So Much for So Little
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | So Much for So Little |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 11 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Chuck Jones |
| script |
Fritz Freleng Chuck Jones |
| production | Edward Selzer |
| music | Carl W. Stalling |
| occupation | |
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So Much for So Little is an American documentary - short film by Chuck Jones from 1949. The cartoon was created by Warner Bros. for the United States Public Health Service produces and deals with the health care in the United States. In 1950 the film won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short along with A Chance to Live .
action
In the United States, for every 2 million births, there are approximately 118,481 children who do not see their first birthday. The cartoon shows baby John E. Jones, who could also fall into this statistic if not properly cared for. The film now follows John's life into old age and shows what the United States Public Health Service is doing to save John. Stages are school days, adulthood with marriage and the birth of the first child, the mean age at which weight gain occurs, and old age. The entire time the United States Public Health Service takes care of Johnny for just 3 cents .
background
The film was released on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD Volume 2 in 2004 and on the Warner Brothers Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection DVD in 2008 . It was the first animated documentary to win an Oscar.
criticism
Practically an advertising film for the public health service, the film seems outdated and not very meaningful from today's perspective. At the time, the cartoon style was quite unusual. In particular, the stills of Paul Julian , Robert Gribbroek and Pete Alvarad and the simple animations by director Chuck Jones were unusual at the time.
Web links
- So Much for So Little in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ So Much for So Little. New York Times , accessed February 17, 2013 .
- ^ A b Jon Cooke, Lee Glover, Matthew Hunter and Pietro Shakarian: The Most Obscure Warner Bros. Cartoons of All Time. (No longer available online.) Looney.goldenagecartoons.com, archived from the original on July 19, 2012 ; Retrieved February 17, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jeff Lenburg: Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film And Television's Award-Winning And Legendary Animators . Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006, ISBN 978-1-61774-660-4 , pp. 165 .
