A Message to Gracias
A Message to Gracias | |
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Directed by | Robert McKimson Ted Bonnicksen (co-director) |
Produced by | David H. DePatie (uncredited) Friz Freleng (uncredited) |
Animation by | George Grandpré Ted Bonnicksen Warren Batchelder Keith Darling Harry Love (effects animation) |
Layouts by | Robert Gribbroek |
Backgrounds by | Robert Gribbroek |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Running time | 7 minutes |
A Message to Gracias is a 1964 Looney Tunes cartoon. The title and plot are a reference to the essay "Message to Garcia".
Plot
The plot of this cartoon involves Mexican Revolutionary mice. Numerous attempts to deliver a message to General Gracias fail when every messenger is caught and eaten by Sylvester. Desperate, Speedy is used to deliver the message. After overcoming several of Sylvester's attempts to thwart him, Speedy traps Sylvester and delivers the important message to the general—only for it to turn out to be "Happy Birthday" from the other general. Disgusted because he had gone through all the trouble he had with Sylvester for such a relatively trivial message, Speedy then asks the cat, "Hey, Senor gato, Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Sylvester replies back, "I'm thinking." then Speedy sets the cat free, on the condition he eat the generals (as retribution for the rebels they allowed him to eat).
Crew
- Co-Director: Ted Bonnicksen
- Story: John Dunn
- Animation: George Grandpré, Ted Bonnicksen, Warren Batchelder, Keith Darling
- Layouts and Backgrounds: Robert Gribbroek
- Effects Animation: Harry Love
- Film Editor: Treg Brown
- Voice Characterization: Mel Blanc, Roger Green
- Music: Bill Lava
- Produced by: David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng
- Directed by: Robert McKimson
Availability
- DVD - Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Disc 3
External links
- 1964 films
- Looney Tunes shorts
- Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
- American short films
- American films
- Films directed by Robert McKimson
- 1960s American animated films
- 1964 animated films
- American animated short films
- Films about animals
- Animated films about animals
- Films featuring anthropomorphic mice
- Films about cats
- Animated films about cats
- Films set in Mexico
- Mexican Revolution films
- Looney Tunes stubs
- Films scored by William Lava