The man who made your childhood cry finally explains why.
Weaving intimate conversations with hundreds of hours of never-before-seen archive and home video, this documentary draws a compelling portrait of an artist who spent his life battling his own ego and a career torn between art and commerce all in pursuit of fulfilling his dream.
Production
Hundreds of hours of unseen home footage feels illegally intimate.
Direction
Balances hero worship with brutal honesty about Bluth's ego.
Director
Dave LaMattina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bluth's 1980s exodus from Disney sparked the most consequential talent drain in animation history, directly enabling the Renaissance era he then competed against.
The film reveals Bluth storyboarded an entire Balto sequel himself after selling the rights, illustrating his inability to let go of anything he touched.
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