It isn't "Steamboat Willie" but it sure looks like it! 85 years ago today, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon premiered. In honor of this, Disney has released a clip from a brand new Mickey Mouse short that does its very best to mimic the animation and musical stylings of that 1928 short. "Get A Horse" will premiere with Frozen on November 27th, but you can watch a couple of minutes of it right here!
The short, directed by Lauren MacMullan, nicely captures the frenetic energy of those early 'toons. "I re-watched a lot of the old black & white cartoons," MacMullan told the Huffington Post, "and I just loved how Mickey could do anything in those shorts. How -- if he wanted to tip his hat to Minnie but Mickey wasn't actually wearing a hat at that time -- he'd just lift his ears clean off his skull. I wanted to tell a story that was set in that anything-is-possible universe. So I came up with a premise that I thought was kind of unusual." Although after this clip, things go full-color, 3D, and a bit more modern. You'll just have to buy a ticket to Frozen to see the rest!
And, for the sake of history and comparison...not to mention the fact that it's worth observing Mickey's 85th birthday...here's Mickey's first ever cartoon, "Steamboat Willie" in full. That's Walt Disney himself doing Mickey's voice!
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that's your thing!