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The Tortoise and the Hare

The Tortoise and the Hare

Animation · Family · Fantasy · 1935

The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, The Tortoise and the Hare won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the influences for Bugs Bunny.

Movie details

The Tortoise and the Hare

“Hare stops to show off, and the slower Tortoise wins the race.”

1935 Animation · Family · Fantasy 9m

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6.6 / 10

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The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, The Tortoise and the Hare won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the influences for Bugs Bunny.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Wilfred Jackson

Written by

Larry Clemmons

E

Eddie Holden

Toby Tortoise (voice) (uncredited)

N

Ned Norton

Max Hare (voice) (uncredited)

Pinto Colvig

Pinto Colvig

Starter (voice) (uncredited)

Marcellite Garner

Marcellite Garner

Miss Cottontail Girl (voice) (uncredited)

D

Dorothy Compton

Girl Bunny (voice) (uncredited)

Beatrice Hagen

Beatrice Hagen

Girl Bunny (voice) (uncredited)

M

Mary Moder

Girl Bunny (voice) (uncredited)

Court is in session

Put The Tortoise and the Hare on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.