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[♪ serene music playing]
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[Bob Iger] We all know that Walt told
many stories to the world.
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{\an8}What I think about
every time I walk down Main Street
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is the fact that he knew that there was
a value in nostalgia,
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but he was also a real futurist.
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He created the fine balance between
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the world of yesterday, the world
of today, and the world of tomorrow.
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{\an8}In many respects,
that's what Disneyland is.
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Now we want you to share with us
our latest and greatest dream.
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That's it, right here.
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Disneyland.
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We hope it will be unlike
anything else on this earth.
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A place of hopes and dreams,
facts and fancy, all in one.
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[Iger] It's incredible to be here,
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{\an8}thinking back
to what Walt was talking about
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and being immersed in
the world that he was describing
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and what he was dreaming about building.
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As a young boy, you can just imagine
how much he inspired me.
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[♪ serene music continues]
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[Walt Disney] You know, I was stumped
one day when a little boy asked,
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"Mr. Disney, just what do you do?"
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Well, I said, "Sometimes,
I think of myself as a little bee.
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I go from one area of the studio
to another and gather pollen
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and sort of stimulate everybody.
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I guess that's the job I do."
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Nothing excites me more than to hear
a storyteller tell a great story.
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[♪ heroic music playing]
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When I looked at Pixar and Marvel and
Lucasfilm, and then at 20th Century Fox,
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I saw a collection of wonderful stories,
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and if we could bring all that
into the Walt Disney Company,
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it would greatly expand the canvas
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{\an8}and enable the company to grow
and to be successful for years to come.
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One of the things you discover
when you work with a great storyteller is
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the fact that they own their own stories
in many respects.
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They come from within them,
from their hearts.
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They're an extension
of who they are as people,
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and they're very intimately connected
to the stories that they're telling.
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And I think it's really important
when you work with a storyteller
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to understand that.
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More than anything else,
every theme park attraction that exists,
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exists because a great storyteller
told a great story.
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It's that simple.
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[♪ heroic music crescendos]
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[♪ "You've Got a Friend in Me" playing]
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{\an8}[Pete Docter]
The origin of all this is play.
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{\an8}When you go back and remember
what it was like to be a kid,
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and you have two little plastic figures,
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and suddenly your brain goes...
[mimics rocket]
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...into this reality that you are crafting.
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To me, Disneyland was that
on a grand scale,
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that as soon as you walk into the space,
you are invited to play.
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[♪ sweet nostalgic music playing]
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I grew up in a small town in
suburban Minnesota, and once a year-ish,
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we would drive our VW camper bus out
to visit family in Southern California.
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And the highlight for me,
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sadly, wasn't seeing, like,
my grandparents or aunts and uncles.
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It was going to Disneyland.
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To me, it was like,
"Okay, yeah, let's get this picture taken
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so we can get out
and experience this place."
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And I would plan for months.
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They had a Super 8 camera.
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I was trying to like, you know,
on that two-and-a-half-minute reel,
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maximize the footage so I could
capture it, because it was so magic.
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[♪ music ends]
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To this date I think Pirates is,
like, the best ride.
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I just remember feeling as though
I had gone into a dream.
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[pirate] Dead men tell no tales!
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[Docter]
It's just such great storytelling.
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You go in, you fall asleep,
you've experienced this whole thing,
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and then you come up, and you wake up
out of it, and you're like,
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"Did I just... What just happened?"
You know? It's magic.
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[♪ curious music playing]
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I think the thing that got me into
animation was the illusion of movement.
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And I figured that out pretty quickly
on a flip book,
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that I could draw a dot,
and then it would grow into a line
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and it would curl around
and become a table and...
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And just, "Whoa, it's moving!"
That was amazing to me.
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And the more I got into it,
the more I realized, you know,
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the movement is actually
secondarily important to the story itself.
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So, by the time I left school, I think
I was just really amazed by storytelling.
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I figured I was gonna be an animator even
though my drawing was... I struggled with.
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And then instead,
for reasons I can't fully explain,
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I came to this
completely unknown computer studio
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that nobody had heard of, called Pixar.
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[♪ hopeful music playing]
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{\an8}It wasn't even a studio.
It was, like, a computer company.
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{\an8}They made hardware and software
and then, on the side, commercials.
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And that's why I came in.
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And then one thing led to another, and I
was the supervising animator on Toy Story.
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I didn't know I could do that.
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To infinity and beyond!
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[Docter] And getting in
on the ground floor of that
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was life-changing for me.
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We saw ourselves as, like, the rebels.
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There was this kind of push-pull of, like,
"I want to push the boundaries.
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Animation can do anything."
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And, uh, I came up with this idea
about monsters.
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[Henry J. Waternoose] There's nothing
more toxic or deadly than a human child.
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A single touch could kill you.
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- Boo!
- [clamoring]
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[Docter] I don't really remember
anybody saying, "You're gonna direct it."
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It just sort of mutated into that.
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I barely made it through
by the skin of my teeth.
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I almost got fired, I'm sure,
multiple times,
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because the story just was not
coming together.
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But, I survived.
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You can't just make a movie
based on what you think people will want.
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It has to be sparked by something
that you feel deeply as a person.
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And so, you know,
one thing just leads to another.
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I think it was in 1999 when we first
came up with the door vault as a concept.
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[Mike, Sulley screaming]
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And it was literally like 30 seconds
until we were like,
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"That would make
a great theme park attraction."
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- [screaming]
- [Docter] But for one reason or another,
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whether it was the technology wasn't there
or the budget wasn't quite right,
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it just kept getting postponed.
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So, it's very exciting now
that they're finally building it.
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[♪ dreamy music playing]
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Pixar Pier.
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California Adventure opened up a great
opportunity for all these Pixar films.
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Probably the greatest compliment
you could give any of us was,
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"We're gonna make an attraction out of
your movie and put it in Disneyland."
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I remember the first time
seeing a Woody walk around.
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[♪ ethereal music playing]
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I think I cried. [chuckles]
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As we're designing
the characters and the stories,
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we are thinking,
"Let's get the audience in lockstep,
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so that they believe and feel
the same things the character does."
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And then you see kids come up,
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and to them it's
as though they're in the movie,
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or that the character
stepped out of the movie,
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and they already know this guy,
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because they've had
a whole emotional experience with them.
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I think it's what we all want
as filmmakers, as artists,
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is to somehow, like, reach into ourselves,
create something that then will...
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Like a music box, you can crank it up
and play it back for someone else,
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and it plays that same feeling
that you had.
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I'm the voice of Kevin, the bird from Up.
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Uh, we needed some sound,
so I just went... [squawks]
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And that's what's in the movie.
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- [squawks]
- Ah!
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[squawking]
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I remember it was 1989, and I got
an internship at Disney Animation.
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I was so excited.
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And they said, "You're gonna animate
on this thing for EPCOT."
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And so I did some
of the exploratory first scenes of Buzzy,
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which was a preshow for Cranium Command.
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- What's your name, recruit?
- Buzzy, sir.
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Do you think you're ready
to pilot a brain, Fuzzy?
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That's Buzzy, sir. Oh, yes.
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[Docter] Of course, the whole thing
takes place in the brain,
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in the body of this kid.
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Years later, when I came up
with the idea for Inside Out,
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I realized there probably was
some inspiration there.
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I didn't put it together at the time.
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[♪ wondrous music playing]
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I'm Sadness.
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Oh, hello. I-- I'm Joy.
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That's Fear.
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This is Disgust.
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That's Anger.
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I think the first character
that sort of emerged was Anger.
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He was just like a square, you know.
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It is weird to visit a country
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where I can't speak the language,
I've never met a single person,
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and yet, millions of people are going
to connect to this character
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that, halfway around the world,
I drew on a napkin eight years ago.
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Making movies and being
part of the theme park attractions
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are a way to sort of say,
"You're not alone.
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You're not the only one that feels
this way." And it connects people.
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It brings people together
in ways that are kind of beyond my dreams.
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[♪ whimsical music playing]
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[Docter] Can you get it to stop?
Can you get it to stop?
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- [strains]
- [child] Let's see.
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[Docter] We got... What... [strains]
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- Hey, we did it.
- [giggles]
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[Docter] All right.
Let's turn it the other way.
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[exclaims] It's slippery.
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It's a feeling that we're all connected,
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that we're all sharing
this story together.
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And I think that's what
Disney does so well,
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is to take these stories
that are kind of weird and specific
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and make them universal.
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[♪ dreamlike music playing]
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[Jon Favreau] I've been
fortunate enough to be
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the steward of worlds that
have come before and evolve them.
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That's a very specific type
of world-building,
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because you're not starting it
from scratch.
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You're adhering to what came before,
but trying to forward it and progress it.
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{\an8}Sometimes with new technology,
sometimes updating it for these times
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{\an8}but still preserving what made it
a world to begin with
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and what was created before you.
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Disneyland is my favorite
of all the parks.
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I love that Walt was there.
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It's funny because people think
of Disney or Disneyland as nostalgic,
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but it's difficult to keep in mind
how cutting edge
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all of that technology was when it was
originally presented to the public.
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I think the mix of the old and the new
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makes something relevant
to all of us collectively.
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My relationship with Star Wars
started back in '77
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when I saw the first film,
and I was, like, ten.
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That was the right age to see that film.
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[♪ dramatic music playing]
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It's like talking about Disneyland.
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We take it for granted now
because we've all grown up with it.
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It's been almost fifty years.
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It's hard to express in the context
of that era how significant that film was.
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{\an8}I think, when you first see Star Wars,
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{\an8}one reason it connects so powerfully is
you really do feel like Luke.
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It's so instantly relatable.
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You feel like someone that's, you know,
in this very small place,
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and that there's a much bigger,
brighter galaxy out there,
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and you know your life is gonna
drive you towards that.
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As a kid, I think it's just so powerful
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because you know that's a journey, really,
that you're going to go on.
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My mother told me
when I left Pittsburgh, you know,
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"You'll find your mentors out there."
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I just had no idea that among them
would be people like George Lucas.
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[chuckles] That was a big shock.
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[♪ inspiring music playing]
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{\an8}If you look at George Lucas,
he was like our Walt Disney.
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He was the guy that created it all,
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and we played in his sandbox
and told his stories.
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Do you wanna hold him?
Do you wanna hold the baby?
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[onlooker]
That's your great-great-great-grandfather.
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- It is. It is.
- [onlookers laugh]
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He's very much like Yoda. He would say
things like, "Dare to be great."
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You've got the dark side
and the light side.
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One is selfless, one is selfish,
and you wanna keep them in balance.
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[Filoni] George, as a Jedi Master does,
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he expands your view of not just the world
but yourself and what you're capable of.
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In George's framework,
that's the top hierarchy,
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and so, we never want to disturb
what he did.
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[Filoni] It's more of a, like,
passerby-moment throwaway, you know.
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It's like Apocalypse Now.
It adds a little menace.
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When I worked with Jon Favreau,
that's been a great collaboration.
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As you know, we made the series
The Mandalorian, which was super fun.
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We added something to the world
that wasn't there before,
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but it just became a history
that wasn't known.
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[♪ solemn music playing]
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Worlds have history, not just
in the banged-up armor or the blast marks,
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but there is a spoken history
that comes across in the characters.
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They have a lived experience, and so
we're tying new things to old things.
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[Din Djarin] This is the way.
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[Favreau] This is a bit of history.
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These are props and droids and vehicles
that were created over the years
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for the various TV series that we did.
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These miniatures were created
by John Goodson
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to use the same techniques that were used
in the original films in the '70s
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when they didn't have CGI,
and motion control repeatable miniatures
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was the way that you got the effects
that were so groundbreaking at the time.
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Good news about that technology is
it still holds up,
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but it takes a lot of care, slower,
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but it does have a feel,
and we love doing it.
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Star Wars, probably more than
any other genre that I know, is about
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how it feels
and about the world that was built.
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A lived-in feel, a tone,
a level of detail.
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It was about oil stains
and burn marks and patina, you know?
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It's the scuffing on it,
it's the history that's implied,
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that you would never see
in sci-fi before this.
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[Filoni] It's amazing when you walk
through the kind of tunnel into the park.
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You do feel like you're transported
into the galaxy far, far away.
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When Disney purchased Lucasfilm,
immediately a lot of people jumped to is,
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"Wow, is Star Wars gonna be in the park
in a bigger way?"
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So the potential was just enormous.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is now open!
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[crowd cheering]
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[Filoni] I think that the difficult thing
was narrowing it down to, like,
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what could you actually do?
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The ride,
the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
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was, uh, something that the Imagineers
actually approached Jon and I about.
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They had put things into the ride
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that they weren't able to exploit
when they first released it.
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They wanted to upgrade it,
which Jon and I are like,
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"You're asking us to help you work
on a ride at Disneyland.
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Yes, we will help you do this."
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I love what the Imagineers do
and what they build and how they build it.
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It's just this awesome process
of creating this adventure.
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How do we work the Mandalorian into this?
How are you going to see Grogu?
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Because if he-- he's part of the ride,
we have to be able to see them.
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[director] Ready, and action!
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[Filoni]
How many planets could they go to?
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What planets are we gonna go to?
It was great.
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[Djarin] Thanks to Hondo's intel,
we know they're on Tatooine.
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- Grogu and I will meet you there.
- [Grogu babbles]
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It's such an impressive machine,
the way that ride functions.
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There are different avenues now. I can
see things more clearly as I'm piloting.
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Each role now has a clear function.
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You can totally get in an argument
with your family
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if you're not doing well on the ride,
because it will be somebody's fault,
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which I think is awesome.
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There's a tunnel. Get down, down, down.
There you go.
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- Hey!
- [Filoni] Good job! Good job!
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Most times I'm at the park,
oddly, I'm with Jon Favreau.
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And we just go around.
We ride stuff together, and it's...
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We always come out of it excited,
you know, especially if we're shooting,
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because we see the love that people have,
and we're like,
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"All right, we need
to get back to work now.
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We need to give them something great."
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[♪ "The Mandalorian" playing]
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[Favreau] This is one of the Quonset huts
in Thunder Alley.
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They were auto body shops
and hot rod shops,
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and now we're using it to make Star Wars,
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which I think is consistent
with George Lucas's inspiration as well.
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And here are some
of our animatronic stars.
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These are the Anzellans.
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And here, of course, we have my old buddy.
This is Grogu.
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He wasn't called Grogu at the time,
but at the end of the first episode,
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the Mandalorian was searching for a bounty
that was 50 years old,
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and I thought it would be a really cool
twist to have the 50-year-old
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be of a different species, and it would
still... It would be very young.
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And so he had to make a moral decision
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as to whether
he was going to go through with it.
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And ultimately, he couldn't.
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He ended up saving this little guy.
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Off to the side, there's actually
four human puppeteers
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who are each controlling
a different aspect of his expression
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from his arms
to his eye movements to his ears.
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Even though we're looking at technology,
at the end of the day,
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these are all creatures
that are human-made and human-performed.
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There's a tremendous emotion
that's captured in these characters,
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as well as the BDX droids over here.
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On the one hand,
you have the great design,
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but you also have the performances
that the puppeteers are doing.
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And underlying it all is
the technology of machine learning
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that allows them to balance
on the bipedal movement,
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which is very complicated to do,
to create that level of balance.
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And Disney and the Imagineers were
generous enough to lend them to us
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to include in The Mandalorian and Grogu,
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and so you'll see them walking around
and helping that world feel real
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and also consistent with Galaxy's Edge.
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[♪ happy music playing]
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Disneyland is a place you grew up
feeling, uh, in awe of when you're young,
336
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and now I have characters I've created
that are in the parks.
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Now actually filming there,
I think I've grown to appreciate it more.
338
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I always found Oswald
as a very appealing character,
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not just because of the aesthetics
and because he was such a front-runner
340
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of the whole Disney aesthetic,
341
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but also the story of how,
in losing the rights to Oswald,
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that Walt and Ub Iwerks created Mickey,
343
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and that became the initial chapter
in everybody's understanding
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of the legend of Walt Disney
and everything that followed.
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I wanted to do something
with that character.
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And so I'm in the midst of making that now
347
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and really trying to pay homage
to the history of animation and of Disney.
348
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[♪ happy music builds]
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[Walt] We're interested in doing things
that are fun
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and bringing pleasure
and especially laughter to people.
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[Favreau] And so at Disneyland,
we're inheriting something,
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and we're iterating on top of it.
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[Walt] But I only hope that
we never lose sight of one thing:
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That it was all started by a mouse.
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I'm happy to be a part of that legacy.
356
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[♪ mystical music playing]
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{\an8}I remember when I was a little girl,
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{\an8}I loved anything that had to do
with fantasy and imagination.
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I want to be inside the castle.
I want to be immersed in everything.
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That's always how I was.
It all comes back.
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I'm a fairy-tale girl,
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in terms of perseverance
and dreaming and transformation.
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Fairy tales are designed specifically
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to help us cope
with the scary things in life.
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We grew up in the '70s in Rhode Island,
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and our parents were divorced
when I was really young,
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so my sister and I were alone a lot,
and we looked after each other.
368
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My sister was the very responsible one,
very strong, very sturdy, very resolved,
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and I was the spinning wild child.
370
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I felt like I was always clunky,
371
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and so I grew up with a lot of insecurity,
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questioning of myself,
apologizing a lot for myself.
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You apologize
for what makes you unique or weird,
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and I think I was
very susceptible to that.
375
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I think then they didn't have
the diagnosis of ADHD,
376
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but it was very clear that's what I was.
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Huge imagination.
Couldn't pay attention to save my life,
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to anything other than
the stories I wanted to tell.
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I was drawing all the time.
I was daydreaming all the time.
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So no matter what
was happening in my life,
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I could escape
into these fairy tales of promise.
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I was 12 when I got to go to Disney World
and Disneyland the same year,
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and it was a dream come true.
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I was amazed at how immersive it was.
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It was like a feast for my imagination.
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Cinderella, to me, was, like,
my biggest role model,
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because it didn't matter what she did,
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she couldn't get it right in this family.
It wasn't allowed.
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- Please, you don't think that I--
- Hold your tongue!
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[Lee] And yet she persevered
and she connected with her own imagination
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and she found ways to cope.
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And then doors started opening for her,
393
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and opportunities started happening
for her.
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- [♪ "So This Is Love" playing]
- ♪ So this is love ♪
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[Lee] So I think
I held on to those kinds of things.
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♪ So this is ♪
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♪ Love ♪
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Possibility made real is
one of my favorite things to experience,
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and Cinderella does that in spades.
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[♪ magical music playing]
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My journey into becoming a filmmaker
was very long and very circuitous.
402
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I have these movies and I have
these stories and characters in my head.
403
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And as soon as I found screenwriting,
404
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it was like the chaos of my brain found
a way to organize it.
405
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And then, when all of a sudden I walked
through the doors of Disney animation,
406
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my entire childhood made sense to me.
407
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When I came to Disney,
I was supposed to be there for eight weeks
408
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to help write a draft of Wreck-It Ralph.
409
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And then they liked my writing,
so I was doing Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen.
410
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We would talk a lot about, like,
what are the things we haven't seen?
411
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We talked a lot about how in storytelling,
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female characters are always
pitted against each other.
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- Give them here!
- Oh, no!
414
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Ooh! And look that's my sash!
415
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[Lee] There was always jealousy.
"She's the pretty one."
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When we first came into Frozen, Elsa was
originally going to be the villain.
417
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But we could not stop
empathizing with her.
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And by them being sisters as well,
419
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it was really difficult for us
to ever see Elsa turn on Anna.
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So the freedom to have two sisters that
are rooting for each other
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and who are desperate to be together,
422
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and they can save each other
from parts of the world that aren't fair,
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I think that came a lot
from how my sister protected me.
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You sacrificed yourself for me?
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I love you.
426
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[Lee] These powers we have within us that
we think we have to censor,
427
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and really getting incredible mentors
who gave me permission to not censor that.
428
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Bob Iger said to me,
"I just want you to be fearless."
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- [♪ "Let It Go" playing]
- ♪ Let it go, let it go ♪
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[Lee]
Like Elsa and Anna, just be fearless.
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And that permission to be fearless,
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I think, was perfectly timed... [chuckles]
...and what I needed.
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♪ Let the storm rage on ♪
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♪ The cold never bothered me anyway ♪
435
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{\an8}[♪ bright music playing]
436
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Oh, my God.
437
00:25:49,798 --> 00:25:52,550
This is unbelievable. Oh, my God!
438
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This is actually my first trip
to the Frozen land in Paris.
439
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There's the North Mountain.
440
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I can't believe this.
441
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It's real. It's... This is Arendelle.
442
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[stammers, sighs]
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You truly feel like
you're walking into the story.
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It's incredible.
445
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For all of us that grew up with Disney
446
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and got to see what Walt created,
you just wanted to touch it. That's all.
447
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You didn't even think about getting
to contribute to it in any way
448
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that it's gonna be a part of something
that he started.
449
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I can't wait for my sister to see this.
450
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My sister's gonna be here. She's my Elsa.
451
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[♪ bright music continues]
452
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I'm with the girls again.
I'm with the sisters.
453
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They're in my head every second.
454
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And so to come in,
I felt like they were there.
455
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I felt like
I was coming home to their home.
456
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[laughs]
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00:27:01,078 --> 00:27:04,122
[Olaf gasps] You're here!
458
00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:05,832
[sniffles] Hi, Olaf. [chuckles]
459
00:27:05,833 --> 00:27:10,796
- Hello, new friends.
- This is the most incredible experience.
460
00:27:11,338 --> 00:27:12,548
Are you waving?
461
00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:14,716
Can you wave to the camera?
462
00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:21,139
[Lee] I feel like it matters because
this is how we find who we are.
463
00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:23,891
It's through these stories that
connect us all.
464
00:27:23,892 --> 00:27:27,895
This is how we find our potential.
This is how we get through our adversity.
465
00:27:27,896 --> 00:27:29,647
Everybody, this is my sister.
466
00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:30,774
Hi, everyone.
467
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,652
She flew all the way from North Carolina
for this one ride.
468
00:27:34,653 --> 00:27:35,778
Yeah. Look at this.
469
00:27:35,779 --> 00:27:36,946
[♪ magical music playing]
470
00:27:36,947 --> 00:27:39,616
♪ Do you want to build a snowman? ♪
471
00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:43,619
- [♪ "Let It Go" playing]
- ♪ ...free ♪
472
00:27:43,620 --> 00:27:46,956
♪ Let it go, let it go ♪
473
00:27:46,957 --> 00:27:52,837
[Lee] It's how the stories came from us,
started by all of that inspiration.
474
00:27:52,838 --> 00:27:55,006
Look at that. Oh, my God.
475
00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:58,050
[Olaf] ♪ Stay in and cuddle
But put me in summer and I'll be a... ♪
476
00:27:58,051 --> 00:27:59,427
- Happy snowman?
- Happy snowman?
477
00:27:59,428 --> 00:28:00,511
Exactly.
478
00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:02,221
[Lee] It's like I want
to absorb every part of it.
479
00:28:02,222 --> 00:28:03,307
[Amy] Yeah.
480
00:28:09,771 --> 00:28:13,525
Elsa's ice magic really
makes the place shine.
481
00:28:14,401 --> 00:28:17,194
Mostly because ice is shiny.
482
00:28:17,195 --> 00:28:20,656
- [laughs] You're right, it is.
- [laughs]
483
00:28:20,657 --> 00:28:22,701
It's such a powerful feeling.
484
00:28:23,243 --> 00:28:27,038
Being able to immerse yourself in the park
and immerse yourself here.
485
00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:32,168
It becomes a part of who you are and it
empowers you to build your own stories.
486
00:28:32,169 --> 00:28:36,423
It's just an incredible thing.
It's unlike anything, really.
487
00:28:37,090 --> 00:28:39,300
I wish I could
spend the whole day with you.
488
00:28:39,301 --> 00:28:40,551
[Olaf] Aw!
489
00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:42,429
[Lee laughs]
490
00:28:44,932 --> 00:28:46,934
[♪ mysterious music playing]
491
00:28:57,402 --> 00:28:59,987
{\an8}[Feige] Disneyland and the Disney parks
are so ingrained
492
00:28:59,988 --> 00:29:04,326
{\an8}that it's sometimes hard to pinpoint
an exact first memory.
493
00:29:05,035 --> 00:29:06,912
I feel like it always "was."
494
00:29:08,497 --> 00:29:11,832
I was a shy kid, so I never really
waited in line to see the characters.
495
00:29:11,833 --> 00:29:13,376
I was too intimidated.
496
00:29:13,377 --> 00:29:16,629
But it really was the experiences.
It was the dark rides.
497
00:29:16,630 --> 00:29:19,966
The crossover between the park-building
and place-building,
498
00:29:19,967 --> 00:29:21,343
and filmmaking.
499
00:29:21,969 --> 00:29:23,803
The notion of immersive worlds,
500
00:29:23,804 --> 00:29:26,138
whether that was a theme park or a movie,
501
00:29:26,139 --> 00:29:27,307
were almost one and the same to me.
502
00:29:28,725 --> 00:29:31,186
I think I was there
opening year of Star Tours.
503
00:29:32,396 --> 00:29:35,022
[announcer] If you've ever dreamed
of taking off into space,
504
00:29:35,023 --> 00:29:37,233
then Star Tours is for you.
505
00:29:37,234 --> 00:29:41,070
[Feige] And that was my two great loves,
Star Wars and Disney Parks,
506
00:29:41,071 --> 00:29:44,449
coming together for the first time
in a way that blew my mind.
507
00:29:46,535 --> 00:29:49,329
I can remember being on Space Mountain
for the first time.
508
00:29:50,872 --> 00:29:54,583
I love nighttime exterior interiors.
509
00:29:54,584 --> 00:29:58,880
And Space Mountain is
a nighttime exterior interior.
510
00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:02,133
You know you're going into a building,
511
00:30:02,134 --> 00:30:06,179
but the minute you rocket into that
launch, you're out amongst the stars.
512
00:30:07,180 --> 00:30:09,433
That is incredibly magical.
513
00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:15,104
It really did permeate my soul,
the notion that the future is good.
514
00:30:15,105 --> 00:30:19,984
The future is progress, and tomorrow can
be great if you make it great.
515
00:30:19,985 --> 00:30:22,863
And I just... I bought into that,
hook, line and sinker.
516
00:30:23,947 --> 00:30:26,073
They talk about,
in this industry in particular,
517
00:30:26,074 --> 00:30:28,951
you better get used to rejection,
early and often.
518
00:30:28,952 --> 00:30:30,536
I wanted to go to film school
519
00:30:30,537 --> 00:30:33,122
starting when I was 17 years old,
and I started applying,
520
00:30:33,123 --> 00:30:36,876
and I kept getting rejected,
and I got rejected four or five times
521
00:30:36,877 --> 00:30:38,378
before I eventually got accepted.
522
00:30:39,546 --> 00:30:41,464
And that, I think,
just gives you a perspective
523
00:30:41,465 --> 00:30:43,466
on not to stop and not to give up.
524
00:30:43,467 --> 00:30:47,178
And what is every Disneyland
firework show and parade about?
525
00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:50,973
It's about belief. You know, your dreams
will come true if you just believe.
526
00:30:50,974 --> 00:30:52,641
It can sound overly simplistic,
527
00:30:52,642 --> 00:30:56,896
I think some people roll their eyes,
but that is in my bloodstream
528
00:30:56,897 --> 00:30:57,980
from those songs.
529
00:30:57,981 --> 00:30:59,608
And from those shows.
530
00:31:00,776 --> 00:31:03,319
And I look at it as,
don't just close your eyes and wish.
531
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,155
Open your eyes
and work towards that belief.
532
00:31:06,156 --> 00:31:09,493
But have the belief in yourself to keep
working hard to try to make it happen.
533
00:31:10,994 --> 00:31:15,039
It really was about 30 years ago
that my love of the parks
534
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:18,375
and my love of movies led me out to LA,
led me to go to film school,
535
00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:21,962
led me to get an internship,
which led me to Marvel Studios.
536
00:31:21,963 --> 00:31:24,548
That was my entryway into producing.
537
00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:27,718
And that first film we decided
to do ourselves was Iron Man.
538
00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:29,805
[♪ dramatic music playing]
539
00:31:31,389 --> 00:31:36,310
So, we went from being responsible
for the delivery of zero films a year
540
00:31:36,311 --> 00:31:39,730
to suddenly, within two years,
delivering two movies.
541
00:31:39,731 --> 00:31:43,442
{\an8}And that was Iron Man,
which we thought was a risk,
542
00:31:43,443 --> 00:31:47,279
{\an8}and it was The Incredible Hulk,
which we thought was the safe bet,
543
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:51,201
uh, because Hulk was much, much, much
more famous than Iron Man was at the time.
544
00:31:54,871 --> 00:31:56,997
The opening weekend success of Iron Man 1,
545
00:31:56,998 --> 00:32:00,209
the following Monday,
we announced Iron Man 2,
546
00:32:00,210 --> 00:32:03,629
Thor, Captain America, and The Avengers.
547
00:32:03,630 --> 00:32:07,967
Here we are, we've announced it,
get ready for people to just go nuts,
548
00:32:07,968 --> 00:32:09,093
and there was nothing.
549
00:32:09,094 --> 00:32:11,554
And that was when I realized,
"Oh, of course.
550
00:32:11,555 --> 00:32:14,224
Hollywood is full of announcements
of things that never happen."
551
00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:17,393
I found inspiration from Walt.
552
00:32:17,394 --> 00:32:21,147
Walt's Folly, that's what
they called Disneyland. Walt's Folly.
553
00:32:21,148 --> 00:32:23,316
I always carry that with me.
554
00:32:24,442 --> 00:32:29,405
There is nothing better than looking back
on one of the greatest things ever made
555
00:32:29,406 --> 00:32:32,242
and realizing it was difficult.
It was a hard journey.
556
00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:35,119
Because I think that gives all of us hope
557
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,581
that our hard journeys might
have a happy ending.
558
00:32:38,582 --> 00:32:40,876
And that's certainly how I felt.
559
00:32:42,043 --> 00:32:44,044
Today, I'm happy to announce
560
00:32:44,045 --> 00:32:47,339
that Disney has agreed
to acquire Marvel Entertainment.
561
00:32:47,340 --> 00:32:49,550
[Feige] When Disney bought us,
it changed everything.
562
00:32:49,551 --> 00:32:52,637
Keep in mind, we'd only made Iron Man
and The Incredible Hulk at that point.
563
00:32:53,305 --> 00:32:56,265
When you realize Bob Iger is trusting you,
564
00:32:56,266 --> 00:32:59,852
you feel the pressure to deliver
on that trust and on that belief.
565
00:32:59,853 --> 00:33:03,314
And he was very, very,
very good at instilling:
566
00:33:03,315 --> 00:33:08,277
If you believe in it and you stay true
to that belief, it's gonna work.
567
00:33:08,278 --> 00:33:10,363
[♪ heroic music playing]
568
00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:18,871
Everything we do is to try to get
the audience who is in the theater,
569
00:33:18,872 --> 00:33:20,873
{\an8}who is on the attraction vehicle,
570
00:33:20,874 --> 00:33:23,500
{\an8}to get the emotion you want out of it.
571
00:33:23,501 --> 00:33:26,338
{\an8}And to have them carry that back
into their real life.
572
00:33:27,214 --> 00:33:29,548
{\an8}I do believe
we've only scratched the surface
573
00:33:29,549 --> 00:33:33,345
{\an8}of what can be done with our characters
and with our worlds in the parks.
574
00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:35,346
And that's exciting to still feel
575
00:33:35,347 --> 00:33:37,973
{\an8}like you're at the very beginning
of what's possible
576
00:33:37,974 --> 00:33:39,559
{\an8}with bringing these characters to life.
577
00:33:42,479 --> 00:33:44,813
There are so many details within a land.
578
00:33:44,814 --> 00:33:49,319
My favorite detail in a land
is the construction wall...
579
00:33:50,153 --> 00:33:53,239
because a construction wall means
more is coming.
580
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,741
It means the adventure continues.
581
00:33:55,742 --> 00:33:57,827
[♪ hopeful music playing]
582
00:34:03,583 --> 00:34:06,252
Walt always said,
"The park's never finished,"
583
00:34:06,253 --> 00:34:10,673
because Avengers Campus is great,
but the universe is much, much bigger.
584
00:34:10,674 --> 00:34:15,887
And to be in the middle of that expansion
now and this growth is pretty amazing.
585
00:34:18,265 --> 00:34:21,850
How are the guests gonna feel
when they first see the size of this?
586
00:34:21,851 --> 00:34:24,229
'Cause I think this is much bigger
than most people are anticipating.
587
00:34:27,107 --> 00:34:30,485
{\an8}This attraction will take people
on a tour throughout the universe.
588
00:34:34,281 --> 00:34:37,867
We are going to move from environment
to environment, from screen to screen.
589
00:34:38,785 --> 00:34:41,036
The Imagineers mocked this up in Glendale.
590
00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:45,874
They'll sit you on a rolling chair and
push you around a version of the track.
591
00:34:45,875 --> 00:34:48,794
And you've got your 3D glasses on
and you look at the screen,
592
00:34:48,795 --> 00:34:51,714
and what's astounding is the point of view
of the screen moves with you
593
00:34:51,715 --> 00:34:52,965
based on where you're looking.
594
00:34:52,966 --> 00:34:56,303
Even on my rolling chair in Glendale,
it looked amazing.
595
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:03,642
I think it's our jobs to ensure that
they remain the best places people can go,
596
00:35:03,643 --> 00:35:06,228
to ignite your imagination,
your hopes and dreams,
597
00:35:06,229 --> 00:35:10,024
and that's driving you towards
the optimism that Walt always saw,
598
00:35:10,025 --> 00:35:12,026
and that Bob would push forth.
599
00:35:12,027 --> 00:35:16,447
That the future can be
and should be better,
600
00:35:16,448 --> 00:35:18,325
but it only will be if we make it so.
601
00:35:23,830 --> 00:35:25,832
[♪ mystifying music playing]
602
00:35:32,589 --> 00:35:34,466
[James Cameron]
When you're world building,
603
00:35:35,216 --> 00:35:39,219
you're trying to put in a sense
that there's a lot more to understand
604
00:35:39,220 --> 00:35:41,097
about the world than what you're shown.
605
00:35:42,766 --> 00:35:46,894
The world seems to have
its own internal rule set.
606
00:35:46,895 --> 00:35:50,065
It seems to represent an ecosystem.
607
00:35:53,902 --> 00:35:56,529
It has its own internal logic.
608
00:36:02,452 --> 00:36:05,580
It may be fantastic,
but it seems plausible.
609
00:36:08,708 --> 00:36:11,877
{\an8}J.R.R. Tolkien,
who wrote The Lord of the Rings,
610
00:36:11,878 --> 00:36:13,754
{\an8}called it "the distant mountains."
611
00:36:13,755 --> 00:36:15,840
[♪ mystifying music continues]
612
00:36:17,133 --> 00:36:19,176
In the back of your mind,
you know that you could travel
613
00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:20,386
and go climb that mountain,
614
00:36:20,387 --> 00:36:23,306
but it's in the distance
and you don't know anything about it.
615
00:36:24,307 --> 00:36:26,559
But it's there.
It's a part of the painting.
616
00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:35,234
If you can imagine it, I'm 19 years old,
617
00:36:35,235 --> 00:36:38,613
I've had zero contact
with the film industry at all.
618
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:42,408
I'm going to junior college in Fullerton.
619
00:36:42,409 --> 00:36:46,413
I was studying marine biology.
I was studying astronomy and physics.
620
00:36:46,996 --> 00:36:48,622
I was a very vivid dreamer.
621
00:36:48,623 --> 00:36:51,667
I had one dream that was so vivid
that I felt compelled to get up
622
00:36:51,668 --> 00:36:55,755
and immediately draw and paint
what I had seen.
623
00:36:57,465 --> 00:36:59,884
And that was a bioluminescent forest.
624
00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:06,098
Then you-- you go to the start
of the making of Avatar, which...
625
00:37:06,099 --> 00:37:10,728
I'd already been through
The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss,
626
00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:12,938
Terminator 2 and True Lies,
627
00:37:12,939 --> 00:37:15,023
and I was looking around
for something else to do.
628
00:37:15,024 --> 00:37:17,693
I wanted to push the art.
629
00:37:17,694 --> 00:37:18,986
I wanted to push the tech.
630
00:37:18,987 --> 00:37:22,114
So I thought, "All right, what could
do all that? All right, I've got a story.
631
00:37:22,115 --> 00:37:24,868
It starts
with this bioluminescent forest."
632
00:37:25,869 --> 00:37:29,204
We want to push animation.
We want to push world creation,
633
00:37:29,205 --> 00:37:32,374
asset building, plants,
creature animation,
634
00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:35,920
and facial capture and facial animation.
635
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:41,133
The imagination
and the storytelling never changes.
636
00:37:41,134 --> 00:37:44,803
The actual physical tools
that you use on a day-to-day basis,
637
00:37:44,804 --> 00:37:47,931
there is not one thing that we use today
638
00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:50,393
{\an8}that was around
when I started making my first film.
639
00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:56,231
But the imagination and the ability
to tell a story with pictures...
640
00:37:56,232 --> 00:37:57,859
doesn't change.
641
00:37:58,943 --> 00:38:01,237
We were setting out
to do something extraordinary.
642
00:38:01,988 --> 00:38:03,782
We were making an environmental film
643
00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:06,576
for a mass audience,
for a global audience.
644
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,496
Anybody at that time would have told you
that was a terrible idea.
645
00:38:10,497 --> 00:38:12,748
[♪ synthwave music playing]
646
00:38:12,749 --> 00:38:18,003
I think that in our urbanized,
digitized society,
647
00:38:18,004 --> 00:38:20,631
I think we're longing for something
648
00:38:20,632 --> 00:38:25,011
and it's only when you see it
that you realize that it's missing.
649
00:38:26,679 --> 00:38:32,267
Avatar connected us
to a very direct relationship with nature
650
00:38:32,268 --> 00:38:33,769
that we all have as children.
651
00:38:33,770 --> 00:38:38,148
Our love of animals, our love of
being in nature, of being outdoors,
652
00:38:38,149 --> 00:38:43,363
of this overwhelming sense of wonder
in everything that's around us.
653
00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:48,158
And so then, after that, Bob Iger called.
654
00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:52,371
He said,
"I've had my artists at Imagineering,
655
00:38:52,372 --> 00:38:56,835
you know, kind of thinking about something
we could do. I'd like to show it to you."
656
00:38:57,794 --> 00:39:02,422
The amazingly creative head
of our project, Joe Rohde,
657
00:39:02,423 --> 00:39:07,886
knew that there was
a preexisting indigenous culture
658
00:39:07,887 --> 00:39:14,351
that we had created over a period of 14,
15 years and he wanted access to that.
659
00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:19,398
So not only was it a seamless hand-off,
it was actually a great collaboration.
660
00:39:19,399 --> 00:39:21,650
[♪ synthwave music continues]
661
00:39:21,651 --> 00:39:23,485
[Joe Rohde] This is one kind of habitat.
662
00:39:23,486 --> 00:39:26,905
When we get down into the sump
at the center of the valley,
663
00:39:26,906 --> 00:39:29,533
it's moister. It's a little more tropical.
664
00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:33,287
And when we rise up into the mountains,
it's a little drier and more arid.
665
00:39:33,288 --> 00:39:38,750
[Cameron] Bob Iger, he kind of took
that project, I think, under his wing.
666
00:39:38,751 --> 00:39:44,715
You know, they have to build something
that's gonna endure for 20, 30 years,
667
00:39:44,716 --> 00:39:47,635
that can handle the foot traffic,
that's safe.
668
00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:50,387
I walked through it ten times
while it was being built.
669
00:39:50,388 --> 00:39:53,515
I remember all the concrete foundations
and all the girders and all that.
670
00:39:53,516 --> 00:39:57,395
But all that goes away
when you see it finished.
671
00:39:58,271 --> 00:40:00,981
There's something
just so impressive about walking in
672
00:40:00,982 --> 00:40:05,944
and seeing what appears to be
mountains floating before your eyes.
673
00:40:05,945 --> 00:40:09,281
But really those drooping vines are
actually the structural elements
674
00:40:09,282 --> 00:40:13,285
holding it all up.
So I can appreciate their art form.
675
00:40:13,286 --> 00:40:18,332
{\an8}The Na'vi have a spiritual connection
with their world.
676
00:40:18,333 --> 00:40:20,542
{\an8}And that makes Disney's Animal Kingdom,
677
00:40:20,543 --> 00:40:25,130
{\an8}this park, which is based
on a deep respect for nature,
678
00:40:25,131 --> 00:40:29,885
the perfect place
to connect Pandora to our world.
679
00:40:29,886 --> 00:40:32,263
[♪ epic orchestral music playing]
680
00:40:33,514 --> 00:40:36,391
I think that's part of the power
of Flight of Passage.
681
00:40:36,392 --> 00:40:39,186
When they propose that,
"We're going to make you an avatar
682
00:40:39,187 --> 00:40:41,188
and you're going to ride on a creature,"
683
00:40:41,189 --> 00:40:45,108
this is something that I had
fantasized about for years, you know.
684
00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:48,236
The effect is quite profound.
You feel connected,
685
00:40:48,237 --> 00:40:52,616
you feel a powerful sense of something
happening inside you emotionally.
686
00:40:52,617 --> 00:40:54,618
On a five-minute ride?
687
00:40:54,619 --> 00:40:59,499
I mean, it would take me two hours
in a movie to get you to that point.
688
00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:06,797
This world does everything
that Disney would want in an attraction.
689
00:41:06,798 --> 00:41:11,260
Something that fires the imagination,
that has a sense of positive energy.
690
00:41:12,512 --> 00:41:14,973
Makes people think, makes people feel.
691
00:41:17,767 --> 00:41:19,060
And it's all right here.
692
00:41:20,395 --> 00:41:21,980
The wonder is right here.
693
00:41:25,733 --> 00:41:27,735
[♪ bright mischievous music playing]
694
00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:40,706
{\an8}[Bush] I think there's something
about Fantasyland
695
00:41:40,707 --> 00:41:43,376
{\an8}because it's in the name itself.
You're stepping into a fantasy.
696
00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:48,630
As a kid, I don't think there's a ride
at Disneyland that I don't love,
697
00:41:48,631 --> 00:41:51,717
but I'd say Peter Pan was
one of my most favorite
698
00:41:51,718 --> 00:41:54,929
because stepping into that world
and actually being able to fly.
699
00:41:55,722 --> 00:42:00,225
And I remember my mom literally
making me a Peter Pan costume
700
00:42:00,226 --> 00:42:01,852
so that I could run around.
701
00:42:01,853 --> 00:42:04,646
I probably jumped off things
and it was probably pretty dangerous,
702
00:42:04,647 --> 00:42:06,648
but I wanted to be Peter Pan.
703
00:42:06,649 --> 00:42:08,735
[♪ "You Can Fly" playing]
704
00:42:11,112 --> 00:42:14,823
♪ You can fly! You can fly! You can fly! ♪
705
00:42:14,824 --> 00:42:15,907
[Bush] You're in the darkness.
706
00:42:15,908 --> 00:42:17,744
All of a sudden
you fly and you go over London.
707
00:42:19,037 --> 00:42:20,620
You see Hook down there, you see Smee,
708
00:42:20,621 --> 00:42:22,874
which is one of
my favorite characters of all time.
709
00:42:23,458 --> 00:42:26,376
The reason why these stories are
still in the parks today
710
00:42:26,377 --> 00:42:29,504
is because there's something about them
that you fall in love with the characters,
711
00:42:29,505 --> 00:42:31,214
you fall in love with the worlds.
712
00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:33,341
No matter who you are,
no matter what age you are,
713
00:42:33,342 --> 00:42:37,012
you're going to go and have a great time.
You're going to be transported someplace.
714
00:42:37,013 --> 00:42:41,099
And eventually to be walking
into Disney Animation
715
00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:44,311
and feeling like you're
about to be a part of that,
716
00:42:44,312 --> 00:42:48,858
it's this amazing responsibility.
It's also this amazing opportunity.
717
00:42:50,485 --> 00:42:53,236
I had an interview with a director there
named Byron Howard
718
00:42:53,237 --> 00:42:55,655
and he was working on a movie
that was very top secret
719
00:42:55,656 --> 00:42:56,948
but had something to do with animals.
720
00:42:56,949 --> 00:42:58,575
And the movie was Zootopia.
721
00:42:58,576 --> 00:43:03,038
[Judy Hopps] When I was a kid,
I thought Zootopia was this perfect place.
722
00:43:03,039 --> 00:43:04,916
Ready to make the world a better place?
723
00:43:06,084 --> 00:43:09,586
It's really daunting because you go,
"Oh, that's... that's the bar."
724
00:43:09,587 --> 00:43:15,050
The bar is a timeless story
that will be loved worldwide forever.
725
00:43:15,051 --> 00:43:18,762
That's a tricky thing
to be asked to attempt to do,
726
00:43:18,763 --> 00:43:21,181
but how wonderful that that's the hope.
727
00:43:21,182 --> 00:43:23,391
[♪ hopeful music playing]
728
00:43:23,392 --> 00:43:25,811
We knew that we liked the idea that
there'd be all these different animals
729
00:43:25,812 --> 00:43:26,896
from around the world.
730
00:43:28,731 --> 00:43:30,483
But how do they all
function within one city?
731
00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:34,152
And we needed to make sure
that we were building Zootopia
732
00:43:34,153 --> 00:43:35,987
the way that an animal would build it,
which would be for everybody.
733
00:43:35,988 --> 00:43:39,242
So everything from
an elephant down to a mouse.
734
00:43:40,159 --> 00:43:43,162
And one of the first things we did was
we came right here to Disneyland.
735
00:43:46,332 --> 00:43:49,459
And we walked around and said, "Okay,
there's many people here all the time,
736
00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:50,878
many different types of people."
737
00:43:51,963 --> 00:43:55,132
And something as simple as walking through
the park and seeing a water fountain.
738
00:43:55,133 --> 00:43:57,385
And a water fountain here
has multiple scales.
739
00:43:57,969 --> 00:44:01,472
We looked at the hub-and-spoke design
of Disneyland.
740
00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:03,932
Because it has this sort of central area.
741
00:44:03,933 --> 00:44:06,560
If you look at Zootopia,
there's this downtown area
742
00:44:06,561 --> 00:44:08,980
and it has these satellites around it.
743
00:44:10,606 --> 00:44:12,399
And we loved the idea that
744
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:15,777
the same way you have Fantasyland
and Frontierland and Adventureland,
745
00:44:15,778 --> 00:44:17,905
that you would have Tundratown...
746
00:44:19,949 --> 00:44:22,493
Little Rodentia, Sahara Square.
747
00:44:23,035 --> 00:44:26,289
And for us, it became a really
great way to organize it.
748
00:44:27,123 --> 00:44:30,375
I'd say one of the constants
at Disney Animation is that
749
00:44:30,376 --> 00:44:33,962
every single film is new.
Every single film is different.
750
00:44:33,963 --> 00:44:37,425
The challenges that you face
are not the same ones.
751
00:44:39,635 --> 00:44:42,679
For three years,
we had a version of Zootopia,
752
00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:44,931
where Nick the Fox was the main character
753
00:44:44,932 --> 00:44:48,101
and Judy Hopps was the side character.
754
00:44:48,102 --> 00:44:52,981
And we made a movie
that people felt was good.
755
00:44:52,982 --> 00:44:56,986
It was emotional, there was
some funny bits, but it wasn't special.
756
00:44:58,446 --> 00:45:01,156
I remember getting
some pretty stark feedback.
757
00:45:01,157 --> 00:45:04,160
"You've created this world
that I don't want to spend time in."
758
00:45:05,286 --> 00:45:07,204
As a storyteller, as a world-builder,
759
00:45:07,205 --> 00:45:11,291
someone saying, "I don't
want to go there," is devastating.
760
00:45:11,292 --> 00:45:15,713
And the way to solve that was
we shifted who the main character was.
761
00:45:16,672 --> 00:45:18,882
So we were seeing this world
through Judy Hopps's eyes.
762
00:45:18,883 --> 00:45:22,219
Judy Hopps is an optimistic character.
She believes in the goodness of the world.
763
00:45:22,220 --> 00:45:27,599
She loves the world of Zootopia
as opposed to Nick who was cynical.
764
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:32,145
By shifting the perspective of who the
main character was, changed everything.
765
00:45:32,146 --> 00:45:36,024
And you, little guy. You want to be
an elephant when you grow up?
766
00:45:36,025 --> 00:45:39,778
You be an elephant.
Because this is Zootopia.
767
00:45:39,779 --> 00:45:42,990
- Anyone can be anything.
- [trumpets]
768
00:45:45,534 --> 00:45:46,952
[Bush] When someone says to you,
769
00:45:46,953 --> 00:45:53,542
"Hey, we'd like to create a land that's
based off the movie that you worked on,"
770
00:45:54,377 --> 00:45:57,712
the first instinct I have is
don't show on your face that this
771
00:45:57,713 --> 00:45:59,631
is the greatest moment of your life
772
00:45:59,632 --> 00:46:04,094
and pretend for a second that
you're not that little kid anymore.
773
00:46:04,095 --> 00:46:06,805
That you are, "Yes, I am a...
I am a professional.
774
00:46:06,806 --> 00:46:08,598
I'm gonna come in
and I will help you with those ideas
775
00:46:08,599 --> 00:46:10,141
for the work that we're doing."
But it's not that at all.
776
00:46:10,142 --> 00:46:11,726
It's the fact that we are kids.
777
00:46:11,727 --> 00:46:14,729
It's the fact that we are... [chuckles]
...we are not professionals,
778
00:46:14,730 --> 00:46:16,898
uh, that we are people
that love what we do
779
00:46:16,899 --> 00:46:20,528
and we love that other people want
to visit those places.
780
00:46:23,114 --> 00:46:25,782
[♪ inspirational music playing]
781
00:46:25,783 --> 00:46:28,118
I was a writer on Moana.
782
00:46:28,119 --> 00:46:30,413
That's now coming to life in the parks.
783
00:46:31,163 --> 00:46:34,124
And then after that,
I was writer and director of Encanto,
784
00:46:34,125 --> 00:46:37,294
and now Casita is being built
in Disney World.
785
00:46:37,295 --> 00:46:40,130
For me, seeing all of those come to life
786
00:46:40,131 --> 00:46:44,259
is incredible and staggering and surreal.
787
00:46:44,260 --> 00:46:46,845
So, hundreds of people that worked on it
are going to be able to go to the park.
788
00:46:46,846 --> 00:46:50,391
And seeing their work come to life...
incredible.
789
00:46:51,309 --> 00:46:54,269
Then Zootopia 2 came along.
We had this idea
790
00:46:54,270 --> 00:46:58,606
that maybe knowing that Bob was a
weatherman when he first began his career,
791
00:46:58,607 --> 00:47:00,692
that there, of course
in the world of Zootopia,
792
00:47:00,693 --> 00:47:02,361
there'd be some sort of weather mammal.
793
00:47:03,070 --> 00:47:04,404
I remember texting him saying like,
794
00:47:04,405 --> 00:47:10,452
"Hey, would you like to be Bob Tiger
the weather mammal in Zootopia 2?"
795
00:47:10,453 --> 00:47:12,245
And immediately he's like, "Yeah. In."
796
00:47:12,246 --> 00:47:14,581
"Hi there, everybody, this is Bob Iger
797
00:47:14,582 --> 00:47:17,500
giving you the weather
in Burbank, California.
798
00:47:17,501 --> 00:47:20,545
Tomorrow's weather is again, everything."
799
00:47:20,546 --> 00:47:24,549
I love a good pun. And very quickly,
Bob Tiger became a thing.
800
00:47:24,550 --> 00:47:27,845
Tomorrow's weather is again, everything.
801
00:47:30,389 --> 00:47:33,767
[Bush] I think above all else,
Bob wants to go to a place
802
00:47:33,768 --> 00:47:35,727
and have a good time.
He wants to step into a fantasy.
803
00:47:35,728 --> 00:47:38,271
He's thinking about it
on an experiential level.
804
00:47:38,272 --> 00:47:41,441
How do you bring someone somewhere
that's going to matter,
805
00:47:41,442 --> 00:47:42,943
that's going to transport them?
806
00:47:43,527 --> 00:47:44,778
- [Bush] Did we do it?
- [Iger] We got it.
807
00:47:44,779 --> 00:47:46,447
- We got it. [laughs]
- We got it. Well done.
808
00:47:47,031 --> 00:47:51,868
You and I were together really
the first time you saw Zootopia
809
00:47:51,869 --> 00:47:54,704
in the real world, in the physical world.
810
00:47:54,705 --> 00:47:56,956
- Yeah. I literally bawled my eyes out.
- [Iger] I remember that.
811
00:47:56,957 --> 00:48:02,170
After the film came out, and we saw how
the people of China loved it so much,
812
00:48:02,171 --> 00:48:07,885
it was a no-brainer for me to say to the
Imagineers, "Okay, what's next?" Zootopia.
813
00:48:08,594 --> 00:48:13,306
When you give people an opportunity
to actually live in the world...
814
00:48:13,307 --> 00:48:16,559
- [Bush] Yes.
- ...that they saw in our films,
815
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:20,105
- it's a continuation of the story by us.
- [Bush] It is, yeah. Yep.
816
00:48:20,106 --> 00:48:21,481
But the other thing that's crazy is
817
00:48:21,482 --> 00:48:24,943
it gives people a chance
to continue their own Zootopia story.
818
00:48:24,944 --> 00:48:26,153
[Bush] Exactly.
819
00:48:26,821 --> 00:48:30,533
Our little lemmings going
through the little tubes. [chuckles]
820
00:48:35,496 --> 00:48:36,621
Elephant ice cream parlor.
821
00:48:36,622 --> 00:48:40,000
I remember that as a story sketch
13 years ago and now it's a real thing.
822
00:48:40,501 --> 00:48:45,839
Two paws. Yeah. Oh, look at that smile.
That's a happy-birthday smile.
823
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:48,383
- [chuckling] Look, Jared.
- Yeah, how heavy is that?
824
00:48:48,384 --> 00:48:50,385
- It's heavy.
- Oh, that's got some weight to it...
825
00:48:50,386 --> 00:48:52,220
I didn't... I didn't lift today,
but you know...
826
00:48:52,221 --> 00:48:54,264
Look out for the lemming crossing
down here.
827
00:48:54,265 --> 00:48:55,891
[Iger laughs] Oh, that's great.
828
00:48:56,392 --> 00:49:00,353
Yeah. You got to hit the button.
Yeah. I mean, look, see?
829
00:49:00,354 --> 00:49:04,066
- Multi-scale across the whole thing. Yeah.
- That's for everybody.
830
00:49:04,650 --> 00:49:06,276
- Yeah.
- Here we are.
831
00:49:06,277 --> 00:49:07,987
- Yeah.
- [chuckles]
832
00:49:08,988 --> 00:49:11,489
- Hello.
- Hey. Hi, you guys.
833
00:49:11,490 --> 00:49:13,074
I don't think they have any idea
who we are.
834
00:49:13,075 --> 00:49:14,160
That's good.
835
00:49:15,369 --> 00:49:17,787
{\an8}[Iger]
The visual experience that you have,
836
00:49:17,788 --> 00:49:19,581
- you almost don't know where to look next.
- [Bush] No.
837
00:49:19,582 --> 00:49:22,625
[Iger] I think about what Walt
really wanted to accomplish
838
00:49:22,626 --> 00:49:24,712
and it was to create joy.
839
00:49:25,337 --> 00:49:30,593
I get so energized, so fueled
by seeing the faces on all these people.
840
00:49:32,553 --> 00:49:34,929
[Bush] I think that
when Bob had this idea,
841
00:49:34,930 --> 00:49:37,266
"I want to build Shanghai Disney,"
842
00:49:37,933 --> 00:49:41,144
he wanted that to be something
very special, something very unique,
843
00:49:41,145 --> 00:49:42,395
something worth all that work,
844
00:49:42,396 --> 00:49:46,233
but also something that
would exceed everyone's expectations.
845
00:49:47,943 --> 00:49:51,613
Thinking about,
"How do you excite everybody?
846
00:49:51,614 --> 00:49:56,659
All ages around the world?" takes
an incredible amount of focus and detail,
847
00:49:56,660 --> 00:50:00,372
and most importantly,
joy and whimsy and wonder.
848
00:50:03,334 --> 00:50:05,544
Great values don't disappear.
849
00:50:06,253 --> 00:50:08,963
They live on. They're still relevant
850
00:50:08,964 --> 00:50:12,676
because those values remain
very important to who we are as people.
851
00:50:13,427 --> 00:50:15,345
There was a lot at stake
at Shanghai Disneyland.
852
00:50:15,346 --> 00:50:17,639
It was also a very long journey.
853
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:19,557
From the day that I set foot
on the property
854
00:50:19,558 --> 00:50:22,727
to the day that we cut the ribbon
on opening was 18 years.
855
00:50:22,728 --> 00:50:27,690
Welcome to the grand opening
of the Shanghai Disney Resort!
856
00:50:27,691 --> 00:50:29,777
[crowd cheering]
857
00:50:31,779 --> 00:50:34,405
There was a lot of work,
a lot of commitment.
858
00:50:34,406 --> 00:50:36,574
{\an8}Walt taught us that
the stories he was telling
859
00:50:36,575 --> 00:50:38,160
really had universal appeal.
860
00:50:38,911 --> 00:50:42,372
In many respects,
they transcended cultures and borders
861
00:50:42,373 --> 00:50:45,668
and they resonated
with the people of the world.
862
00:50:46,168 --> 00:50:48,044
But you can't take that for granted.
863
00:50:48,045 --> 00:50:52,674
You still have to have an appreciation
for the differences of culture.
864
00:50:52,675 --> 00:50:56,469
But, if done right, the stories have
the ability to generate joy,
865
00:50:56,470 --> 00:50:59,681
to create joy and happiness
for anyone in the world.
866
00:50:59,682 --> 00:51:02,351
That's just a remarkable,
remarkable achievement.
867
00:51:03,060 --> 00:51:05,687
{\an8}There is news tonight
involving our parent company Disney.
868
00:51:05,688 --> 00:51:08,565
{\an8}The new CEO has been chosen
by the Disney board.
869
00:51:08,566 --> 00:51:11,609
{\an8}Josh D'Amaro will succeed Bob Iger
on March 18th
870
00:51:11,610 --> 00:51:14,445
{\an8}after Bob's nearly 20 years as CEO.
871
00:51:14,446 --> 00:51:17,240
{\an8}Josh appreciates the value
of great storytelling.
872
00:51:17,241 --> 00:51:21,703
I think that was really important
in terms of the choice of a CEO.
873
00:51:21,704 --> 00:51:24,999
He also understands
what Disney is all about.
874
00:51:27,042 --> 00:51:31,045
{\an8}I think you have moments
in your life that shape you as a person.
875
00:51:31,046 --> 00:51:34,465
{\an8}And the most powerful moments
are typically
876
00:51:34,466 --> 00:51:38,011
ones that are surrounded
by people that you love.
877
00:51:38,012 --> 00:51:41,723
And that's why these theme parks are
so incredibly important.
878
00:51:41,724 --> 00:51:45,518
And I think that we all know
the world needs, right now,
879
00:51:45,519 --> 00:51:49,147
stories of joy and inspiration
and optimism.
880
00:51:49,148 --> 00:51:53,485
And, you know, the role of the creator
has never been more important.
881
00:51:54,612 --> 00:51:56,154
As we look into the future,
882
00:51:56,155 --> 00:52:01,117
that idea of stories
jumping from formats and places,
883
00:52:01,118 --> 00:52:02,995
it becomes even more powerful.
884
00:52:03,996 --> 00:52:07,166
When you operate a company for 100 years,
885
00:52:07,750 --> 00:52:10,710
you think,
"Well, we're successful. This works.
886
00:52:10,711 --> 00:52:15,089
So let's just do
what we did yesterday again tomorrow."
887
00:52:15,090 --> 00:52:16,967
But that has never been the answer.
888
00:52:18,052 --> 00:52:20,553
One of the things that
I think Bob has been exceptionally good at
889
00:52:20,554 --> 00:52:23,890
is not accepting where we are
as the final destination
890
00:52:23,891 --> 00:52:26,643
and always pushing us one step further.
891
00:52:26,644 --> 00:52:29,521
There's risk in every single decision
that we make.
892
00:52:30,022 --> 00:52:33,484
But you can't help but to think about,
"Well, what else?"
893
00:52:37,988 --> 00:52:40,407
{\an8}[♪ Arabic music playing]
894
00:52:42,660 --> 00:52:47,121
We studied different parts of the world
that we could expand into.
895
00:52:47,122 --> 00:52:48,915
We like being in this region.
896
00:52:48,916 --> 00:52:53,754
About one-third of the world's population,
actually, can get here within four hours.
897
00:52:57,925 --> 00:53:02,804
We view this as an oasis of the world.
Not just a crossroads, but an oasis.
898
00:53:02,805 --> 00:53:05,223
We love what Abu Dhabi stands for,
899
00:53:05,224 --> 00:53:08,810
its potential and its dreams,
its design ethic.
900
00:53:08,811 --> 00:53:13,022
It is a place that is only pointing
to the future in so many different ways
901
00:53:13,023 --> 00:53:15,983
with great enthusiasm
and tremendous optimism.
902
00:53:15,984 --> 00:53:18,070
[♪ thrilling music playing]
903
00:53:21,240 --> 00:53:22,241
How are you? Good?
904
00:53:22,741 --> 00:53:25,493
You have to think big,
you have to build big,
905
00:53:25,494 --> 00:53:27,161
and obviously
then you have to build great.
906
00:53:27,162 --> 00:53:30,915
{\an8}But ambition is, I think,
a very, very powerful characteristic.
907
00:53:30,916 --> 00:53:33,793
{\an8}There's ample room for expansion.
908
00:53:33,794 --> 00:53:35,795
We're building a whole here.
909
00:53:35,796 --> 00:53:38,673
We're not just building
a collection of parts here and there
910
00:53:38,674 --> 00:53:41,050
for other parts ultimately
to be filled in.
911
00:53:41,051 --> 00:53:42,844
But we're setting out to build something
912
00:53:42,845 --> 00:53:44,303
that I feel people, when they look at it,
913
00:53:44,304 --> 00:53:46,597
will feel,
"This is a complete experience."
914
00:53:46,598 --> 00:53:51,644
You are really curating an experience that
is paying homage to the past,
915
00:53:51,645 --> 00:53:56,066
giving a glimpse to the future,
and cementing our present.
916
00:53:58,318 --> 00:54:02,030
There are so many things that are unique
about this project and exciting to us.
917
00:54:03,031 --> 00:54:08,536
{\an8}So, this is how it was organized
back in the 1950s. But here we are today.
918
00:54:08,537 --> 00:54:12,415
{\an8}We have so many stories.
How should we organize our park?
919
00:54:12,416 --> 00:54:14,752
{\an8}And this is one of the challenges that
we looked at.
920
00:54:15,669 --> 00:54:19,923
And the inspiration for where we wanted
to go came from here.
921
00:54:20,424 --> 00:54:24,469
Because we were impressed with
the diversity of the biomes in Abu Dhabi
922
00:54:24,470 --> 00:54:26,555
and the story that they create.
923
00:54:28,015 --> 00:54:30,224
If you think of classic storytelling,
924
00:54:30,225 --> 00:54:34,353
"once upon a time"
is always followed by location.
925
00:54:34,354 --> 00:54:37,398
In a kingdom far away.
In a galaxy far, far away.
926
00:54:37,399 --> 00:54:40,943
Placemaking is key to storytelling
and it's key to what we do.
927
00:54:40,944 --> 00:54:44,907
Obviously in Imagineering, we're bringing
these worlds to life in three dimensions.
928
00:54:46,408 --> 00:54:49,744
{\an8}Here in Abu Dhabi, we're investing
significantly in the creative industries,
929
00:54:49,745 --> 00:54:53,165
because we believe in the creative mind.
It's so powerful. It's what connects us.
930
00:54:54,166 --> 00:54:59,378
Whether it was Star Wars
or the world of Marvel or Pixar
931
00:54:59,379 --> 00:55:01,881
or just the world of Disney in itself,
it's just unbelievable
932
00:55:01,882 --> 00:55:04,842
because you're bringing
these amazing imaginations to life.
933
00:55:04,843 --> 00:55:07,011
And I think it's going to be a catalyst
934
00:55:07,012 --> 00:55:10,389
for a brand-new generation
of creative thinkers
935
00:55:10,390 --> 00:55:14,603
to create new worlds
and to create worlds that connect.
936
00:55:15,103 --> 00:55:17,105
[♪ inspirational music playing]
937
00:55:19,525 --> 00:55:25,279
[Iger] Engaging with storytellers
is probably how I derived the most joy
938
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:27,199
throughout my tenure as CEO.
939
00:55:28,116 --> 00:55:29,992
At times, I've tried to challenge them.
940
00:55:29,993 --> 00:55:32,704
I always tried to support them.
941
00:55:33,288 --> 00:55:35,540
I loved being a partner to them.
942
00:55:35,541 --> 00:55:37,167
I was not a storyteller.
943
00:55:37,668 --> 00:55:41,255
I was there to enable them
to tell their stories well.
944
00:55:42,339 --> 00:55:46,426
I think if you tell a great story,
its potential is limitless.
945
00:55:47,427 --> 00:55:50,221
You have to have great ambition,
you have to dream big.
946
00:55:50,222 --> 00:55:52,390
You have to have a wild imagination
947
00:55:52,391 --> 00:55:58,438
that actually can turn a barren piece
of land into just a magical place.