Warner Brothers Academy Awards Animation Collection - 3-DVD Set ( Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection - 15 Winners, 26 Nominees )

Warner Brothers Academy Awards Animation Collection - 3-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection - 15 Winners, 26 Nominees
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
325 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Commentary
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1936 - 1965 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Dave Fleischer
Hugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
Tex Avery
Friz Freleng
Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
Frank Tashlin
Robert McKimson
Chuck Jones
Michael Lah
Abe Levitow
Maurice Noble
Constantine Nasr
Robert Clampett

Written By:
Dave Fleischer
Hugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
Rich Hogan
Michael Maltese
Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
Jerry Siegel
Joe Shuster
Friz Freleng
Warren Foster
Robert Louis Stevenson
Tedd Pierce
Chuck Jones
Heck Allen
Arthur Davis
Homer Brightman
David Detiege
John W. Dunn
Norton Juster
Constantine Nasr
Michael Sasanoff

Actors:
Dave Fleischer
Mel Blanc ..... Grandpa Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)
Rudolf Ising
Tex Avery
Friz Freleng
Joseph Barbera
William Hanna
Mel Blanc ..... Porky Pig
Mel Blanc ..... Foghorn Leghorn
Henery Hawk
Barnyard Dog
Mel Blanc ..... Tweety
Thomas aka Sylvester
Mel Blanc ..... Pepe Le Pew
Chuck Jones
Francoise Brun-Cottan ..... Nibbles
Hans Conried ..... Narrator
Mel Blanc ..... Sylvester
Tweety
Sylvester
Bill Thompson ..... Droopy
Mel Blanc ..... Speedy Gonzales
Mel Blanc ..... Bugs Bunny
Yosemite Sam
King Arthur
Mel Blanc
Gloria Wood ..... Nelly
Maurice Noble
Robert Morley ..... Narrator
Constantine Nasr
Robert Clampett

Synopsis:

The Oscar for Animated Short Film has been a useful if not entirely accurate gauge of the state of American animation, as this three-disc set demonstrates. The Academy created the category in the early '30s to honor Walt Disney's contributions to the art form. But most of the films in the collection date from the '40s and '50s, when Warner Bros. and MGM artists won most of the Oscars for pushing the Hollywood cartoon in a new direction that was fast-paced, violent, and very, very funny. Many of these cartoons remain hilarious, decades after they were released: 'Birds Anonymous,' 'For Scent-imental Reasons,' 'Blitz Wolf,' and 'High Note.' Others have aged less gracefully. Changes in racial attitudes have reduced Speedy Gonzales and Mammy Two-Shoes in the Tom and Jerry shorts to uncomfortable reminders of a less respectful era in American history. The collection also demonstrates that the Academy voters' taste can be capricious at best. Many of the best Warners shorts-'A Mouse Divided,' 'What's Opera, Doc?' 'Duck Amuck,' 'Rabbit of Seville' and 'One Froggy Evening'-weren't even nominated. Tex Avery, who did more than any other director to move cartoons in that brash, funny direction, is represented only by 'Blitz Wolf' and 'Little Johnny Jet.' Like Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe, Avery never won an Oscar. Most of the transfers were made from first-rate prints, although a few are missing their credits and the framing of the Cinemascope films is problematic. The rarest item in the collection is 'So Much for So Little,' an animated documentary that earned Chuck Jones his first Academy Award. Extras include commentaries by animators and historians, and the interesting new documentary, Drawn for Glory. List of Cartoons: 1. The Milky Way, 2. Yankee Doodle Mouse, 3. Mouse Trouble, 4. Quiet Please, 5. The Cat Concerto, 6. Tweetie Pie, 7. The Little Orphan, 8. For Scent-Imental Reasons, 9. So Much for So Little, 10. Two Mouseketeers, 11. Johann Mouse, 12. Speedy Gonzales, 13. Birds Anonymous, 14. Knighty-Knight Bugs, 15. The Dot and the Line, 16. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor, 17. Peace on Earth, 18. A Wild Hare, 19. Puss Gets the Boot, 20. Superman, 21. Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt, 22. Rhapsody In Rivets, 23. The Night Before Christmas, 24. Blitz Wolf, 25. Pigs in a Polka, 26. Swooner Crooner, 27. Walky Talky Hawky, 28. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Mouse, 29. Mouse Wreckers, 30. Hatch Up Your Troubles, 31. Jerry's Cousin, 32. Little Johnny Jet, 33. Touché, Pussy Cat! 34. From A to Z-Z-Z-Z, 35. Sandy Claws, 36. Good Will To Men, 37. Tabasco Road, 38. One Droopy Knight, 39. High Note, 40. Nelly's Folly, 41. Now Hear This, 42. 'Drawn for Glory: Animation's Triumph At The Oscars®,' 43. What's Cookin' Doc?

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
The legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest.

Peace on Earth (1939)
Two baby squirrels ask grandpa to explain what 'men' are when he comes in singing 'peace on earth, goodwill to men'. Grandpa tells the story of man's last war.

The Milky Way (1940)
The Three Little Kittens tie helium balloons to a basket and travel up to the Milky Way, which is filled with all the milk they can drink.

Puss Gets the Boot (1940)
Feline 'Jasper' is given an ultimatum by his master: break one more thing and you're out! Rodent Jerry does his best to make sure that his tormentor 'gets the boot'.

A Wild Hare (1940)
Elmer is a dim-witted hunter whose 'wooking for wabbits.' Bugs proceeds to confuse, bamboozle, and otherwise humiliate the poor simp.

Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941)
Bugs reads 'Hiawatha' and winds up being hunted by him.

The Night Before Christmas (1941)
Well, a mouse *is* stirring... And he's having fun playing with the toys, until he mistakes Tom for a stuffed toy and wakes him up. '

Rhapsody in Rivets (1941)
A construction foreman conducts his workers like a symphony orchestra as they build a skyscraper, musically.

Superman (1941)
The Man of Steel fights a mad scientist who is destroying Metropolis with an energy cannon.

Blitz Wolf (1942)
Yet another variation on the Three Little Pigs theme, this time told as WW2 anti-German propaganda (the US had just entered the war), with the wolf as a thinly-disguised Hitler.

Pigs in a Polka (1943)
The story of the three little pigs and the big bad wulf, this time performed as pantomime to the Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms.

The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943)
As Tom and Jerry stage their typical fight sequences, the patriotic soldier theme of the title is evidenced by such things as a carton of eggs labeled 'Hen Grenades'; Jerry dropping light bulbs from an airplane like bombs; and Jerry sending a telegram with the message 'Sighted Cat - Sank Same.' Musical phrasings from various patriotic war songs are heard throughout.

Mouse Trouble (1944)
Tom's new book on ''how to catch a mouse'' doesn't prove too helpful against Jerry; actually, Jerry seems to make better use of it than Tom.

Swooner Crooner (1944)
Porky Pig's egg faces production problems when a crooning rooster distracts the hens from their jobs.

Quiet Please! (1945)
The bulldog wants to take a nap. Tom wants to chase Jerry around the house. Naps and noise don't mix, and so the bulldog threatens Tom to keep quiet or else.

Walky Talky Hawky (1946)
Young Henery Hawk's father regretfully admits their family's shame: they hunt and eat chickens. Henery set off to find one, and comes across Foghorn Leghorn, where the loudmouth rooster is engaged in his favorite pastime, playing tricks on a grumpy dog.

The Cat Concerto (1947)
Jerry is determined to disrupt Tom's concert while Tom fights him with the piano without missing a single note.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947)
Tom, sick of Jerry stealing the milk out of his bowl, poisons it. Instead of killing the mouse, the potion transforms him into a muscular beast.

Tweetie Pie (1947)
Thomas the cat finds Tweety in the snow, warming himself by a cigar butt. Thomas's mistress rescues the little yellow bird before her cat can devour him, but Thomas doesn't give up.

For Scent-imental Reasons (1949)
Pepe Le Peu chases a female cat in a perfume shop until she turns the tables on him.

Hatch Up Your Troubles (1949)
A baby woodpecker mistakes Jerry for his mother. The mouse rejects the newly hatched bird but soon finds himself protecting it against his feline nemesis, Tom.

The Little Orphan (1948)
The Bide-a-Wee Mouse Home has sent the orphan mouse, Nibbles, to spend Thanksgiving with Jerry. But Jerry's cupboard is bare, and Nibbles is always hungry.

Mouse Wreckers (1948)
Mice Hubie and Bertie try to remove Claude the Cat from his house by driving him insane.

So Much for So Little (1949)
Little Johnny Jones, to be born in the next year, is shown growing to a ripe, healthy old age, thanks to the efforts of his local public health officers. But without them, he might be one of the 5% or so that dies in the first year. The price for the public health service: about 3 cents a week.

Jerry's Cousin (1951)
When Tom's harassment gets out of hand, Jerry writes to his Cousin Muscles, a tough inner city mouse, and asks for his help.

The Two Mouseketeers (1951)
This Tom and Jerry cartoon is set in 18th century France. Tom, who is a soldier in a castle, is assigned to guard the food laid out on a banquet table. Jerry and a smaller mouse companion, two wandering 'mouseketeers,' make the situation miserable for Tom as they abscond with (and occasionally eat) all the food they can.

Johann Mouse (1952)
Tom and Jerry Cartoon. A waltzing mouse lives in the house of Strauss.

Little Johnny Jet (1953)
Concerns a family of aeroplanes and the problems Mom and Pop have with Junior, whose obsession with speed leads him to acquire a jet engine...

From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1953)
In his first of two Warner Bros. cartoons, schoolboy Ralph Phillips daydreams in class, the lessons inspiring his fantasy heroics, such as being a pony-express rider, a deep-sea diver, a boxing champion and even General Douglas MacArthur.

Touché, Pussy Cat! (1954)
Musketeer Jerry's old friend, François Mouse, sends his son for training. But when Jerry has to save the tyke from a run-in with Tom, the little one is sent packing until he manages to save Jerry.

Good Will to Men (1955)
A group of young mice is in the ruins of a church, practicing singing for an upcoming service.

Sandy Claws (1954)
Tweety Bird is taken by his mistress, Granny, to a beach, where Sylvester Cat spots him and tries to reach his cage, only to be stopped again and again by tidal waves.

Speedy Gonzales (1955)
Starving Mexican mice want access to a cheese factory guarded by Sylvester Cat and send for Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse in all Mexico, to breeze past Sylvester and obtain the cheese for them.

Birds Anonymous (1957)
In this spoof of Alcoholics Anonymous, pussy cats are cast as bird-eating addicts and go through the 12-step process to deal with their addiction.

One Droopy Knight (1957)
Sir Droopalot and Sir Butchalot (Droopy and Butch) vie with each other to kill a dragon that is terrorizing their kingdom. Whoever vanquishes the dragon will marry the king's daughter.

Tabasco Road (1957)
Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse in all Mexico, runs to the rescue of his two drunken rodent friends, Pablo and Fernando, who keep wandering into the hungry clutches of an alley cat.

Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)
Court jester Bugs races against the Black Knight (Yosemite Sam) and his sneezing dragon in pursuit of the Singing Sword.

High Note (1960)
Fable concerning an alcoholic musical note.

Nelly's Folly (1961)
A talent agent on an African safari discovers Nelly, a singing giraffe, and brings her to America to be a famous performer.

Now Hear This (1962)
In this very abstract cartoon, a hard-of-hearing old Britisher finds a red horn and uses it as a megaphone, unaware that it is really a lost horn from the Devil's forehead.

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965)
A simple line attempts to woo his true love, a dot, away from the unkempt squiggle she prefers. But he'll have to learn to bend before she'll notice him.

Drawn for Glory: Animation's Triumph at the Oscars (2008) Documentary.

What's Cookin' Doc? (1944) Bonus Film.
Bugs Bunny attends the Academy Awards ceremony, where, following his impressions of Edward G. Robinson, Jerry Colonna, and Bing Crosby, he tries to convince the committee that he deserves the Oscar more than James Cagney.

The Best of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment - Academy® Award Winning and Nominated theatrical animated shorts. Category: Best Animated Short Subjects. Franchises include Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera, MGM, Max Fleischer etc. 41 of the most celebrated cartoons of their time, including 15 award winners...plus over 60 minutes of special features! This collection has something for everyone with characters such as the Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Droopy, Superman, Popeye, Dot, Line & Squiggle, Tex Avery's 'Little Johnny Jet', Chuck Jones' 'High Note', and Nelly's Folly (the singing Giraffe) and Hubie Bertie & Cat Claude.
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)
Peace on Earth (1939)
The Milky Way (1940)
Puss Gets the Boot (1940)
A Wild Hare (1940)
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941)
The Night Before Christmas (1941)
Rhapsody in Rivets (1941)
Superman (1941)
Blitz Wolf (1942)
Pigs in a Polka (1943)
The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943)
Mouse Trouble (1944)
Swooner Crooner (1944)
Quiet Please! (1945)
Walky Talky Hawky (1946)
The Cat Concerto (1947)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947)
Tweetie Pie (1947)
For Scent-imental Reasons (1949)
Hatch Up Your Troubles (1949)
The Little Orphan (1948)
Mouse Wreckers (1948)
So Much for So Little (1949)
Jerry's Cousin (1951)
The Two Mouseketeers (1951)
Johann Mouse (1952)
Little Johnny Jet (1953)
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1953)
Touché, Pussy Cat! (1954)
Good Will to Men (1955)
Sandy Claws (1954)
Speedy Gonzales (1955)
Birds Anonymous (1957)
One Droopy Knight (1957)
Tabasco Road (1957)
Knighty Knight Bugs (1958)
High Note (1960)
Nelly's Folly (1961)
Now Hear This (1962)
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965)
Drawn for Glory: Animation's Triumph at the Oscars (2008) Documentary.
What's Cookin' Doc? (1944) Bonus Film.

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