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The Spirit of Mickey
Written by	Bonnie Peterson
Produced by	Harry Arends Phil Savenick Darryl Harris
Starring	Wayne Allwine Tony Anselmo Corey Burton Jeannie Elias Bill Farmer Diane Michelle Russi Taylor
Edited by	Darryl Harris Robert P. Schneider
Music by	Andrew Belling
Distributed by	Walt Disney Home Video
Release date	July 14, 1998 (1998-07-14)
Running time	83 mins
Country	United States
Language	English

The Spirit of Mickey is an American animated direct-to-video anthology film, produced and released by Walt Disney Home Video on July 14, 1998.^[1] It features clips from The Mickey Mouse Club, The Wonderful World of Disney, and A Goofy Movie, in the introductory scene, and some of the namesake character's shorts, including The Band Concert, Lend a Paw, Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip and Steamboat Willie.^[2]^[3]

Summary

The framing devices are centered on Mickey Mouse and his friends hosting an event at which they present some of Mickey's greatest cartoons to an audience of orphans, using archival footage from The Mickey Mouse Club, Disney's Wonderful World of Color, A Goofy Movie, and various Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck shorts. None of the shorts were shown with their original title cards, instead, the titles were shown on the corner of the screen, disappearing after a few seconds, with an exception for the final short, Steamboat Willie.

Overview

Cartoons

#	Title	Release date	Director
1	The Band Concert	February 23, 1935 (1935-02-23)	Walt Disney/Wilfred Jackson
2	Thru the Mirror	May 30, 1936 (1936-05-30)	David Hand
3	Lend a Paw	October 3, 1941 (1941-10-03)	Clyde Geronimi
4	Orphan's Picnic	February 15, 1936 (1936-02-15)	Ben Sharpsteen
5	The Worm Turns	January 2, 1937 (1937-01-02)	Ben Sharpsteen
6	Mickey's Surprise Party (redubbed)	February 18, 1939 (1939-02-18)	Hamilton Luske
7	Mickey and the Seal	December 3, 1948 (1948-12-03)	Charles August Nichols
8	Mickey's Trailer	May 6, 1938 (1938-05-06)	Ben Sharpsteen
9	Canine Caddy	May 30, 1941 (1941-05-30)	Clyde Geronimi
10	Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip	November 1, 1940 (1940-11-01)	Clyde Geronimi
11	Steamboat Willie	November 18, 1928 (1928-11-18)	Walt Disney/Ub Iwerks

Sources:^[4]

Voice cast

Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse
- Walt Disney and Jimmy MacDonald as Mickey Mouse (via archival audio, uncredited)
Bill Farmer as Goofy and Pluto
- Pinto Colvig as Goofy, Pluto, additional voices (via archival audio, uncredited)
Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
- Clarence Nash as Donald Duck, additional voices (via archival audio, uncredited)
Corey Burton as Ludwig Von Drake
Diane Michelle as Daisy Duck
Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
- Marcellite Garner as Minnie Mouse, additional voices (via archival audio, uncredited)
Jeannie Elias as Max

Sources:^[5]

Production

The compilation was produced in celebration of the 70th anniversary of Mickey Mouse.^[6] Stan Deneroff, then Director of Programming and Product Development for Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment selected older cartoons from the Disney archives which would then be presented together with new interstitial segments of rotoscoped Disney characters setting up and introducing each short.^[6] While Mickey was not the primary focus in all the cartoons, with some of the included shorts including Mickey as part of an ensemble or a supporting capacity, Deneroff felt it was important to show Mickey in various positions throughout his run including in relation to his co-stars.^[6]

Consumers could receive an instant $5 rebate after purchasing the video and two Sea & Ski suncare products, and a $5 mail-in rebate with the purchase of five Expressions from Hallmark cards.^[7]

References

^ The Internet Animation Database
^ 'The Spirit of Mickey': Disney's Missing Mickey Masterpiece - Inside the Magic
^ Retro Junk
^ LaserDisc Database
^ Behind The Voice Actors
^ ^a ^b ^c Scapperotti, Dan (August 1998). "The Spirit of Mickey". Cinefantastique. Fourth Castle Micromedia. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
^ "The Spirit of Mickey print ad". The Olathe Daily News. July 15, 1998.

External links

The Spirit of Mickey at IMDb
‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› The Spirit of Mickey at AllMovie

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