Disneyland: Mars and Beyond

Disneyland: Mars and Beyond (1957)

Mars And Beyond

  • Genre: Documentary, Animation
  • Release Date: 1957-12-04
  • User Rating: 10/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 53min
  • Director: Ward Kimball
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Directed by renouned animator Ward Kimball, ' Mars and Beyond' is a lighthearted exploration of the history and future of Space Travel as understood back in 1957! Theories from scientists and philosophers are discussed. Focusing on Mars. Ideas from science-fiction authors H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs are brought to life with colorful animation. Pulp science fiction comics of the time are parodied. Life on other planets is considered, profiling each of the planets in the solar system from the perspective of what would happen to man on them. A masterpiece of animation and sci-fi that was way ahead of it's time. Ward Kimball was perhaps the most inventive of all Disney animators and probably the only one who admitted to experimenting with psychedelic drugs in the 60's. Also the only animator who Walt Disney ever called a "genius."

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  • Paul Frees

    as Narrator
  • Wernher von Braun

    as Himself
  • Ernst Stuhlinger

    as Himself
Sound George Bruns Music
Editing Lionel A. Ephraim Editor
Editing Lloyd L. Richardson Editor
Directing Ward Kimball Director