Mickey Mouse (1995 film)

Mickey Mouse is a 1995 hybrid film released by on June 22, 1995.

Plot
Mickey Mouse (Wayne Allwine) is hanging out with Donald and Goofy, but Pete decides to throw Mickey Mouse into "That Weird Place with the Bald Monkeys".

Production
The 2D animated sequences are done by Walt Disney Television Animation Australia, while the 3D model of Mickey is animated by Walt Disney Feature Animation with help from Industrial Light & Magic and Pixar. The 3D model was originally going to have a tuxedo like in Walt Disney World, but John Lasseter found a way to make Mickey shirtless without effecting the character's form.

The film was mostly shot in at Carwardine Colony's Carwardine Studios and in other locations in the  area such as, the , and. Much of the extras and some of the supporting cast came from AFTRA's Washington-Mid Atlantic Local as well as local theater companies in Newport News and.

Reception
It is mostly mixed, Roy E. Disney hated this film, and he even went as far as to say "If my uncle [Walt] saw this piece of crap, he would order all copies to be destroyed". Roger Ebert meanwhile gave it three out of four stars, and he and Gene Siskel gave it "Two Thumbs Up" on Siskel & Ebert.

Sequels

 * Mickey Mouse II: Morgan's Ghost (1997, limited theatrical release for three months than to video, often noted for reviving a cancelled animated Mickey Mouse movie from 1940)

VHS

 * Mickey Mouse: Limited Steamboat Edition (November 18, 1995/contains a piece of the original film reel shown off at the Chinese Theatre)
 * Mickey Mouse (November 22, 1995)

Theatrical Re-Releases

 * Mickey Mouse IMAX (August 22, 2002)
 * Mickey Mouse 3D (July 22, 2011)

Trivia

 * Mickey Mouse is the first time a CGI animated character appears in a live action setting, predating Casper, Garfield, Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Smurfs, etc.
 * Mickey Mouse's model has 10,000 quads and is based on the Mickey Mouse Revue animatronic, with lead animators/designers heading to Tokyo to study the animatronic.
 * Despite the film's mostly mixed reviews, the film was nominated for a Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, a Academy Award for Best Original Score, a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and a Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie.
 * In the movie, Mickey Mouse's pant tag has the words "Lasseter Clothing" a reference to John Lasseter, in the 4K remastering, it has the words "Toon Clothes! Non-nude at a cheap price" instead due to John Lasseter getting fired from Disney-Pixar.
 * Donald Duck and Goofy were originally going to also get 3D models and go along with Mickey, but the idea was scrapped due to time constraints, instead, Donald and Goofy appeared in the beginning and ending of the film.