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Short Subject is a 16mm American underground animated short film. The director was Whitney Lee Savage ; the producer and head designer was Milton Glaser. The short was produced under the auspices of a studio named Max Cats and Whittesey Sledge Studios. It features the Disney character Mickey Mouse being shipped to Vietnam during the war. Moments after arriving, he is shot dead. It was produced independently in 1969 and has a total running time of one minute. It received an award from the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in 1970. The film was lost for many years until April 22, 2013, when a YouTube user uploaded the video. Five years later, on July 31, 2018, the full short was discovered and uploaded by another YouTube user; this version includes opening and closing titles, both of which were absent in the 2013 upload, as well the audio track, which until then it was assumed that it was completely lost. The music prominently used in the soundtrack is The Gonk by Herbert Chappell, which was popularized by George Romero's horror film Dawn of the Dead.
Original Release
01/30/1967
Directors
Writers
Lee Savage, Dave Dixon, Milton Glaser
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lee Savage | Producer |
Milton Glaser | Producer |