Tim Burton is Disney’s Ultimate Outcast (The Full Story)

Tim Burton has always seen himself as an outsider. But when he proclaimed that he was Dumbo, the comparison hit harder than anyone knew at the time.

From being buried and fired by Disney - to battling over The Nightmare Before Christmas - to returning for one of Disney’s darkest remakes, this is the strange saga of how Burton’s career mirrored the story of Disney's tragic elephant.

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Chapters:
0:00 Tim Burton Believes “I Was Dumbo”
2:02 Growing Up in Burbank - The Outcast Years
4:20 Disney Animator Days - “A Bad Mix”
7:30 Vincent (1982) - Burton’s First (Failed) Film
9:41 Hansel & Gretel (1983) - Disney’s Buried Nightmare Fuel
13:06 Frankenweenie (1984) - Too Dark for Disney
16:30 Aladdin & Hitchcock - Too Weird for 80s TV
24:49 The Nightmare Before Christmas - Who Really Made It?
40:22 Mars Attacks, Planet of the Apes & A Chocolate Factory - Chasing the Mainstream
42:32 Alice in Wonderland (2010) - A Billion Dollar Trap
43:29 Frankenweenie (2012) Lives! - A Return to Roots
45:14 Dumbo (2019) - Burton’s Circus Mirror
46:18 Proving You Can Fly