Editing Plane Crazy (section)

{{short description|1929 film directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Plane Crazy
| image          = Plane Crazy 1928 Poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = {{plainlist|
* [[Walt Disney]]
* [[Ub Iwerks]]
}}
| producer       = Walt Disney
| story          = {{plainlist|
* Walt Disney
* Ub Iwerks
}}
| music          = [[Carl W. Stalling]]
| animator       = Ub Iwerks
| layout_artist  = 
| starring       = Walt Disney
| background_artist = 
| studio         = [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Studio]]
| distributor    = [[Pat Powers (producer)|Pat Powers]] (Celebrity Productions)
| released       = {{Film date|1928|5|15|test screening|1929|3|17|wide release|ref2=<ref name="LJ1999" /><ref name="BM1999" />}}
| color_process  = Black and white
| runtime        = 5:56 <small>(one reel)</small><ref>[https://mubi.com/films/plane-crazy MUBI]</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
}}
'''''Plane Crazy''''' is a 1929 American animated [[short film]] directed by [[Walt Disney]] and [[Ub Iwerks]]. The cartoon, released by the [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Walt Disney Studios]], is the first finished project<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=McGowan |first=Andrew |date=2023-04-05 |title=Mickey Mouse’s Debut Wasn't in 'Steamboat Willie' — It Was in This |url=https://collider.com/mickey-mouse-short-plane-crazy/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> to feature appearances of [[Mickey Mouse]] and [[Minnie Mouse]], and was originally a [[silent film]]. It was given a test screening to a theater audience and potential [[Film distributor|distributors]] on May 15, 1928.<ref name=":0" /> An executive from [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] saw the film, but the film failed to pick up a distributor. Later that year, Disney released Mickey's first sound cartoon, ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'', which was an enormous success; ''Plane Crazy'' was officially released as a sound cartoon on March 17, 1929.<ref name="LJ1999">{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/107/mode/2up |pages=107–109}}</ref><ref name="BM1999">{{Cite book|title=Hollywood cartoons: American animation in its golden age|last=Barrier|first=Michael|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=1999|isbn=9780195167290|pages= 49}}</ref> It was the fourth Mickey film to be given a wide release after ''Steamboat Willie'', ''[[The Gallopin' Gaucho]]'' and ''[[The Barn Dance]]'' (1929).