.

NEXT!

MR. JOHNSTON,

YOU GONNA SHAVE?

NARRATOR: NOW,

WALT DISNEY NEVER TOOK NO FOR AN ANSWER. THERE WAS

THIS NEW AGENCY CALLED THE RED CROSS THAT HELPED

PEOPLE.

AND THEY WERE FIXING TO SEND SOME MEN ABROAD TO

HELP OUT WITH THE WAR.

AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT, WELL,

YOU ONLY HAD TO BE 17 YEARS OLD.

SURE, WALT WAS ONLY 16,

BUT HE FIGURED HE COULD SQUEAK BY WITH A LITTLE BIT

OF HIS ARTISTIC TALENT.

BUT WHEN FLORA AND ELIAS CAUGHT

WIND OF IT,

WELL, THEY WERE NONE TOO HAPPY.

HOW COULD YOU DO THIS, WALT?

YOU WERE JUST GOING TO SNEAK OFF

AND NOT TELL US ANYTHING?

YOU DON'T HAVE RESPECT

ENOUGH FOR YOUR MOTHER AND I TO TELL US YOUR PLANS?

I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D LET ME GO.

IT'S FOR OUR COUNTRY.

IT'S LIKE WHAT ROY'S DOING.

AND YOU WANTED TO

MARCH OFF WITHOUT EVEN SAYING GOODBYE, WALT?

MARCH OFF TO DEATH!

DID YOU KNOW THAT, WALT?

YOU COULD DIE OUT THERE?

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WERE JUST GOING

TO MARCH OFF AND DIE AND NOT TELL YOU MOTHER AND I

ANYTHING; NOT EVEN A LETTER.

I'M SORRY.

ALLTM THINKING ABOUT IS ROY

AND BEING BRAVE LIKE HIM.

WELL, YOU'RE NOT ROY.

ROY CAN TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF OUT THERE.

ROY HAS RESPECTED MY PLANS FOR THIS FAMILY ALL

ALONG.

HE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF TO ME, WALT.

YOU WILL NEVER BE ROY.

YOU ARE A DIFFERENT SON.

YOU'RE THE DREAMER!

AND, WALT, DREAMERS, THEY DON'T FIGHT.

I WON'T HAVE Im

I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT. I WANT TO HELP. AND

IF YOU'D JUST SIGN THIS PAPER, I CAN BE A MEMBER OF

THE RED CROSS. I CAN BE A PART OF THE RELIEF EFFORT.

LOOK, TJUST, I WANT TO AID OUR COUNTRY AND PROTECT OUR

LIBERTIES AS AMERICANS! DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

NO, I DON'T!

I DO.

EXCUSE ME?

IF WE DON'T SIGN, HE'LL JUST FIND SOME OTHER WAY TO GO

AND SNEAK OFF,

AT LEAST THIS WAY, WE CAN SAY GOODBYE TO

HIM AND HAVE A PROPER SEND OFF.

HIS MIND IS SET.

I WILL NOT SIGN!

ELIAS, PLEASE. BE RATIONAL.

FLORA, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.

I WILL NOT SIGN MY SON'S DEATH WARRANT!

SORRY, MOM. I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU.

YES, YES YOU SHOULD HAVE.

BUT EVEN IF YOU DID, YOUR FATHER WOULDN'T HAVE ALLOWED

IT.

STILL, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE RESPECTFUL THING TO DO.

IT'S JUST, I MISS ROY. AND I WANTED TO DO

SOMETHING TO MAKE HIM PROUD.

I MEAN, AMERICA IS IMPORTANT TO THIS FAMILY,

AND IF THIS IS THE WAR TO END ALL WARS,

THEY'RE GOING TO NEED SOME DREAMERS.

IT'S OKAY, WALT. I UNDERSTAND.

NOW, WHERE DO I SIGN?

WELCOME TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS TRAINING

FACILITY.

YOU GENTLEMAN ARE WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL THE

AMBULANCE CORE.

PREPARING FOR WAR IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

THERE ARE SO MANY DISTURBING AND

GROTESQUE THINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE ON THE FIELD,

THAT YOU WILL PROBABLY WANT TO RUN AWAY LIKE GIRLS

BUT YOU CAN'T.

YOU HAVE TAKEN A VOW TO BE A PART OF THIS CORP.

YOU WILL HAVE TO STAND YOUR GROUND IN THE FIELD

AND BE MEN.

AS THEY SAY,

WAR IS HELL.

SO WELCOME TO HELL.

YOUR TRUCKS,

YOUR VEHICLES

WILL BE HOSTS TO THOUSANDS OF LIVES,

AND MANY OF WHICH WILL BE LOST DEPENDING ON

YOUR DRIVING ABILITIES.

LET'S JUST HOPE AND PRAY

THAT YOUR HOST

DOESN'T BECOME

A GHOST HOST.

WELCOME

TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS.

PREPARE FOR BLOOD AND THE FRENCH.

NARRATOR: NOW WALT HAD WON THE BATTLE,

BUT HE HADN'T WON THE WAR.

THE UNITED STATES DID THAT WITHOUT HIM,

BUT WALT GOT SHIPPED OFF TO FRANCE TO BE

PART OF THE AMBULANCE CORP, ANYWAY.

THERE WERE STILL

RELIEF EFFORTS THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF,

AND IT WAS NOW HIS DUTY TO GO AHEAD AND

TAKE CARE OF 'EM.

NOW WALT GOT TO SEE ALL SORTS OF THINGS IN FRANCE.

IT WAS A WHOLE NEW SORT OF EXPERIENCE FOR HIM.

HERE HE'D NEVER LEFT THE MIDWEST

AND NOW HE WAS TRAVELLING AROUND AN AWFUL LOT.

THIS SMALL TOWN BOY WAS QUICKLY TURNING INTO A MAN.

TIMES SEEM TO MOVE SLOWER IN FRANCE.

AND IT WAS AT THIS POINT

WHERE WALT WAS INTRODUCED TO CIGARETTES.

HOWEVER, JUST LIKE WHEN HE WAS A BOY UNDER THE DREAMING

TREE,

HE FOUND COMFORT IN ART.

AND JUST LIKE BEFORE,

IT WAS ON AN UNLIKELY CANVAS.

[MOTOR RUNNING]

HEY, SEEN ANY ACTION TODAY?

NOPE, NOT TODAY.

NOT YESTERDAY, NOT EVEN THE DAY BEFORE THAT.

I GUESS OUR INSTRUCTOR WAS RIGHT.

IF BOREDOM IS WHAT THEY MEAN BY HELL,

WAR IS HELL!

HEY, FELLA, THOSE ARE SOME PRETTY UNIQUE FUNNIES YOU

GOT OUT THERE.

THANKS,

BUT WHEN THEY'RE IN THE PAPER THEY CALLED FUNNIES,

WHEN THEY'RE THAT BIG IT'S CALLED ART.

WOW. ART.

DO YOU MIND IF I SHOW MY BUDDY?

NEVER MINDED A BIT OF PUBLICITY IN MY LIFE!

SURE.

HEY, RAY! COME HERE!

CHECK THIS OUT.

THEY CALL THIS ART!

RAY: THAT'S NOTHIN".

I KNOW A GUY BACK ON THE EAST COAST

WHO CAN DRAW JUST AS GOOD AS THAT.

HE'S DATING MY SISTER.

WELL, HE AIN'T HERE, IS HE?

WELL, NO, BUT

BUT, NOTHIN".

WHAT'D YOU SAY YOUR NAME WAS AGAIN?

I DIDN'T.

BUT, IT'S DISNEY.

WALT DISNEY.

WELL, MY NAME'S JIM.

THIS IS MY BUDDY, RAY.

AND DO YOU THINK

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DRAW A COUPLE OF THEM THINGS FOR

OUR MEAT WAGONS?

WHY, SURE I COULD!

I COULD DRAW SOMETHING FOR YOU,

YOUR GALS, WHATEVER YOU NEED,

FOR A NOMINAL FEE, OF COURSE.

HOW ABOUT A PACK OF SMOKES?

MAKE IT A CARTON AND I'LL DRAW BOTH OF

YOUR MODEL T'S!

SOLD!

JIM LET'S BRING * EM AROUND!

NARRATOR: DOC SHERWOOD WAS RIGHT SO MANY YEARS AGO.

WALT NEEDED TO SEE THE WORLD AND JUST LIKE HE PREDICTED

FRANCE WAS WHERE MUCH OF HIS ART WAS PERFECTED. BUT BY

THE TIME WALT RETURNED HOME TO KANSAS CITY HE WAS A

CHAIN SMOKER. SO, NATURALLY, HE NEEDED A JOB TO PAY FOR

HIS NEW-FOUND HABIT. HE HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO BE AN ACTOR

OR AN ARTIST, BUT AS HE PUT IT, "IT SEEMED EASIER TO GET

A JOB AS AN ARTIST".

WALT WAS CRUSHED!

AND WHO BETTER TO TURN TO FOR ADVICE?

WHY BIG BROTHER ROY, OF COURSE!

ROY HAD BEEN WORKING AT A BANK, AND WALT RUSHED RIGHT

ON DOWN TO TELL HIS SAD TALE.

A COWORKER OF ROY'S

KNEW ABOUT SOME FELLAS WHO RAN A COMMERCIAL ART SHOP

CALLED PESMEN-RUBIN

AND THEY WERE LOOKING TO HIRE AN APPRENTICE

ROY GOT WALT AN INTERVIEW AND, BOY,

WALT COULDA KISSED HIM!

ROY!

I LOVE YOU, OL' BROTHER OF MINE!

OK, YOU'RE WELCOME. ALRIGHT? SHOW UP

FOR THE INTERVIEW WITH YOUR BEST PORTFOLIOS, SOMETHING

THAT'LL KNOCK THEIR SOCKS OFF.

YOU'LL DO THE TRICK. OK?

I KNOW YOU WILL.

ROY O. DISNEY, YOU ARE THE

BEST BROTHER IN THE WHOLE WORLD!

YOU ARE THE BEST BANK TELLER IN THE WHOLE WORLD!

IT WAS A PLEASURE AND YOU

HAVE A GREAT STAFF IN THIS BANK, JUST, UUMM!

HE'S AN ARTIST.

NARRATOR: BUT NOT ONLY DID WALT LAND THE GIG

AT PESMIN-RUBIN,

BUT AT A WHOPPING

$50 DOLLARS A MONTH!

HE ALWAYS WENT AFTER HIS OWN DREAMS.

THE DREAMS HE'D HAD

EVER SINCE HIS AUNTIE MARGARET HAD GIVEN

HIM HIS FIRST ART SUPPLIES

AND SHE WAS JUST THE WOMAN

WALT WANTED TO TELL ABOUT IT.

SAY! IS THAT YOUR GAL?

SHE SURE IS A LOOKER!

NO, SHE'S NOT MY GAL

. IT'S MY AUNTIE. AND, YES, SHE IS BEAUTIFUL. AND

YOU SHOULD LEARN TO BE MORE POLITE.

SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN NOTHIN' BY IT, I WAS JUST,

SHE SURE IS PRETTY

AND I BET SHE'S JUST AS SWELL, TOO.

SHE SURE IS.

I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I AM TODAY WITHOUT HER.

AND WHERE I AM TODAY IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE A REAL LUCKY GUY TO

HAVE A NICE LADY LIKE THAT AS YOUR AUNTIE.

I SURE AM.

AND I'M ON MY WAY TO TELL HER THAT, TOO.

WOW! SHE SURE IS A BEAUT!

SHE'S NOT A RACEHORSE FELLA! ALRIGHT?

WOULD YOU TALK TO YOUR

MOTHER WITH A MOUTH LIKE THAT?

NO. NO. SEE,

MY MOM HAS A TENDENCY TO HIT ME OVER THE

HEAD WHEN I'M BEING IMPOLITE.

WELL, SHE'LL

EITHER KNOCKS SENSE INTO YOU OR OUT OF YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH.

NOW YOU NEED TO LEARN TO BEHAVE.

I'LL TRY! BUT,

SOMETIMES, I MISBEHAVE WHEN I'M NOT EVEN TRYING.

LISTEN, FELLA,

YOU'RE NOT GONNA CHANGE THE WORLD LIKE THAT.

YOU NEED TO STRAIGHTEN UP!

STRAIGHTEN UP!

GET A JOB.

YOU HAVE A JOB?

WELL, GET A JOB.

YOU GIVE MY BEST TO THAT PRETTY AS A PRINCESS

AUNTIE OF YOURS!

WHAT A BEAUT!

NARRATOR: WALT HEADED

OVER TO THE HOTEL AS FAST AS HE COULD. HE WAS AWFULLY

OVER TO THE HOTEL AS FAST AS HE COULD. HE WAS AWFULLY

EXCITED TO TELL HIS AUNTIE THE GOOD NEWS.

HE FELT LIKE A STEAM ENGINE COMING DOWN THE TRACK.

THEN HE WAS

BARRELING UP THOSE STAIRS AS FAST AS HE COULD!

SUDDENLY HE WAS GRINNING

AND KNOCKING LOUDLY AT THE DOOR.

HE WANTED TO TELL HIS AUNTIE.

HE WANTED TO TELL THE WHOLE WORLD.

UNCLE ROBERT!

UNCLE ROBERT: HEY, WALTER!

AUNTIE! YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BELIEVE IT.

THEY'RE PAYING ME TO DRAW PICTURES!

I GOT A JOB AT PESMIN-RUBIN.

THEY'RE PAYING ME FIFTY DOLLARS A MONTH!

I'M A REAL ARTIST NOW!

AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU.

WHO IS IT, ROBERT?

AUNTIE MARGARET, IT'S ME, WALT!

ROBERT: IT'S OUR NEPHEW, MARGARET.

ELIAS'S SON, WALTER.

WHO ISIT?

WHO?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

AUNTIE MARGARET, IT'S YOUR FAVORITE NEPHEW!

IT'S WALT.

YOU GAVE ME MY TABLET,

MY DRAWING SUPPLIES.

IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT,

I WOULDN'T BE AN ARTIST!

YOU USED TO RAVE ABOUT MY PICTURES!

I'M TIRED.

I THINK I'M GOING TO SLEEP FOR A WHILE.

ROBERT: I'M SORRY, WALTER.

MARGARET ISN'T FEELING WELL.

PERHAPS YOU SHOULD COME BACK ANOTHER DAY.

I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

AUNTIE MARGARET,

IT'S ME, WALTER,

YOUR KINDRED SPIRIT, THE ARTIST.

WALTER, PLEASE, COME HERE.

MARGARET IS REALLY SICK NOW.

THE DOCTOR SAYS SHE'S FIGHTING OFF PNEUMONIA.

NOW SHE'S BEEN GETTING ‘FORGETFUL LATELY.

PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY.

SURELY SHE WOULD REMEMBER ME.

IF I COULD JUST TALK TO HER FOR A ONE MINUTE.

WALT, I'M REALLY SORRY,

TRULY I AM,

BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU TO LEAVE.

MARGARET NEEDS HER REST. YOU UNDERSTAND.

1JuUsT WANT TO THANK HER

FOR ENCOURAGING ME TO DRAW

WALT, PLEASE, PLEASE!

PLEASE DON'T MAKE

THIS ANY MORE DIFFICULT THAN IT ALREADY IS.

OH. GOSH, I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE A TROUBLE,

1JuUsT IS IT OK IF I SAY GOODBYE?

I MEAN, PLEASE GIVE ME THAT.

I'LL BE QUICK.

I JUST WANT TO SAY GOODBYE.

SURE, SURE, WALT. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU

I HOPE SHE GETS BETTER.

IT WAS GOOD SEEING YOU.

IT WAS GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO,

WALTER. GIVE MY BEST TO ELIAS.

[DOOOR SHUTS]

WHO WAS THAT, ROBERT?

NO ONE, DEAR.

NO ONE.

[SAD MUSIC]

NARRATOR: THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WERE

TOUGH ON WALT.

HIS AUNTIE PASSED AWAY FROM PNEUMONIA.

HE NEVER REALLY GOT TO CONVEY TO HER JUST HOW

GRATEFUL HE WAS.

HE NEVER GOT TO FEEL HER OLD

ENTHUSIASM ABOUT HIS TALENT.

THE ENTHUSIASM THAT GAVE HIM

THE CONFIDENCE TO PURSUE HIS DREAMS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND HE LOST HIS JOB AT PESSMIN- RUBIN DUE TO

DOWNSIZING.

THINGS WERE LOOKING PRETTY BLEAK FOR

WALT.

BUT HE DIDN'T LOSE FAITH.

HE KNEW HE HAD A GOD GIVEN TALENT

AND IT WAS MEANT FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL.

ELIAS WAS RIGHT, HE WAS THE DREAMER.

AND DREAMERS NEVER QUIT.

[KNOCK ON THE DOOR]

UBBE: HEY, WALT! IT'S ME, THE DONUT EATING

CHAMPION OF PESSMIN-RUBIN, UBBE!

UBBE IWERKS!

CO-CAPTAIN!

UBBE, OLD BUDDY, OLD PAL!

COME TO OFFER ME MY JOB BACK?

I'VE GOT A LOT OF PROSPECTS ON THE HORIZON.

NO! I GOT KICKED OUT ON MY REAR, TOO.

THAT'S WHY I CAME BY.

I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU HAD SOMETHING, ANYTHING.

I'VE GOT TO SUPPORT MY MOTHER

AND SHE'S NOT THE MOST GENTLE MOTHER,

IF YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD SOMETHING.

I'M DESPERATE, WALT.

DESPERATE, I TELL YA!

I DIDN'T KNOW IF

MAYBE WITH YOUR CONNECTIONS WITH YOUR BROTHER ROY IF YOU

HAD SOMETHING. ANYTHING!

TO BE HONEST, UBBE, I

DON'T HAVE MUCH GOING ON MYSELF.

COME ON, WALT.

IF ANYBODY COULD THINK OF SOMETHING IT'S YOU.

YOU'RE A THINKER.

I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER! YOU'VE GOT ONE OF

THE GREATEST MINDS IN ALL THE WORLD.

IF YOU JUST PUT YOUR MIND TO IT,

YOU'LL THINK OF SOMETHING.

ALRIGHT, CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN,

YOU'RE GONNA WAKE THE NEIGHBORS.

IT'S DAYLIGHT, WALT.

SOME OF EM TAKE NAPS.

BUT I CAN'T THINK WITH YOU BEING A BIG BUNDLE OF NERVES.

NOW GIVE ME A SECOND TO THINK ABOUT IT.

RIGHT, RIGHT,

SORRY IF I JUST LET

YOU THINK THEN WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

THINK, THINK, THINK!

TUT-TUT! A MINUTE, ALRIGHT?

A MINUTE!

RIGHT!

[HEAVY BREATHING]

CAN YOU BREATHE A LITTLE QUIETER?

IT'S NOT REALLY MY FAULT.

THE DOCTOR SAYS WHEN I GET ALL STRESSED,

MYSINUSES AND NASAL CAVATIES FLARE UP AND, 1, I

,DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

IF I COULD JUST THINK, THINK, THINK!

BUT PESMEN-RUBIN AND

BY JOVE, I THINK I'VE GOT IT!

GOT WHAT?

AN IDEA, UBBE. AN IDEA.

OH! WHAT IS Ime

WE GO INTO BUSINESS FOR OURSELVES!

HUM, UM, I DON'T THINK SO.

WE DON'T NEED AN AGENCY.

WE CUT OUT THE MIDDLE MAN.

IT'S JUST US.

ALL WE NEED IS CLIENTS.

WE CAN CALL IT

IWERKS-DISNEY COMMERCIAL ARTISTS!

YOU'RE GONNA GIVE ME TOP BILLING?

WELL, "DISNEY-IWERKS" SOUNDS LIKE

YOU'RE GOING TO GO GET YOUR EYES CHECKED OUT

OR GET A NICE PAIR OF SPECTACLES.

WE'RE COMMERCIAL ARTISTS.

WE'RE NOT OPTOMETRISTS.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,

YOU GO SET UP SHOP,

I'LL GET THE CLIENTS,

AND WE'LL BE IN BUSINESS IN NO TIME!

WELL, WHAT ARE YA DOING?

GET GOING!

RIGHT! YES, SIR! MR. DISNEY, SIR! T MEAN, WALT, SIR.

WALT DISNEY, SIR!

NARRATOR: NOW WALT AND UBBE WEREN'T DOING

TOO BAD AT ALL!

WALT DID THE SALES PITCHES AND GOT ENOUGH

CLIENTS TO AFFORD THEM THEIR OWN OFFICE

AND PLENTY OF PROFIT.

THE IWWERKS-DISNEY COMMERCIAL ARTISTS COMPANY

WAS IN BUSINESS, ALRIGHT!

WELL, FOR A LITTLE WHILE ANYWAY.

YA SEE, WALT GOT A JOB AS AN ANIMATION

CARTOONIST AT THE KANSAS CITY SLIDE COMPANY,

AND HE LEFT UBBE IN CHARGE OF THEIR COMPANY.

UBBE WASN'T MUCH OF A TAKE CHARGE KINDA GUY.

THINGS WENT DOWNHILL FAST,

AND SOON ENOUGH UBBE WAS ASKING WALT IF HE COULD GET

A JOB AT KANSAS CITY SLIDE COMPANY, TOO.

SO, THAT WAS

THE END OF IWERKS- DISNEY COMMERCIAL ARTISTS COMPANY.

AND THE BEGINNING OF LEARNING A NEW KIND OF

DRAWING;

ANIMATION.

HOW IT BEGAN MIGHT SEEM A BIT PRIMITIVE,

BUT REMEMBER, YOU HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.

SO, FIRST, AN ANIMATOR DRAWS A PICTURE.

THEN THEY CUT OUT

WHATEVER PARTS ARE GOING TO MOVE.

AND THEY TACK THOSE

MOVEABLE PIECES ONTO A BOARD WITH A LITTLE PIN;

SNAP A PICTURE,

MOVE THE PIECE A TINY BIT,

PIN IT AGAIN,

SNAP A PICTURE,

MOVE THE PIECE AGAIN,

WELL, YOU GET THE PICTURE.

THIS WAS HOW THEY RAN THE ANIMATION DEPARTMENT

WHERE WALT WORKED AT THE KANSAS CITY SLIDE COMPANY.

BUT HE'D HEARD OF A NEW KIND OF ANIMATION.

CEL ANIMATION.

IT WAS A WHOLE LOT MORE CREATIVE,

A WHOLE LOT MORE INVENTIVE,

A WHOLE LOT MORE WALT DISNEY.

ROY: WOW! I

LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE PLACE!

ROY, I'M GONNA MAKE MAGIC IN HERE.

I BORROWED THIS CAMERA FROM MR. CAUGER,

AND I'M GOING TO MAKING CEL ANIMATION!

IT'S THE HOTEST THING OUT OF NEW YORK.

IT'S GOING TO REVOLUTIONIZE

THE WAY ANIMATED FILMS ARE MADE.

WELL, IT'S NOT WHAT ELIAS HAD IN MIND WHEN HE

BUILT THIS GARAGE,

BUT I'M SURE HE'D BE IMPRESSED TO

SEE YOU MAKING MOVING PICTURES IN HERE!

YEAH! I'M ON TO SOMETHING BIG HERE, ROY.

I CAN FEEL IT.

IT'S SO MODERN AND EXCITING!

AND I'M GOOD AT

IT, ROY. I'M GOOD AT IT.

I KNOW YOU'RE GOOD AT IT.

YOU'RE GOOD AT ANYTHING YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO,

BUT CAN YOU MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THIS?

I MEAN, IF YOU CAN MAKE SOME MONEY AT THIS,

SOME REAL MONEY, YOU SHOULD OPEN A BUSINESS.

ROY, OL' BROTHER OF MINE, YOU'RE

TALKING TO SOMEOBODY WHO'S ALREADY PROCURED HIMSELF AN

INTERVIEW WITH THE "KING OF KANSAS CITY SHOW BIZ"!

FRANK NEWMAN?!?!

YES, FRANK L. NEWMAN, THE OWNER

OF THE NEWMAN THEATER ON MAIN STREET;

SEATING ONE THOUSAND SEATS

AND IN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE STYLE!

ILLUSTRATED THEIR PROGRAMS WHEN I WORKED AT

PESMEN-RUBIN,

SO I ALREADY HAD AN IN.

I TOLD THEM ABOUT

THESE LAUGH-O-GRAMS ME AND THE FELLAS WERE WORKING ON

AND THEY LIKED THE IDEA;

SAID MR. NEWMAN WOULD LOVE TO SEE EM!

AND WHAT'S A LAUGH-O-GRAM, EXACTLY?

WELL, YA KNOW HOW BEFORE A MOVIE BEGINS THEY

SHOW A FEW MINUTES OF A NEWS REEL?

YEAH, YEAH, SURE.

WELL, IT'S JUST LIKE THAT BUT WITH MOVING

CARTOONS!

OK, JUST IMAGINE, LIKE, A COMMENTARY ON

SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY. YOU KNOW HOW

EVERYBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION BEING SO

SLOW.

WELL, WE SHOW A LADY SITTING THERE, WAITING FOR

HER TROLLEY,

AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, A FLOWER IS

GROWING UP AROUND HER HOSIERY.

YEAH? WELL, SHOW ME!

ALRIGHT, YOU ONLY HAVE TO PAINT THE

BACKGROUND ONCE, OK?

ANYTHING THAT MOVES ON THE

FOREFRONT OF A TRANSPARENT CELLULOID.

BUT IF ONLY ONE

CHARACTER IS TALKING AND THE OTHER IS STANDING STILL,

YOU ONLY HAVE TO MOVE ONE CHARACTER

AND THEN YOU JUST

USE A STATIONARY CEL FOR THE OTHER.

HERE, LEMME ME SHOW YA.

[PAPER MOVING BACK AND FORTH]

THAT'S AH, THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING!

I THINK I'M GONNA BE IN BUSINESS AGAIN!

AND IF THESE LAUGH-O-GRAMS TAKE OFF,

I CAN START MAKING LONGER FILMS;

WHOLE ANIMATED FILMS,

ONE FOR KIDS AND ADULTS,

FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TO SEE TOGETHER!

WELL, YA KNOW I'M ROOTING FOR YA.

SO DID YOU, DID YOU FINISH THIS ONE?

YEAH, IT'S PERFECT.

[SOUND OF RUNNUNG PROJECTOR]

NEWMAN: THESE ARE THE BEES KNEES, MR. DISNEY!

I MEAN IT!

WALT: SAY, WE

COULD DO ONE WHERE BEES HAVE KNEES; THAT'D GET A LAUGH,

WOULDN'T IT!

NEWMAN: AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH, SON---AIN'T

THAT THE TRUTH! WELL, I LOVE EM!

LOVE EM?

YEAH, LOVE EM! GOTTA HAVE EM!

GOTTA HAVE EM?

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW!

THAT'S WHAT YA COME HERE FOR, AIN'T IT?

WHY, YES, SIR! YEAH, IT IS.

NOW, TELL ME, HOW MUCH YOU WANT FOR THESE HERE

LAUGH-O- GRAMS?

ARE THEY GONNA BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO PRODUCE

OR CAN I BUY EM FROM YA?

OH, GOSH, WELL

ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU CAME TO A BUSINESS

MEETING AND YOU DON'T HAVE A SALES PITCH?

WHAT IS THIS,

YOUR FIRST TIME AROUND THE BLOCK, KID?

NO, NO, NO.

OF COURSE NOT!

IT'S JUST I HAVE A FROG IN MY THROAT.

WELL, YOU TELL HIM TO JUMP ON OUT HERE AND GIVE

ME A PRICE.

[AIN'T GOT ALL DAY.

30 CENTS A FOOT.

DEAL,

COME ON, LET'S SHAKE ON IT.

HA, HA, HA, MR. DISNEY,

I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE THE BEGINNING OF

A BEE-U-TIFUL RELATIONSHIP!

SURE IS, SIR! SURE IS.

AND THANKS FOR WATCHING THIS AND GIVING ME THE TIME TO

SHOW YOU

KID, I AIN'T GOT ALL DAY.

SAVE YOUR MUSH FOR YOUR GAL AND MOVE ON OUT.

YES, SIR!

SORRY, SIR!

THIS IS NOT THE MILITARY.

MY NAME'S MR. NEWMAN.

THE DOOR'S OVER THERE.

RIGHT.

THANKS MR. NEWMAN!

ENOUGH ALREADY!

GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE I CHANGE MY OFFER!

NARRATOR: NOW WALT LEFT THAT

MEETING WITH MR. NEWMAN FEELING LIKE A MILLION BUCKS

UNTIL HE REALIZED HE WASN'T GOING TO MAKE ANY MONEY ON

THE DEAL. HE WAS SO EXCITED TO HAVE SOLD HIS

LAUGH-O-GRAMS TO THE KING OF KANSAS CITY SHOW BIZ, THAT

HE FORGOT TO FIGURE IN HIS PROFIT ON THE PRICING. OH,

WELL. WALT WASN'T DISCOURAGED. HE HAD A NEW

WELL. WALT WASN'T DISCOURAGED. HE HAD A NEW

OFFICE SPACE FOR HE AND THE FELLAS,

AH, PARDON ME, HIS EMPLOYEE,

TO WORK OUT OF.

PLUS THEY'D GONE OUT AND GOTTEN A MODEL T

TO RIDE AROUND IN AND DRUM UP BUSINESS.

THEY EVEN ALREADY HAD A FEW CLIENTS AND

INVESTORS TRICKLING IN.

ENOUGH THAT WALT FELT INSPIRED.

AND WHEN WALT FELT INSPIRED,

WELL, HE WAS STILL

WORKING ON IT LONG AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE WENT HOME.

WELL, HELLO THERE.

YA KNOW THERE'S A CAT THAT

PROWLS THESE PARTS, RIGHT?

BUT DON'T WORRY,

IF YOU STAY WITH ME,

I'LL KEEP YOU SAFE.

JUST AS LONG AS I FEED YA, HUH?

WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS

TALKING TO A BUSINESS MOUSE.

I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE COMPANY.

YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE NEWLY ACQUAINTED

FRIENDS,

I SHOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU,

I GONNA CHANGE THE WORLD.

AND IT ALL STARTS RIGHT HERE.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT,

BUT YOU KNOW,

I'M GOING TO DO IT.

I'M GONNA DO IT.

GO AHEAD AND FINISH THAT.

I'VE GOT WORK TO DO.

NARRATOR: ALICE'S WONDERLAND WAS ONE

OF THE FIRST FILMS TO HAVE LIVE ACTION CHARACTERS

APPEAR INSIDE A CARTOON AND INTERACT WITH ANIMATED

CHARACTERS.

ALRIGHT, VIRGINIA, COME OVER AND SIT DOWN.

I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT MY DRAWING PAD HERE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANYTHING,

BUT I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE;

YOU HAVE AN IMAGINATION, RIGHT?

VIRGINIA: YES, SIR!

ARE YOU SURE?

YES!

IT'S NOT BROKEN OR ANYTHING ISIT?

NO, SIR! T WAS IMAGINING LAST NIGHT FOR TODAY

AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SLEEPING

BUT MY MOTHER GOT MAD.

OH! WELL, I HOPE WE MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS!

SO, VIRGINIA, FOR THIS SCENE,

I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT MY DRAWING PAD

AND IMAGINE THAT THERE'S A DOGHOUSE. OK?

OK.

HERE'S THIS SCUFFLE GOING ON INSIDE, OK?

AND THE DOG KEEPS GETTING THROWN OUT!

BY WHO?

WELL, AT THE END YOU'LL FIND out

THAT THERE'S CAT LIVING INSIDE!

OH! THAT'S SILLY!

WELL, THEN YOU

DON'T HAVE TO IMAGINE ANYTHING AT ALL.

Just REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU

AND ABOUT HOW SILLY IT IS.

AND JUST THINK ABOUT HOW

IT MAKES YOU LAUGH

AND THEN JUST LAUGH. OK?

OK

(PHONE RINGS)

HOLD ON, VIRGINIA.

FRED! CAN YOU ANSWER THAT PLEASE?

UBBE: HE'S GOT IT WALT!

CAN YOU TELL HIM TO HANG IT UP

AND LEAVE IT OFF THE HOOK SO WE DON'T GET ANYMORE

INTERRUPTIONS?

UBBE: SURE THING, WALT!

FRED: HEY, CAN

I TALK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE, WALT?

SORRY, VIRGINIA.

HEY, YOU WANT TO SEE MY PET MOUSE?

YES

HEY, UBBE! SHOW HER THE MOUSE!

UBBE: WHERE'D IT GO?

OH, I SEE HIM. THERE HE GOES. THERE'S THE MOUSE.

ALRIGHT, WHAT IS IT FRED?

THAT WAS THE BANK, WALT.

THEY SAID WE BOUNCED OUR LAST 20 CHECKS,

INCLUDING PAYROLL.

THEY'RE ADDING INTEREST AND FEES.

I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY BAD.

DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO CAN HELP US OUT?

I MEAN, ONE OF YOUR INVESTOR FRIENDS, MAYBE?

NO, NO, NO, NO.

I DON'T HAVE ANYMORE INVESTORS.

WE'RE ALL DRIED UP, FRED.

I TELL YOU WHAT,

LET'S CONTINUE WORKING ON ALICE'S WONDERLAND WITH

VIRGINIA.

WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED SO MUCH IN THIS.

ALRIGHT?

AND I'LL DRUM UP SOME MORE BUSINESS. ALRIGHT?

I PROMISE, I WILL.

SURE, WALT. IT'S JUST, WELL,

ME AND THE GUYS,

WE'VE GOT TO EAT, AND ALL,

AND WITH OUR CHECKS BOUNCING,

IT'S JUST

YEAH, T FEEL AWFUL ABOUT THAT, FRED,

FOR YOU AND THE GUYS.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

LET'S TAKE A BREAK AND ORDER SOME LUNCH FROM THE

DINER DOWNSTAIRS. ALRIGHT?

WALT

NO BUT'S,

ALRIGHT? I INSIST.

BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO PAY THEM WITH?

CARTOONS?

THIS IS YOUR MONEY, WALT.

IF THERE'S ANY LEFT OVER YOU SPLIT IT BETWEEN

THE GUYS. ALRIGHT?

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME.

NOW GO ON, I'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO VIRGINIA.

NARRATOR: NOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT

WALT DISNEY BELIEVED IN,

IT WAS HIS TALENT.

WHETHER THAT TALENT WAS ART

OR BEING THE BEST SALESMAN THE WORLD HAD

EVER KNOWN.

HE MUST HAVE HIT UP EVERY CLIENT HE'D EVER

WORKED WITH IN HIS ENTIRE CAREER.

PLUS ALL THE ONES HE NEVER WORKED WITH.

HE WAS GOING TO FIND A WAY TO SAVE

LAUGH-O-GRAM STUDIOS,

AND HIS FRIENDS,

EVEN IF IT DROVE HIM INTO THE GROUND.

SEE, ALL OF HIS EMPLOYEES,

THE FELLAS,

THEY BELIEVED IN WALT AND HIS TALENT AND

VISION, TOO.

SO, HE JUST COULDN'T GIVE UP.

NOT EVER.

AND, GOOD THING, TOO,

BECAUSE SOMEONE SOMEWHERE

HEARD ABOUT IT,

AND SENT MR. MCCRUMB WALT'S WAY.

MCCRUM: SO, I GET THESE FINANCIAL GRANTS,

ABOUT $500 EACH, TO DO EDUCATIONAL FILMS,

AND, WELL, WE'D LIKE LAUGH-O-GRAM TO DO ONE.

WALT: I'M INTERESTED.

MCCRUM: GOOD,

WELL, IT'S CALLED "TOMMY TUCKER'S TOOTH".

IT'S FOR THE DEANER DENTAL INSTITUTE

OF KANSAS CITY.

OK,

WHAT'S THE PREMISE?

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TEACH KIDS?

LIKE, HOW TO BRUSH THEIR TEETH?

MCCRUM: IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING, YES.

WELL, LET'S ASSUME YOU HAVE AN OPEN POSITION

AND YOU'VE TWO EQUALLY QUALIFIED,

PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES.

NOW ONE HAS BAD TEETH,

ONE HAS GOOD TEETH.

WHICH DO YOU CHOOSE?

I GUESS IT

DEPENDS ON THEIR PERSONALITIES, I SUPPOSE.

SURE, BUT WELL, LET'S ASSUME THAT THEY'RE

IDENTICAL IN EVERY WAY,

EXCEPT FOR THEIR TEETH.

NOW ONE HAS PRISTINE, PEARLY WHITES,

AND THE OTHER HAS DECAYING, ROTTING ONES.

I SEE YOUR POINT.

SEE, TOMMY TUCKER TAKES CARE OF HIS TEETH

AND JIMMY JONES DOESN'T.

WE HOPE TO TEACH THE CHILDREN THE

IMPORTANCE OF DENTAL HYGIENE.

OKAY, I'M IN!

GOOD. GOOD, WELL,

WE'LL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION AT THE INSTITUTE.

CAN WE, CAN WE TALK HERE?

MR. DISNEY, I'VE ASSEMBLED A TEAM AT THE INSTITUTE.

I THINK YOU'LL FIND IT HELPFUL TO GATHER

THE INFORMATION YOU NEED THERE

AND TO SIGN THE PAPERWORK.

BOY, THIS IS, AH,

THIS IS EMBARRASSING.

IS THERE A PROBLEM, MR. DISNEY?

YOU CAN CALL ME WALT.

IT'S JUST THESE ARE HARD TIMES, MR. MCCRUM, AND

THAT THEY ARE, WALT.

THAT THEY ARE.

IT'S JUST I HAVE ONE PAIR OF SHOES, YOU SEE?

AND THEY'RE AT THE COBBLER RIGHT NOW,

AND I HAVEN'T THE BUCK-FIFTY TO GET EM BACK.

NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL, WALT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

I LIVE JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM THE COBBLER.

HOW ABOUT THIS,

I'LL DROP YOU OFF,

RETRIEVE YOUR SHOES,

AND THEN I'LL PICK YOU UP FOR THE MEETING.

GOSH, MR. MCCRUMB.

I'LL PAY YOU BACK, I PROMISE.

I MEAN, YOU CAN

TAKE IT OUTTA MY SALARY FOR THE PROJECT.

NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL, WALT.

LET'S CONSIDER IT ONE GOOD CHRISTIAN HELPING ANOTHER.

THAT'S AWFUL NICE OF YOU, MR. MCCRUMB.

IT'S AWFUL NICE.

WELL, SHALL WE?

NARRATOR: WALT WAS THRILLED TO HAVE A JOB OF

ANY KIND,

AND THIS ONE WENT REALLY WELL

.HE LIKED WORKING WITH THE CHILDREN

INVOLVED IN "TOMMY TUCKER'S TOOTH".

SURE THE PAY WASN'T GREAT,

BUT IT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT PAYOFF, ANYWAY

ON ACCOUNT OF IT WAS EDUCATIONAL

AND IT WOULD HELP CHILDREN TO TAKE CARE

OF THEIR TEETH.

WALT FELT LIKE HE HAD DONE SOMETHING GOOD,

BUT NOBODY HAD BEEN PAID IN A LONG WHILE NOW.

SO WALT DOLED OUT THE CASH TO EVERYONE BUT HIMSELF AGAIN.

FIGURING WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.

HOPING THAT SOMETHING GOOD WOULD COME BACK TO HIM,

HE HAD FAITH THAT GOD WOULD PROVIDE.

BUT, HE KINDA WANTED TO EAT, TOO.

TIMES WERE TOUGH AT LAUGH-O-GRAM.

CLIENTS WERE SCARCE,

BILLS WERE MOUNTING, BUT WALT TRIED PRESSING ON.

HE'D BEEN BORROWING MONEY HERE AND THERE,

TRYING OTHER WAYS TO MAKE A BUCK;

EVEN ADVERTISING TO TAKE BABY PICTURES

AND EVEN PET PICTURES!

THE GUYS ALWAYS KEPT EACH OTHER IN GOOD SPIRITS,

KEPT EACH OTHER LAUGHING AND SMILING,

BUT LAUGHS AND SMILES DON'T PAY THE BILLS.

SOON THE COLLECTORS,

WELL, THEY CAME KNOCKIN',

AND A KNOCKIN', AND A KNOCKIN'.

YES, I WAS HERE YESTERDAY, AND THE DAY BEFORE THAT, AND

THE DAY BEFORE THAT, ETCETERA, ETCETERA,

ETCETERA!

UBBE: OH, YEAH, I REMEMBER YOU. DIDN'T YOU EAT

THE LAST JELLY DONUT?

NO, I MOST CERTAINLY DID NOT!

I'M LOOKING FOR A MR. DINSEY.

CHORUS: MR. DINSEY?

NOPE, NO MR. DINSEY HERE.

NEXT DOOR, MAYBE.

DID YOU TRY KANSAS CITY?

KANSAS?

I KNOW VERY WELL THAT MR. DINSEY SIGNED

PAPERS TO INCORPORATE THIS LAUGH-O-GRAM STUDIOS.

HE HASN'T PAID HIS CREDITORS,

AND HE NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT RIGHT AWAY!

RIGHT AWAY, I TELL YOU!

TELL ME,

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THIS POOR OLD MR. DINSEY IF HE

DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF SUCH MATTERS?

WELL, IT WOULD BE VERY BAD!

VERY BAD, INDEED!

IF IT MEANS A VISIT BY YOU EVERY DAY,

I'D HAVE TO AGREE.

[LAUGHING]

THIS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER, SIR!

BUT YOU ADMIT HE

SIGNED PAPERWORK FOR LAUGH-O-GRAM STUDIOS?

OH, NOW YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO RUFFLE MY

FEATHERS AREN'T YOU?

LISTEN, MR?

THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, SIR!

RIGHT,

WELL, I BET MR. DINSEY,

JUST LIKE THE REST OF US POST WAR WORKERS,

IS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT DOWN ON HIS LUCK

RIGHT NOW.

SO CHIN UP!

AND I'M SURE HE'LL PAY HIS BILLS IN NO TIME!

NO TIME AT ALL!

AND MIGHT I GET YOUR NAME, SIR?

WELL, IT SURE IS NOT MR. DINSEY,

AND I SURELY HOPE THAT WE DON'T EVER MEET AGAIN.

OH, YOU'LL SEE ME TOMORROW!

WHAT A PREFECT WAY TO SPEND MY DAY.

SAY, WALT,

DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE JELLY DONUTS LEFT?

WHAT? DID UBBE EAT THEM AGAIN?

$0, YOU, ARE, IN FACT, MR. DINSEY?

NO, I'M MR. DISNEY!

IF YOU'RE GONNA SAY IT, SAY IT RIGHT!

NARRATOR: THE LAUGH-O-GRAM STUDIO BUSINESS

WAS GOING DOWNHILL FAST.

WALT DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO SAVE IT.

THINGS LOOKED DISMAL.

WALT JUST COULDN'T SEEM TO TURN THINGS AROUND.

BUT IT SURE WASN'T FOR LACK OF TRYING.

IT'S JUST THAT TOONS, BEFORE MOVIES,

ONLY MADE UP ABOUT 2% OF THE THEATRE BUSINESS.

THAT FINISHED MR. NEWMAN'S DEALIN'S WITH WALT

BUT THE ROUGHEST THING TO FACE

WASN'T THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING LAUGH-O-GRAM STUDIOS,

IT WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF LOSING HIS BROTHER.

[COUGHING]

WALT, IS THAT YOU?

YEAH, I WAS HOPING I DIDN'T WAKE YA.

I JUST GOT BACK FROM WORK.

JUST GETTING BACK?

YOU NEED TO TAKE BETTER CARE OF YOURSELF.

LISTEN TO YOU.

LOOKING OUT FOR ME,

EVEN WHEN YOU'RE DOING TERRIBLE.

I'LL ADMIT, I'VE SEEN BETTER DAYS.

COME ON IN, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE.

YA KNOW I'M LEAVING TOMORROW,

DON'T 'CHA?

DOC SAYS A WARMER CLIMATE WILL BE BETTER FOR ME.

AFTER GETTING TUBERCULOSIS DURING THE WAR,

THESE MISSOURI WINTERS

HAVEN'T EXACTLY BEEN TOO KIND TO ME.

YEAH.

I THOUGHT I'D SEE MORE OF YA BEFORE I LEFT.

I'VE JUST BEEN WORKING, YOU KNOW?

IT'S OKAY, WALT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID.

AFRAID OF WHAT?

AFRAID I'M GOING TO DIE.

DON'T SAY THAT, ROY.

IT'S JUST MY TIME,

AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD,

I'LL GO. I'M NOT SCARED.

WELL, I'M SCARED! YOU KNOW?

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D DO WITHOUT YA,

AND I CAN'T LOSE YA, ROY,

1JuUsT CAN'T.

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE AROUND WHO,

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE WHO

UNDERSTAND ME.

AND MAYBE I'M SELFISH, BUT I'M NOT READY.

I'M NOT.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY GOODBYE.

I AM ALWAYS GOING TO BE WITH YOU,

EVEN THROUGH LIFE AND DEATH.

YOU CAN TALK TO ME ANY TIME YOU WANT;

WHEN YOU'RE SCARED,

OR NEED ADVICE,

OR SUPPORT.

I'M NOT GONNA LEAVE YOu;

MAYBE HERE IF THAT'S WHAT THE GOOD LORD HAS

PLANNED, BUT

IT'S JUST NEVER GOODBYE,

NOT REALLY.

[COUGHING]

LOOK AT ME, LOOKING TO YOU FOR SOME KIND OF SOLACE WHEN

YOU'RE THE ONE IN NEED.

GET SOME REST.

I WANT YOU TO GET BETTER.

I'M WORKING ON IT.

BEEN PRAYING ON IT EVERY DAY.

ME, TOO.

GOOD NIGHT, ROY.

HEY, ROY,

JUST IN CASE I DON'T GET TO SEE YA,

YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU. RIGHT?

I LOVE YOU TOO

BUT UM, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE

ATLEAST NOT TONIGHT.

[MUSIC]

[MUSIC]

NARRATOR: AFTER ROY LEFT FOR A WARMER CLIMATE,

THE REST OF THE FAMILY FOLLOWED SUITE.

WALT HAD NEVER KNOWN A TIME WHEN HE

HADN'T BEEN SURROUNDED BY FAMILY.

BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE

HE FELT ENTIRELY ALONE.

HE FELT LOST.

JUST WHEN HE NEEDED THE SUPPORT OF HIS FAMILY

THE MOST,

THEY HAD ALL LEFT.

IT WAS THE SADDEST TIME IN HIS LIFE.

WALT WAS ALWAYS THE INNOVATOR

AND UBBE, THE ARTIST.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY HE NEVER GAVE UP.

HE JUST COULDN'T.

HIS MIND NEVER RAN OUT OF IDEAS.

BUT HE DID RUN OUT OF MONEY.

UBBE: WALT? YOU OKAY?

WALT: OH, HEY, UBBE!

YEAH!

JUST WORKING ON THE ALICE FILM.

YOU WANNA HELP?

I WISH I COULD, WALT.

I'VE GOT A JOB.

1JuUsT CAME BY ON MY LUNCH BREAK

THOUGHT I COULD TELL YOU IN PERSON.

I'M RESIGNING.

I'M REALLY SORRY, WALT. BUT

I NEED THE MONEY,

YOU UNDERSTAND, DON'T 'CHA?

IT'S OKAY. I UNDERSTAND.

YOU'RE LIVING HERE, WALT?

SLEEPING HERE,

YEAH. SPEND MOST OF MY TIME HERE, ANYWAY.

IS ANYBODY ELSE WORKING WITH YOU HERE?

NO. JUST ME

AND MY FRIEND HERE.

UBBE, PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE MONEY

AND IT'S SOMETHING I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE RIGHT NOW.

WHAT ARE YOU LIVING ON, WALT?

NOT MUCH.

NOT MUCH, UBBE.

HOW'S ROY DOING?

HAS HE GOTTEN ANY BETTER?

YEAH, HE'S GETTING BETTER;

WELL ENOUGH TO BADGER ME ABOUT HOW TO RUN

THINGS AROUND HERE.

HE THINKS I SHOULD FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY

AND MOVE OUT THERE TO CALIFORNIA.

ANIMATION IS BIGGER OUT THERE,

AND HE SAYS THERE'S A REAL MARKET FOR IT.

BUT, I MADE A COMMITMENT WITH THE "ALICE" FILM,

AND I THINK I'M GONNA TRY TO FINISH IT.

I THINK YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO YOUR BROTHER, WALT.

HEY, I GOTTA GET BACK.

WHAT'S THIS FOR?

I JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.

GOODBYE, WALT.

GOODBYE, UBBE.

[RUFFLING OF PAPER SACK]

[MUSIC]

[SOUND OF RUNNING PROJECTOR]

[MUSIC]

[MUSIC]

[MUSIC]

[MUSIC]

[MUSIC]

NARRATOR: MAYBE WALT FELT A LITTLE LIKE ALICE;

LIONS CHOMPIN' AT HIS HEELS,

AND NOTHING HE COULD DO.

THIS WAS THE END OF THE LINE, FOR SURE.

HE HAD FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY.

HE PAWNED HIS CAMERA SO HE COULD BUY A TRAIN TICKET TO

CALIFORNIA

TO BE WITH ROY.

TO START AGAIN.

IN A LOT OF WAYS,

HE FELT LIKE HE WAS JUM PING OFF A CLIFF TO AVOID

THE FEROCIOUS LIONS WAITING TO EAT HIM UP.

[MUSIC]

[MUSIC]

[MUSIC]

[OPENING BOX]

[FUFFLING PAPERS]

WALT: I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOU IN THERE

TO GET EATEN BY THAT CAT.

YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OUT HERE,

YOU'LL SEE.

IT'S LIKE MY FRIEND,

DOC SHERWOOD, SAID WHEN I WAS AKID, *

SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE UP THE THINGS YOU

LOVE.

SOMETIMES IT MAKES SENSE TO MOVE ON'.

IT HURTS ME, TOO,

BUT THERE'S A WHOLE WORLD OUT THERE FOR YOU TO SEE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE SAME PLACE FOR THE REST

OF YOUR LIFE, DO YOU?

Just THINK OF THE ADVENTURES

YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSING OUT ON.

IT'S TIME TO GO,

FOR BOTH OF US.

GOODBYE, LITTLE FELLA.

[MUSIC]

SEE YA REAL SOON.

NARRATOR: NO MATTER HOW BLEAK THINGS SEEMED, WALT

DISNEY NEVER GAVE UP. NOT ONCE. FAILURE UPON FAILURE,

HE STILL BELIEVED IN HIMSELF, IN HIS TALENTS. THE

FAITH IN HIS SOUL THAT HE COULD ACHIEVE ANYTHING

IF HE JUST PUT HIS MIND TO IT.

AFTER ALL HE'D BEEN THROUGH,

HE STILL WENT ON TOWARDS LIFE'S NEXT ADVENTURE.

AND THANK GOODNESS, HE DID.

HE WENT ON TO BECOME SOMEONE SO SPECIAL,

SO INNOVATIVE,

SO REMARKABLE.

WALT DISNEY WENT

ON TO BECOME A PIONEER IN THE ART OF ENTERTAINMENT;

SPREADING JOY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,

CREATING MAGNIFICENT DREAMS

IN THE MINDS OF CHILDREN EVERYWHERE,

FILLING HEARTS WITH HAPPINESS.

WHY, WITHOUT THIS MAN,

THE WORLD WOULD HAVE A LOT LESS SMILES.

YOU SEE DREAMERS NEVER QUIT.

DREAMERS DO!

[MUSIC]

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LADDERS I HAVE CLIMBED

TO TRY TO REACH A DREAM I'VE HAD IN MIND

AS I SCALED THEM RUNG BY RUNG

THROUGH THE SONGS THAT I HAVE SUNG

I'VE TRIED TO BRING SOME HAPPINESS TO YOU *

CAUSE THAT'S WHAT DREAMERS DO

THE STRUGGLES THAT I'VE HAD ALONG THE WAY

HAVE ONLY MADE ME STRONGER DAY BY DAY

AND EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T EASY

I NEVER DOUBTED I'D PULL THROUGH

CAUSE THAT'S WHAT DREAMERS DO

A DREAM CAN BE LIKE THUNDER FROM THE CLOUDS

IT ECHOES THROUGH THE CANYONS STRONG AND LOUD

AND IT CAN CHASE AWAY A DARK SKY

WHEN A RAY OF HOPE SHINES THROUGH

SO IN A DREAMER'S EYES THE GREY SKIES ARE ALWAYS BLUE

THAT'S WHAT DREAMERS DO

OH, THAT'S WHAT DREAMERS DO

I'D FOREVER JOURNEY TIME AND SPACE

TO SIMPLY PUT A SMILE UPON A FACE

AND EVEN IF IT TOOK A LIFE TIME

TO MAKE THAT WISH COME TRUE

THAT'S WHAT DREAMERS DO

A DREAM CAN BE LIKE THUNDER FROM THE CLOUDS

IT ECHOES THROUGH THE CANYONS STRONG AND LOUD

AND IT CAN CHASE AWAY A DARK SKY

WHEN A RAY OF HOPE SHINES THROUGH

SO IN A DREAMER'S EYES THE GREY SKIES ARE ALWAYS BLUE

THAT'S WHAT DREAMERS DO

OH, THAT'S WHAT DREAMERS DO