The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008) - Turner Classic Movies

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A TCM original documentary exploring the history of Disney live-action films through interviews with the stars who helped make them memorable.

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Angela Lansbury

Kurt Russell

Dick Van Dyke

Dean Jones

Tim Conway

Lesley Ann Warren

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Genre

Documentary

Release Date

2008

Synopsis

A TCM original documentary exploring the history of Disney live-action films through interviews with the stars who helped make them memorable.

Cast

Angela Lansbury

Kurt Russell

Dick Van Dyke

Dean Jones

Tim Conway

Lesley Ann Warren

Michele Lee

Roy E Disney

Leonard Maltin

Richard Schickel

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Age of Believing -- (Movie Clip) Live Action Roy E. Disney, Leonard Maltin and historian Les Perkins on Walt Disney's early live-action work, from TCM's The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics, 2008.

Age of Believing -- (Movie Clip) Opening From the TCM Original Documentary The Age of Believing: The Disney Live-Action Classics, 2008, Leonard Maltin, Kurt Russell, Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee and others with opening comments.

Film Details

Genre

Documentary

Release Date

2008

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The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics

October 7, 2008

Turner Classic Movies presents the original documentary The Art of Believing: The Disney Live-Action Classics (2008), narrated by Tony winner and three-time Oscar® nominee Angela Lansbury. The documentary, which comes from FitzFilm, Inc. and writer/producer/director Peter Fitzgerald, will follow the studio's history as it ventured beyond its animation legacy to develop non-animated family fare.

The special will feature interviews with a number of people who have contributed to the studio's live-action oeuvre, including Kurt Russell, Dick Van Dyke, Dean Jones, Tim Conway, Lesley Ann Warren and Michele Lee; former child stars Karen Dotrice and Kim Richards; director Ken Annakin; and songwriter Richard M. Sherman. The special will also feature interviews with Walt Disney Company Board Director Emeritus Roy E. Disney, film critic and film expert Leonard Maltin, film historian Les Perkins, film writer Richard Schickel, author and film expert Paula Sigman and author Bill Cotter.

Dir: Peter Fitzgerald
Narration: Angela Lansbury
BW&C-90m.

The Age Of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics

The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics

Turner Classic Movies presents the original documentary The Art of Believing: The Disney Live-Action Classics (2008), narrated by Tony winner and three-time Oscar® nominee Angela Lansbury. The documentary, which comes from FitzFilm, Inc. and writer/producer/director Peter Fitzgerald, will follow the studio's history as it ventured beyond its animation legacy to develop non-animated family fare. The special will feature interviews with a number of people who have contributed to the studio's live-action oeuvre, including Kurt Russell, Dick Van Dyke, Dean Jones, Tim Conway, Lesley Ann Warren and Michele Lee; former child stars Karen Dotrice and Kim Richards; director Ken Annakin; and songwriter Richard M. Sherman. The special will also feature interviews with Walt Disney Company Board Director Emeritus Roy E. Disney, film critic and film expert Leonard Maltin, film historian Les Perkins, film writer Richard Schickel, author and film expert Paula Sigman and author Bill Cotter. Dir: Peter Fitzgerald Narration: Angela Lansbury BW&C-90m.

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