Thick Air (short film)

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Movie
German title thick air
Original title For scent-mental reasons
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1949
length 7 minutes
Rod
Director Chuck Jones
script Michael Maltese
production Edward Selzer
for Warner Bros.
music Carl W. Stalling

Thick Air is a 1949 American animated short film directed by Chuck Jones .

action

When the owner of a perfumery opens his shop, he is shocked: The skunk Pepé le Pew rummages through his shop windows. A policeman who has been summoned is also looking for the distance in panic. The shopkeeper picks up the passing cat Penelope, who is supposed to chase the skunk away.

By an unfortunate accident, Penelope's back is partly colored white. Pepé now thinks the cat is a female skunk and pursues it as stubbornly as if in love. Penelope always manages to escape. The cat lady finally holed up in a glass case and tells Pepé that she couldn't stand his stench. When Pepé tries to end his life with a pistol and a shot is fired, Penelope rushes to him and the skunk sees this as a token of their love. Penelope's escape continues and ends with a jump out of the window. Pepé jumps after it and lands in a bucket of blue paint. Penelope, who landed in a water barrel, now looks like a wet cat again and Pepé is desperately looking for the female skunk. Penelope, in turn, discovers her love for Pepé and pursues him, who fled in horror.

production

Thick Air hit theaters on November 12, 1949 as part of the Warner Bros. animated film series Looney Tunes . All characters in the film are voiced by Mel Blanc .

Awards

Thick air won in 1950 the Oscar in the category " Best Animated Short Film ".

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