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FILMS WATCHED
July 2007

.....Highest rating. Deserves to be considered a classic.
½ ...Very good. The movie greatly entertains or greatly moves me on a personal level.

......Good. It is a solid, enjoyable film.

½ ......I like the movie, but can't muster strong feelings for it.

..........I dislike it, but can't muster strong emotions against it.

½ .........Terrible, but not hateful. May have cult appeal.
BOMB ....Lowest rating. The movie is offensive, inept or both.
Titles in bold indicate first time viewing.






7/1 The Reluctant Dragon (1941, Alfred L. Werker, Hamilton Luske)  

7/1 The Emperor's Nightingale (1949, Jirí Trnka)   ½

Shorts: Baseball Bugs (Bugs Bunny; 1946) (Friz Freleng)

Rabbit Seasoning (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd; 1952) (Chuck Jones)

Long-Haired Hare (Bugs Bunny, Giovanni Jones; 1949) (Chuck Jones)

7/2 Johnny the Giant Killer (1950, Jean Image, Charles Frank)   ½

Shorts: High Diving Hare (Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam; 1949) (Friz Freleng)

Bully For Bugs (Bugs Bunny, Bull; 1953) (Chuck Jones)

What's Up Doc? (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd; 1950) (Robert McKimson)

7/4 Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (1926, Lotte Reiniger)  

7/4 The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952, Paul & Pierre Grimault)  

Shorts: Das Geheimnis der Marquisin (1922, Lotte Reiniger)

7/8 Cat City (1986, Béla Ternovszky)   ½

Shorts: Rabbit's Kin (Bugs Bunny, Pete Puma; 1952) (Robert McKimson)

Water, Water Every Hare (Bugs Bunny, Gossamer; 1952) (Chuck Jones)

Big House Bunny (Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam; 1950) (Friz Freleng)

Big Top Bunny (Bugs Bunny, Bruno the Bear; 1951) (Robert McKimson)

My Bunny Lies Over the Sea (Bugs Bunny, Angus McCrory; 1948) (Chuck Jones)

7/9 The Elm Chanted Forest (1986, Milan Blazekovic, Doro Vlado Hreljanovic)  

Shorts: Wabbit Twouble (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd; 1941) (Bob Clampett)

Ballot Box Bunny (Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam; 1951) (Friz Freleng)

Rabbit of Seville (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd; 1950) (Chuck Jones)

7/11 The Magic Voyage (1992, Michael Schoemann)   ½

Shorts: Duck Amuck (Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny; 1953) (Chuck Jones)

Dough for the Do-Do (Porky Pig; 1949) (Friz Freleng)

Drip-Along Daffy (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig; 1951) (Chuck Jones)

Scaredy Cat (Porky Pig, Sylvester; 1948) (Chuck Jones)

7/12 Treasure Island (1997, Dino Athanassiou)   BOMB

7/13 A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969, Bill Melendez)  

7/15 The Man from Button Willow (1965, David Detiege)  

Shorts: The Ducksters (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig; 1950) (Chuck Jones)

The Scarlet Pumpernickel (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Elmer Fudd, Henery Hawk; 1950) (Chuck Jones)

Yankee Doodle Daffy (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig; 1943) (Friz Freleng)

Porky Chops (Porky Pig; 1949) (Arthur Davis)

The Wearing of the Grin (Porky Pig; 1951) (Chuck Jones)

Deduce, You Say (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig; 1956) (Chuck Jones)

7/16 Enchanted Journey (1984, Yakikoto Higuchi)   ½

Shorts: Story of the Bass Cello (1949, Jirí Trnka)

Song of the Prairie (1949, Jirí Trnka)

7/17 Puss 'n Boots (1969, Kimio Yabuki)  

Shorts: The Merry Circus (1951, Jirí Trnka)

A Drop Too Much (1954, Jirí Trnka)

The Hand (1965, Jirí Trnka)

7/18 Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003, Sylvain Chomet)   ½

Shorts: Boobs in the Woods (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig; 1950) (Robert McKimson)

Golden Yeggs (Daffy Duck, Porky Pig; (Rocky 1950) (Friz Freleng)

Rabbit Fire (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd; 1951) (Chuck Jones)

Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century (Duck Dodgers, Porky Pig, Marvin the Martian; 1953) (Chuck Jones)

7/19 Little Nemo (1989, Masami Hata, William T. Hurtz)  

7/20 The World of Hans Christian Anderson (1971, Al Kilgore, Chuck McCann)   ½

7/21 Taro the Dragon Boy (1979, Kiriro Urayama)   ½

7/22 Journey Back to Oz (1974, Hal Sutherland)  

Shorts: Elmer's Candid Camera (Happy Rabbit, Elmer Fudd; 1940) (Chuck Jones)

Bugs Bunny and the 3 Bears (Bugs Bunny, Three Bears; 1944) (Chuck Jones)

Fast and Furry-ous (Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote; 1949) (Chuck Jones)

7/23 The Wacky World of Mother Goose (1967, Jules Bass)   ½

Shorts: Springtime (Silly Symphony; 1929) (Ub Iwerks)

Hell's Bells (Silly Symphony; 1929) (Ub Iwerks)

Summer (Silly Symphony; 1930) (Ub Iwerks)

Autumn (Silly Symphony; 1930) (Ub Iwerks)

7/24 Allegro non Troppo (1977, Bruno Bozzetto)   ½

Shorts: The Story of One Crime (1962, Fyodor Khitruk)

The Man in the Frame (1966, Fyodor Khitruk)

7/25 ¡Vampiros en La Habana! (1985, Juan Padrón)   ½

Shorts: My Green Crocodile (1966, Vadim Kurchevskiy)

There Lived Kozyavin (1966, Andrey Khrzhanovskiy)

7/26 Return to Oz (1964, F.R. Crawley, Thomas Glynn)   ½

Shorts: Mountain of Dinosaurs (1967, Rasa Strautmane)

Passion of Spies (1967, Yefim Gamburg)

7/27 Rock & Rule (1983, Clive A. Smith)  

Shorts: Mountain of Dinosaurs (1967, Rasa Strautmane)

Ball of Yarn (1968, Nikolai Serebryakov)

Singing Teacher (1968, Anatoli Petrov)

Film Film Film (1968, Fyodor Khitruk)

7/28 Mutant Aliens (2001, Bill Plympton)  

Shorts: Seasons (1969, Ivan Ivanov-Vano)

Ballerina on a Boat (1969, Lev Atamanov)

7/29 Ghost in the Shell (1995, Mamoru Oshii)   ½

Shorts: Armoire (1970, Andrey Khrzhanovskiy)

Battle of Kerjenets (1971, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Yuriy Norshteyn)

Butterfly (1972, Ilya Khrjanovsky)

7/30 The Five Star Stories (1989, Kazuo Yamazaki)  

7/31 Jack and the Beanstalk (1974, Gisaburo Sugii)  

Shorts: The Island (1973, Fyodor Khitruk)

Fox and Rabbit (1973, Yuriy Norshteyn)