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The plot of the film is centered on journalist Robert Benchley, who, after recommendation of his wife, decides to go to the Walt Disney studio to try to pitch an adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame book
The film was made for the purpose of economics. Due to the financial failures of ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'' and ''[[Fantasia]]'', Walt needed a way to make some quick cash, and realizing how popular one of his previous documentaries centered on making cartoons was, he decided to make a film that delves very deep into the making of his studio's works. Unfortunately, critics were strongly disappointed that the film was not another animated feature but rather a collection of shorts and scathed it as a "cheater film"--the fact that Disney was going through the infamous 1941 studio strike didn't help matters. As such, the film flopped badly, failing to make up even its budget of US$600,000. Watched today, in its proper context, it's a very interesting, and humorous film.
The Reluctant Dragon short from the end has sometimes been re-released as its own standalone subject or packaged with another short, but the entire, unabridged film is available on the Walt Disney Treasures DVD ''Behind the Scenes at Walt Disney Studios''. The characters of the Dragon and Sir Giles would later make "blink and you'll miss
▲No relation to [[Petes Dragon|Pete's Dragon]], by the way.
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* [[Animation Bump]]: The Reluctant Dragon segment.
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* [[The Danza]]: Robert.
* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: The film prior to the camera department. An interesting example, as it was probably done to save Walt a few bucks.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Of [[Dumbo
* [[Framing Device]]: The whole film is one for the Reluctant Dragon segment at the end.
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Robert.
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