Tex Avery's Droopy - The Complete Theatrical Collection
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569793231
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Running Time: 200 minutes
Sales Rank: 2119
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 20, 1954
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Droopy, a detective basset hound, lulls the bad guys into a false sense of security by acting slow and dumb when in actual fact he is a genius. The shrewd Droopy always outwits his enemies! Droopy Dog was a low-key animated movie character created by Tex Avery at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1943, this mournful deadpan witty Basset hound detective who spoke in a jowly monotone voice and, though he didn't look like much, was shrewd enough to outwit his enemies - the conniving Butch the Irish bulldog and the thieving, nasty wolf and English Fox.
DVD Features:
Documentaries:'Droopy and Friends: A Laugh Back' Â - a documentary retrospective featuring the highlights of Tex Averys iconic character and band of regular misfits, which made the collection so memorable and dear to our hearts. Â Peppered through the featurette will be moments reflecting on Texs early days, from inspiration, to his passions as an artist, entertainer and eventual auteur.
Gag Reel:'Doggone Gags' - a montage of great moments from the Droopy series, culled together in the fashion of a gag reel.
Amazon.com:
Frederick 'Tex' Avery directed some of the funniest cartoons ever made, but he relied primarily on situations and moving graphics, rather than on the personalities of familiar characters. Droopy, the phlegmatic basset hound, was one of the few characters Avery used regularly: His low-key presence was the perfect counter to the extreme takes, fast cuts, frenetic action, and general mayhem going on around him. Avery is also noted for 'self-reflexive gags:' the characters know they're in a cartoon and often comment on the fact. In 'Dumb-Hounded,'a sprinting wolf cuts a corner too sharply, skids past the sprocket holes at the edge of the film, and onto the blank screen. Droopy frequently turns to the camera and comments, 'You now what? I'm happy.' Some of the later films in the collection, made by animators Dick Lundy and Michael Lah, lack Avery's manic panache. The last cartoons in the collection were designed for the CinemaScope format: Droopy's pudgy form looks lost in those vast frames, and the flattened graphics pioneered by the UPA studio distort his rounded shape. But those are minor caveats. Fans have waited impatiently for Tex Avery's seminal cartoons to be released on DVD in the US, and this collection is a must-have for anyone interested in animation.(Unrated, suitable for ages 6 and older: cartoon violence, alcohol and tobacco use, risqué humor) --Charles Solomon
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- It will never get better than thisNit-pickign aside (I read the reviews) I found this collection of Droopy cartoons superb. 10 out of ... Read More
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- Wait...Droopy's a dog?At the beginning of both DVDs, there is a disclaimer addressing the issues of sexism and racism in the ... Read More
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- You Know What....I'm Happy..... I got this DVD set!!!I've been waiting for something like this ... Some of Tex Avery's best cartoons on DVD. All of Droopy's ... Read More
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- A Must-Have if you loved the Droopy Cartoons.!I loved this dvd! It has alot of the ones I remembered back in H.S.! Walter Lanz and Tex Avery were the ... Read More
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- Great!It's great to remember childhood by watching this DVD. It's as good as it gets!
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