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Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
There were several masters of animation during Hollywood's golden era. Of the top two geniuses, one created elaborate fairy tales and ornate feature-length fantasias -- the other guy was Tex Avery. He just wanted to make you laugh. Having already been integrally involved in the development of Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny for Warner Bros., Avery moved to MGM in 1941 to create a set of comedy masterpieces that defined a new slapstick style for animation, inspiring cartoonists, comedians and filmmakers for decades to come. Avery's unit at Metro Goldwyn Mayer was all about breaking the fourth wall, shattering expectations and making audiences fall down with laughter. His one-shot masterpieces, including Bad Luck Blackie, Red Hot Riding Hood and Symphony in Slang, have proven themselves pure gold. And continuing characters like Droopy, Screwball Squirrel and George & Junior -- not to mention Spike, Red and The Wolf - remain unforgettable comic personas among the top rank of cartoondom. Avery's cartoons were ahead of their time -- and their time has come. Finally committed to Blu-ray, this first collection of restored Technicolor shorts feels fresh and new, and is funnier than ever. This set will delight young and old -- and will amaze a new generation ready to laugh again. Excerpt from JERRY BECK, Animation Historian located HERE *** Above all, [Avery] steered the Warner Bros. house style away from Disney-esque sentimentality and made cartoons that appealed equally to adults, who appreciated Avery's speed, sarcasm, and irony, and to kids, who liked the nonstop action. Disney's "cute and cuddly" creatures, under Avery's guidance, were transformed into unflappable wits like Bugs Bunny, endearing buffoons like Porky Pig, or dazzling crazies like Daffy Duck. Even the classic fairy tale, a market that Disney had cornered, was appropriated by Avery, who made innocent heroines like Red Riding Hood into sexy jazz babes, more than a match for any Wolf. Avery also endeared himself to intellectuals by constantly breaking through the artifice of the cartoon, having characters leap out of the end credits, loudly object to the plot of the cartoon they were starring in, or speak directly to the audience. Excerpt from Gary Morris at Wikipedia located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: May 8th, 1943 - March 31st, 1951
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Review: Warner Archive - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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Distribution | Warner Archive - Region FREE - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 0:08:12.533 X 20 | |
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1.37 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 40,374,058,952 bytesSample Cartoon : 2,399,760,384 bytesVideo Bitrate: 34.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master Audio English 2025 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2025 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) |
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Subtitles | English (SDH), None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Warner Archive
1.37 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 40,374,058,952 bytesSample Cartoon : 2,399,760,384 bytesVideo Bitrate: 34.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
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Standard Blu-ray Case Chapters 1 X 20 |
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
You can watch in a 'Play All'
fashion from the menu for all 20 cartoons or 'Play All' just the four 'Screwy
Squirrel' cartoons or the two 'George & Junior' cartoons or four
'Droopy' cartoons.
Naturally, the presentations start with this caveat: 'Some of the cartoons
you are about to see are a product of their time. They may depict some of
the ethnic and racial prejudices that were commonplace in American society.
These depictions were wrong then and are wrong today. While the following
does not represent the Warner Bros.' view of today's society, some of these
cartoons are being presented as they were originally created, because to do
otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed.
" Thank you, Warner.
The cartoons are (in order): Red Hot Riding Hood, Who Killed Who?, What's
Buzzin' Buzzard?, Batty Baseball, The Hick Chick, Bad Luck Blackie, Garden
Gopher, The Peachy Cobbler, Symphony in Slang, Screwball Squirrel, The
Screwy Truant, Big Heel-Watha, Lonesome Lenny, Hound Hunters, Red Hot
Rangers, Dumb-Hounded, Wags to Riches, The Chump Champ, and Daredevil
Droopy.
NOTE: All 18 large resolution Blu-ray
captures are for DVDBeaver Patrons HERE
On their
Blu-ray,
Warner Archive use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel mono track (24-bit) in
the original English language. The cartoons sports the lively scores of
Scott Bradley (who has 275 composition credits) - bangs, booms, pops,
horns and a variety of exaggerative noises that comically fill the
action. It sounds surprisingly strong with impressive depth. Warner Archive offer optional English
(SDH)
subtitles on their Region FREE
Blu-ray.
The Warner Archive
Blu-ray has
Warner Archive's Tex Avery Screwball
Classics Volume 1 is a true treasure on Blu-ray.
This is some of the most inventive, timeless humor ever created. And I
still can't believe it has come out looking and sounding this pristine.
This is something you can keep and watch - perhaps prefacing any and
every movie night - for the rest of your days. Our highest
recommendation!
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