{"product_id":"mouse-in-transition-an-insiders-look-at-disney-feature-animation-paperback","title":"Mouse in Transition: An Insider's Look at Disney Feature Animation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteve Hulett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Musker\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN INSIDER'S LOOK AT DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Walt Disney died, the studio went into a creative lockdown. The mantra \"What Would Walt Do\" comforted the old-timers, but it shackled the up-and-comers who wanted to take big risks on new approaches to animation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto this sleepy studio walked Steve Hulett, whose father Ralph had been an artist at the studio for nearly four decades. Hulett was hired as a storyman during a transitional time in the company's history, when Walt's spirit was receding and Hollywood kingpins Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg were taking over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHulett takes you into the sometimes dark Disney heart of power, politics, and the cult of personality as he recalls: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Helping Ken Anderson on the ill-fated feature Catfish Bend, and how Anderson in return tried to get him fired\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Enduring intense, marathon story meetings with Woolie Reithermann, which Hulett recounts in colorful, unexpurgated detail\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Working on such Disney features as The Fox and the Hound, The Great Mouse Detective, and The Black Cauldron\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Meeting Eisner and Katzenberg for the first time, and the seismic shock their edicts sent through the Disney Studio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Learning the ropes through candid conversations with such Disney luminaries as Ward Kimball, Claude Coats, and Eric Larson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHulett's wit and dry humor, coupled with his first-hand accounts of working side-by-side with Ken Anderson, Woolie Reitherman, John Lasseter, and Little Mermaid co-director\/writer John Musker (who wrote the foreword), provides unique and unprecedented insight into the rapidly changing Disney Studio of the 1970s and 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53249679098163,"sku":"9798896094036","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/9nRQZSsjjF9798896094036.webp?v=1776329847","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/mouse-in-transition-an-insiders-look-at-disney-feature-animation-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}