A cold war between two lands over a ridiculous dispute leads to a perilous arms race.A cold war between two lands over a ridiculous dispute leads to a perilous arms race.A cold war between two lands over a ridiculous dispute leads to a perilous arms race.
Charles Durning
- Grandfather
- (voice)
Miriam Flynn
- Yookie-Ann Sue
- (voice)
- …
Clive Revill
- Van Itch
- (voice)
Joseph Cousins
- Grandson
- (voice)
Jim Cummings
- Various Yooks
- (voice)
Hal Smith
- Various Yooks
- (voice)
Storyline
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- GoofsWhen the Yook soldier first starts the walking machine, it has four goop-spraying attachments behind it. While he is en route to the wall, when the band is playing, there are only three attachments. When he confronts Van Itch at the wall, there are four again.
- Quotes
Grandfather: I marched to the wall with my Triple-Sling Jigger. I marched to the wall with great vim and great vigor. Right up to Van Itch with my hand on the trigger. "I'll have no more nonsense," I said with a frown, "from Zooks who eat bread with the butter side down!" Van Itch looked quite sickly. He ran off quite quickly.
- Alternate versionsBetween the VHS and DVD releases there are some mild differences in the typesetting of the end credits, such as different spacing and character width from a slightly different font, a few changes between upper and lower case, etc.
- ConnectionsEdited into In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994)
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Bakshi's oeuvre couldn't be more diametrically opposite than Dr Seuss's work: While the former is mostly known for his involvement in raunchy, adult-aimed animated films, Dr. Seuss remains to this very day as a wholesome icon of family entertainment, similar to Mister Rogers.
The ultimate result here is closer to Seuss's than Bakshi's, being a rather whimsical special with some darker undertones (In this case, a Cold War allegory) Apparently Dr. Seuss considered this animation the best adaptation of his books, and while I personally think that The Lorax short film from 1972 is more deserving of that title, this was an interesting watch anyway.
It would have been quite fascinating to see another collaboration of Bakshi and Dr. Seuss.
One more thing: The "Pg" rating (Assuming this is not a mistake from Imdb part) is ridiculous. This is pretty much a "G-rated" work, and honestly it feels more harmless than some G-rated Disney films such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I guess Bakshi was totally right when he said the rating board hated him and his work.
The ultimate result here is closer to Seuss's than Bakshi's, being a rather whimsical special with some darker undertones (In this case, a Cold War allegory) Apparently Dr. Seuss considered this animation the best adaptation of his books, and while I personally think that The Lorax short film from 1972 is more deserving of that title, this was an interesting watch anyway.
It would have been quite fascinating to see another collaboration of Bakshi and Dr. Seuss.
One more thing: The "Pg" rating (Assuming this is not a mistake from Imdb part) is ridiculous. This is pretty much a "G-rated" work, and honestly it feels more harmless than some G-rated Disney films such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I guess Bakshi was totally right when he said the rating board hated him and his work.
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- Also known as
- Dr. Seuss' The Butter Battle Book
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- Runtime30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was The Butter Battle Book (1989) officially released in India in English?
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