Pigs Is Pigs (1954 film)

Pigs Is Pigs is a 1954 animated film by Walt Disney Studios.[1] Based on the story "Pigs Is Pigs" by Ellis Parker Butler, it relates the tale of a railway agent and his problems with a shipment of two guinea pigs that proceed to breed rapidly. This was Gary Owens' film debut.[2][3] The cartoon was animated in the flat, colorful UPA style. The melody of the traditional Irish jig "The Irish Washerwoman" is repeated throughout the short.

Pigs Is Pigs
Directed byJack Kinney
Produced byWalt Disney
Story byLeo Salkin
StarringBill Thompson
The Mellomen
Narrated byGary Owens
Music byOliver Wallace
Animation byJohn Sibley
Dan MacManus (effects)
Layouts byJohn Wilson
Bruce Bushman
Backgrounds byEyvind Earle
Al Dempster
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
May 21, 1954
Running time
9:44
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

References

  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 153. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  2. https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Gary_Owens. Retrieved December 28,2020.
  3. Heritage Auctions catalog, https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/concept-art/eyvind-earle-pigs-is-pigs-color-key-concept-painting-walt-disney-1954-/a/7235-98743.s Retrieved December 28, 2020.


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