Walt Disney
By Neal Gabler
- Release Date: 2006-10-31
- Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Description
ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S 100 GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME • The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history: Walt Disney.
Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films–most notably Snow White, Fantasia, and Bambi. In his superb biography, Neal Gabler shows us how, over the course of two decades, Disney revolutionized the entertainment industry. In a way that was unprecedented and later widely imitated, he built a synergistic empire that combined film, television, theme parks, music, book publishing, and merchandise. Walt Disney is a revelation of both the work and the man–of both the remarkable accomplishment and the hidden life.
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography and USA Today Biography of the Year
Reviews
One of the best Disney biographys
5By Disney-pro 13I just read the first chapter and it was great I love it and I'm excited to get the whole bookGreat bio!
5By Here I GoGreat story, awesome narration!Good book
4By Celeste9229I only got the sample and only read the first chapter and it said that Walt Disney DIDN'T SMOKE but he did I read it in three booksWhat a great book!
5By PaNoMaCThis was the greatest and most detailed book anyone could hope to read about a great man. I loved it!Extremely well written and researched! It's a great read!
5By Not enough sleep!Highly recommended book.