Rolly Crump Interview Excerpt

I mentioned in an earlier post, our first two interviews for the movie were "in the can." I wanted to share with you a short excerpt from our interview with artist Rolly Crump. Again, for those who don't know, Rolly worked as an in-betweener at Disney animation, then moved to imagineering (WED) where he had a big hand in the design of several rides including The Enchanted Tiki Room, and the Haunted Mansion.  

For the world's fair, he contributed to the Disney-created attractions, especially the Magic Skyway and it's a small world. As part of the Small World pavilion, he designed a huge "Tower of the Four Winds" kinetic sculpture. When the fair ended, there was debate at the company as to whether the tower should make the trip back to Anaheim, or be scrapped (as it ultimately was.) In this clip Rolly explains some of the internal debate that led to the decision:

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[Me]

This is a great interview!! I had read somewhere that Rolly didn't want to bring back Tower of the Four Winds, but it's great to actually hear him talk about it.

Good luck on your film!