Dream On Silly Dreamer

Dream On Silly Dreamer is a 2005 American documentary film directed by Dan Lund and produced by Tony West. Lund and West were both special effects animators at Walt Disney Feature Animation, and the film chronicles the rise and fall of traditional animation at The Walt Disney Company from 1980 to 2005.

Dream On Silly Dreamer focuses on the effects of both the Disney studios successes and failures on the Feature Animation employees, particularly their feelings on the competition from former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenbergs establishment of DreamWorks Animation and their feelings on the layoffs. The film uses animated bookends and interstituals, done in a format reminiscent of Disneys Winnie the Pooh short films, of a young dreamer who achieves his dream to be a Disney animator with the unexpected reallife results.Produced and released independently by Lund and Wests WestLund Productions, Dream On, Silly Dreamer debuted at the Animex International Festival of Animation in the United Kingdom in January 2005, and played at other film festivals throughout the year. WestLund released the film on DVD the following year, along with extended versions of several of the films scenes and footage of its premieres at several film festivals. A review by Steve Daily of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B grade, likening it to a reallife version of The Office ........

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