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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569793231
Feature: 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'
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishDubbed
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 79323
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Running Time: 200 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 20, 1954
Features:- 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'
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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.Running Time: 168 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 012569793231 Manufacturer No: 79323
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
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Rating:  -
This is great stuff but where's the REAL Tex Avery collection? It's a shame that you have to go to Amazon's French website to find a good collection from such an American genius. They offer a nice 4-disc set that is an official Warner Bros release.
Droopy was only a small part of Avery's output. C'mon Warner Bros, you issued them in France, why can't you do it here?
It's been 2 years since this Droopy set came out, let's see a followup.
Rating:  -
I got two of these when I ordered to qualify for free shipping. I presented one of the copies to another Tex Avery fan and I thought he might cry out of joy. Perhaps 5 stars is a bit over the top, but I've been waiting a long time for a DVD like this and I'm not aware that there is even another option. If you like Droopy, this is what you want to get.
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Here's the deal on the Avery cartoons. Contrary to what is said on the back of the DVD box, "Caballero Droopy", No.12 on DVD 1 was directed by Dick Lundy. 16 of the 24 are pure Avery and 1, "Deputy Droopy" is co-directed with Michael Lah. The other 7 are Michael Lah.
Racism: there is nothing "racist" about these cartoons; many things are caricatured in these and other cartoons of the era and everything was up for grabs. Singling out the black faces after an explosion with southern music ... Read More
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I love this dvd and I do enjoy this. I enjoyed all of the Droopy episodes; if you are a Droopy fan you would definitely enjoy this dvd I enjoy it.
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I enjoyed watching all of the cartoons all over again on DVD. It looks so much better on DVD than on TV. It also includes a Tex Avery documentary which was pretty interesting to watch.
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