Mickey Mouse in Vietnam

Screenshot from Short Subject

Short Subject is a 16 mm 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] Five years later, on July 31st 2018, the full short was discovered and uploaded by another YouTube user; this version includes opening and closing titles, both of which were absent in the 2013 upload, as well the audio track, which until then it was assumed that it was completely lost. The music prominently used in the soundtrack is The Gonk by Herbert Chappell, which was popularized by John Romero's horror movie Dawn of the Dead.

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References

  1. ↑ Doctorow, Cory (23 June 2013). "Mickey Mouse in Vietnam". Boing Boing. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ↑ John Grant, Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters: from Mickey Mouse to Hercules, 3rd Edition, p. 31
  3. ↑ Filmmakers Newsletter, vol. 4, p. 55 (1970).
  4. ↑ "Mickey Mouse In Vietnam: Anti-War Animation By Milton Glaser Shows Character's Sad Demise", Huffington Post, June 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ David Haglund, "Watch the Long Lost Anti-War Short 'Mickey Mouse in Vietnam'", Slate (magazine), June 21, 2013.
  6. ↑ Gabriel Grand, "When Mickey Mouse fought in Vietnam", Salon (website), June 23, 2013.
  7. ↑ "The Bootleg Files: Mickey Mouse in Vietnam", Film Threat, June 28, 2013.
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