To fight against the unionization of his studio, Walt Disney must enlist the help of his least favorite employee, Art Babbitt, the genius animator who created Goofy.
Cast
Richard Saudek as Art Babbitt
Cameron Darwin Bossert as Walt Disney
Ginger Kearns as Lillian Disney
Allen Lewis Rickman as Gunther Lessing
and Sivan Gordon-Buxbaum as Frances Hiller
Written and Directed by Cameron Darwin Bossert
Set design by Yu-Hsuan Chen (used with permission of Dutch Kills Theater)
Costumes by Yolanda Balaña (with Nicole Blaine)
Camerawork by Patrick Schechter and Ian Havens
Lighting, editing, and original score by Cameron Darwin Bossert
Walt Disney confronts an animator on nude drawing classes he's holding.
While recording Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney receives a memo about his animators unionizing.
Walt and his wife Lillian are trying to celebrate his birthday but the Disney Studio lawyer needs to talk business as the animators are threatening to unionize.
Walt Disney calls Art Babbitt into his office to discuss fighting off threats of unionization. But Art is unwilling.
Art meets a troubled worker on the studio lawn.
Walt gives a speech in the projection room to unhappy employees.
The strike begins, and Art has to pause his speech when he sees Frances going to work.
Walt Disney finds a way to deal with the loss of half his animation staff.
The finale of BURBANK.
