Mickey Mouse (film)

Mickey Mouse is an American 3D hand-drawn/computer-animated musical comedy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Frigid Fire Animation Arm, and was released on July 5, 2019 in Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D, and traditional 2D formats. The film is based on the Mickey Mouse character originally created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, and was announced by Walt Disney Company CEO Tom Staggs at the 2021 D23 Expo. It is the 58th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics canon, and marks the 95th anniversary of the character's creation.

It was written and directed by Kieran Stark, and produced by Burny Mattinson with John Lasseter serving as executive producer, with original music provided by Michael Giacchino and Randy Newman. It is also the very first full-length animated feature from Disney to use Meander, an in-house animation system used to combine 2D and 3D animation.

This was also the last Walt Disney Animation Studios production that animation veteran Burny Mattinson was involved in before his death from natural causes in 2022. The film is dedicated to his memory.

Film Summary
In Orlando, Florida, Mickey's life-turns-upside down by the unlikely friendship with Minnie's rival, Mortimer Mouse. As the toons captured by the villains, Mickey and his friends decides to save them which he discovers a cartoon heart is found within.

Cast

 * Chris Diamantopoulos as Mickey Mouse
 * Charles Fleischer as Roger Rabbit
 * Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
 * Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
 * Bud Luckey as Goofy
 * Bill Farmer as Horace Horsecollar, Pluto, Peter Pig
 * April Winchell as Clarabelle Cow, Lupe Goat
 * Jim Cummings as Peg Leg Pete
 * Tom Hanks as Walt Disney
 * Lincoln Bell as Diane Disney

Cameos
As woth most recent Disney or Pixar animated offerings, there are hidden easter eggs in the film.

Below are the easter eggs seen in the film:
 * A prototype version of Clara Cluck.
 * In the job interview scene taking place at the pet shop, the ball from Luxo Jr can be seen in the shop's toy section, forming a "Hidden Mickey".
 * Dumbo can be seen as a bubble blowing toy in a toy store Mickey passes by.
 * Bill the Lizard can be seen as one of Peg Leg Pete's thugs.
 * In a Christmas photo Mickey and Minnie take together, Olaf can be seen as a snowman they both build in the picture.
 * A113 is seen on a license plate on the back of Mickey's car.
 * Nick Wilder and Judy Hopps can be seen as one of the citizens of Toontown.
 * Two men resembling John Lasseter and Burny Mattinson and three women resembling Jodi Benson, Russi Taylor and Paige O' Hara.
 * In a scene where Mickey and Minnie see a movie on their first date, two thugs in the film they see carry a sculpture in the form of a warthog resembling Pumbaa from The Lion King.

Production
In December 2016, Walt Disney Animation Studios announced that they were to start production on 2D animated films again, and that a Mickey Mouse film was one of those ideas. Talk was silent until October 2017 when DIsney Animation announced that a Mickey Mouse feature film was in production along with Winnie the Pooh II, Old Western, and Time Travelerz.

Reception
Mickey Mouse received a universally polarizing, yet generally positive response. Praise was given to this film for the charm it normally had, but criticism was being given to the forced adult content.

Soundtrack

 * 1) "Pete's a Bitch" - Tony Alsemo
 * 2) "Who Let the Dogs Out!" - Baha Men
 * 3) "Can't Stop The Feeling!" (Film Version) - Wayne Allwine

Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero

One Direction - Story of my Life

Ester Dean - Take You To Rio

The Mickey Mouse March (Ending Song)

Trivia

 * This is the third Walt Disney Animation Studios' third adaptation of the Mickey Mouse cartoons, the first being Fantasia (1940) and Fun and Fancy Free (1947).
 * The CGI-animated sequences of the film has the same animation as Walt Disney Animation Studios's films in the 2010s.
 * The film will use a combination of CGI animation and hand-drawn animation.