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Saving Disney: The Roy E. Disney Story
It was not a magical time. Disney animation had lost its way, the theme parks were stagnating, and Michael Eisner had the legacy of Walt Disney by the throat and wouldn't let go. It took a second-generation Disney, shy, soft-spoken Roy E., whose passion was filmmaking, to beard the lion and save the kingdom. Disney historian William Silvester's scrupulously researched new biography of Roy E. Disney spotlights Walt's unassuming nephew who cut his teeth on True-Life Adventure films and championed the cause of Disney animation at a time when the company was the target of hostile takeovers, internal apathy, and widespread disdain for the policies of Disney CEO Michael Eisner. The man who found it difficult to speak up at board meetings became the company's unlikely savior. Silvester spins an engaging tale of Roy E. Disney's FIND OUT HOW DISNEY WAS SAVED ... BY A DISNEY!
180 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 13, 2015
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January 15, 2021
Good book overall. Great if you want to read about Roy Disney's influence in the company during the Eisner era. I read DisneyWars which got me interested in learning more from the perspective of Roy Disney which this book does. Sometimes the writing is disjointed. Would like to have read more about his involvement if the parks, if there were any. But overall a quick good read. Again, worth reading if you want to know about the influence Roy had in steering Disney back in the right direction after the aimless wandering of the 1970s and preventing Eisner from turning Disney into more of a soulless corporation.
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