Mickey Mouse in Vietnam
Screenshot from Mickey Mouse in Vietnam
Mickey Mouse in Vietnam is a 16mm underground animated short film. The director was Whitney Lee Savage (father of Adam Savage, of Mythbusters fame);[1] the producer and head designer was Milton Glaser. The short was produced under the auspices of a studio named Max Cats and Whittesey Sledge Studios. It features the Disney character Mickey Mouse being shipped to Vietnam during the war. Moments after arriving, he is shot dead. It was produced independently in 1969 and has a total running time of one minute.[2] It received an award from the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in 1970.[3] The film was lost for many years until April 22, 2013 when a YouTube user uploaded the video.[4][5][6][7]
See also
References
- ↑ Doctorow, Cory (23 June 2013). "Mickey Mouse in Vietnam". Boing Boing. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ↑ John Grant, Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: from Mickey Mouse to Hercules, 3rd Edition, p. 31
- ↑ Filmmakers Newsletter, vol. 4, p. 55 (1970).
- ↑ "Mickey Mouse In Vietnam: Anti-War Animation By Milton Glaser Shows Character's Sad Demise", Huffington Post, June 24, 2013.
- ↑ David Haglund, "Watch the Long Lost Anti-War Short 'Mickey Mouse in Vietnam'", Slate (magazine), June 21, 2013.
- ↑ Gabriel Grand, "When Mickey Mouse fought in Vietnam", Salon (website), June 23, 2013.
- ↑ "The Bootleg Files: Mickey Mouse in Vietnam", Film Threat, June 28, 2013.
External links
- Video on YouTube
- Mickey Mouse in Vietnam at The Big Cartoon DataBase
- Buzzfeed article with video
- Disney Cartoons That Aren't Disney Cartoons
- An article about the representation of war in cartoons in the USA, mentioning the existence of Mickey Mouse in Vietnam
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