The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit
1962 film by Gene Deitch / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit is a Tom and Jerry animated short film, produced and released on August 10, 1962.[2] It was the ninth cartoon in a series of thirteen to be directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia.[3] It updates its copyright to the current year 1962 as opposed to the 1961 copyright of Dicky Moe.
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![]() The title card of The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit. | |
Directed by | Gene Deitch Animation direction: Václav Bedrich |
Story by | Chris Jenkyns |
Produced by | William L. Snyder |
Starring | Allen Swift |
Music by | Steven Konichek |
Animation by | Uncredited animation: Jindra Barta Antonín Bures Mirek Kacena Milan Klikar Vera Kudrnová Vera Maresová Olga Sisková Zdenka Skrípková Zdenek Smetana Checking: Ludmila Kopecná (uncredited) |
Backgrounds by | Background paint: Bohumil Siska (uncredited) Assistant background paint: Miluse Hluchanicová (uncredited) |
Color process | Metrocolor[1] |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1] |
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Running time | 6:39 |
Countries | United States Czechoslovakia |
Language | English |
The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit is a sarcastic attack on the series as a whole and its formulaic approach, which the short mocks as excessively violent and designed solely for profit.[4] Deitch had strongly divergent views on animation compared to Tom and Jerry's creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, that he openly expressed throughout his lifetime.[5]