The Door is a 1968 short directed by Ken Mundie.
Plot[]
Presumably set in a time before white-man set foot on America, two Navive Americans go about their chores, hunting and fishing respectively. After their jobs are through, they decide to eat some fruit.
Fast forward some time, and the natives are so fat they cannot eat another bite. Then, a native woman appears, leading one of the men to go over to her.
The woman gives the man a key before suddenly turning into a door. The man curiously open the door. Inside, he sees live action footage of the future; zoos, cars, planes, traffic.
After viewing these horrors, the man tells the other native about what he saw.
The second man, thinking the other crazy, laughs him off. Both get into an argument, and begin to throw punches.
After both have done some damage to each other, the screen turns to footage of war, death, destruction, and, finally, the atomic bomb. After the bomb's explosion, the word "Peace" appears inside a door.
Availability[]
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1, Disc Three (restored)
Notes[]
- This cartoon uses a unique watercolor aesthetic, and has much smoother animation than what was common in that era.
- This is an independent short that was not produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, but instead produced by the Silver-Campbell-Cosby Corporation and directed by Ken Mundie, rather than Alex Lovy or Robert McKimson. It was released under the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts moniker.
- Much like "Norman Normal", which was released the same year, it is neither part of the Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies series (although unlike "Norman Normal", it was also not released as a "Cartoon Special").
- This was formerly considered by many to be one of the rarest cartoons Warner Bros. has ever distributed prior to its release on the Platinum Collection, largely due to not being a mainstream Warner Bros. cartoon.
- It also seldom airs on American television due to Native American stereotyping that would be deemed offensive to modern audiences.
- The soundtrack consists of needle drops from three tracks in the Clark Terry album, "Mumbles" (1966). The featured tracks, in order of appearance, are "Rum An Mumbles", "The Mumbler Strikes Again", and "Mumbles".
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