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Mickey and the Beanstalk

Based On “Jack and the Beanstalk”

Fun and Fancy Free, formerly known as Fun & Fancy Free, is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy anthology film produced by Walt Disney and Ben Sharpsteen and released on September 27, 1947, by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is a compilation of two stories: Bongo, narrated by Dinah Shore and loosely based on the short story "Little Bear Bongo" by Sinclair Lewis; and Mickey and the Beanstalk, narrated by Edgar Bergen and based on the "Jack and the Beanstalk" fairy tale. Though the film is primarily animated, it also uses live-action segments starring Bergen to join its two stories.

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Release date:
1947
Director:
Hamilton Luske
Country:
United States
Language:
English

Book vs Film

Cover of Jack and the Beanstalk
The Book · 1734

Jack and the Beanstalk

Poster for Mickey and the Beanstalk
The Film · 1947

Mickey and the Beanstalk

Hamilton Luske

★ 7.6 / 10 4,432 votes · IMDb

Reached the screen 213 years after publication.

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