Hiawatha's hare hunting
Movie | |
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German title | Hiawatha's hare hunting |
Original title | Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1941 |
length | 8 minutes |
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Director | Friz Freleng |
script | Michael Maltese |
production |
Leon Schlesinger for Leon Schlesinger Productions |
music | Carl Stalling |
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt is a 1941 American animated short film directed by Friz Freleng .
action
Bugs Bunny sits chewing a carrot by a river and reads The Song of Hiawatha aloud - the story of an Indian who hunts a hare. Promptly an Indian comes rowing up the river and Bugs Bunny realizes that he must be the rabbit himself. He's escaping. The Indian Hiawatha is indeed planning to catch a hare. He has put on a large kettle with water and now follows a rabbit trail, which in turn leads directly to the kettle: Bugs Bunny takes a bath in it and is delighted when Hiawatha lights a fire under the kettle, since warm bath water is better than cold. When he dreams that he too has an appetite for rabbits, and Hiawatha puts cut carrots into the water, he notices that he should be boiled and flees.
Hiawatha starts a new tactic and tries to tie up Bugs Bunny. In the end he ends up tied to a tree trunk, Bugs Bunny performs an Indian dance around him, kisses him enthusiastically on the forehead and disappears. Although for a short time it looks like Hiawatha will be able to kill Bugs Bunny, in the end the Indian falls rudely down a cliff and the hare rejoices. Hiawatha angrily breaks his bow and drives away, while Bugs Bunny quotes that very ending of Hiawatha's song . However, the Indian comes back briefly and kisses the stunned rabbit on the forehead.
production
Hiawatha's rabbit hunt was released on June 7, 1941 as part of the Warner Bros. animated film series Merrie Melodies . Bugs Bunny and Hiawatha are voiced by Mel Blanc .
The film refers in part to The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow .
Awards
Hiawathas Hasenjagd was nominated in 1942 for an Oscar in the category " Best Animated Short Film ", but could not prevail against The Heartless Savior .
Web links
- Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt in the Internet Movie Database (English)