Walt Before Mickey is a movie based on a book of the same name by Timothy S. Susanin. It’s the only movie approved by the Disney family and even has a forward by Walt’s daughter Diane Disney Miller! It tells the story of Walter (Walt) Elias Disney’s Early Years, 1919-1928, from his days in Kansas City, MO, at Laugh-O-Gram Studios to Los Angeles, CA, and Disney Brothers Studios, now known as Walt Disney Studios or the Walt Disney Company. The tentative release date is April 18 or 19, 2015.
Walt Before Mickey is directed by Khoa Le, was produced and written by Armando Gutierrez and Arthur L. Bernstein, and has a pretty stellar cast for being a low-budget independent film. Some of the cast includes Thomas Ian Nicolas (American Pie) as Walt, John Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) as Roy Disney, David Henrie (Wizards of Waverly Place) as Rudy Ising, and Jodie Sweetin (Full House) as Charlotte Disney!
Read Chelsea’s interview with producer/writer Arthur L. Bernstein plus see a trailer and photos of the movie!
Here at Disney Parks Podcast, we had the pleasure of having Mr. Bernstein visit our show recently!
My name is Chelsea and I am a stay at home mom and wife who is Disney obsessed!
I like traveling, flowers, sunny days, baking and scrapbook making, my favorite color is orange & fave food is anything my hubby grills (He’s the king of the grill)! I have two lovely little kiddos, an amazing hubby, a furry dog named Nigel, two kitties- Dimitri & Oliver, and 8 ducks- Jack, Jessie, Blue, Merida, Darth, Violet, Sprinkles, and Irene. So we have our own little Urban homestead!
My Goal for this blog is to share awesome Disney fun and info with you as well as to show you how you can have a Disney life even if you don’t live near the parks! I can’t wait to share the magic with you!!