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Plane Crazy

Plane Crazy

Animation · Comedy · 1929

Referred as the actual first Mickey Mouse short. Inspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip.

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Plane Crazy

“A Mickey Mouse Sound Cartoon”

1929 Animation · Comedy 6m

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6.4 / 10

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Referred as the actual first Mickey Mouse short. Inspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip.

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The Wise Little Hen

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Walt Disney · Ub Iwerks

Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Mickey Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

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Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.