Prehistoric Pink (1968)
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- G
- 6min
- Animation, Short
- 07 Aug 1968 (USA)
- Short
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Directed by
| Hawley Pratt | ||
Written by
| John W. Dunn | ... | (story) |
Produced by
| David H. DePatie | ... | producer |
| Friz Freleng | ... | producer |
Music by
| Walter Greene | ||
Editing by
| Lee Gunther | ||
Production Management
| Jim Foss | ... | production supervisor |
Camera and Electrical Department
| John Burton Jr. | ... | camera operator |
Animation Department
| Warren Batchelder | ... | animator |
| Manny Gould | ... | animator |
| Art Leonardi | ... | animator |
| Tom O'Loughlin | ... | background artist |
| Manuel Perez | ... | animator (as Manny Perez) |
| Dick Ung | ... | layout artist |
| Don Williams | ... | animator |
Music Department
| Henry Mancini | ... | composer: theme "The Pink Panther" |
Additional Crew
| Harry Love | ... | production coordinator |
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Distributors
- United Artists (1968) (United States) (theatrical)
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Storyline
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The Pink Panther and a short, pointy-nosed caveman are laboring to move a large, rectangular slab of rock across a prehistoric jungle. The Pink Panther realizes that the rock would be easier to move if it were round. So, he and the caveman chisel it into a sphere and roll it down a hill. It picks up speed and flattens the caveman repeatedly as it reaches hill bottom, rises on another hill, then re-descends, again and again. The Pink Panther and the caveman next have the idea of positioning another rectangular slab on a carriage and pulling it, and they invent a pair of wheels to put beneath the carriage. Then, when the panther and caveman envision the future for the wheel, including the Industrial Revolution, automobiles, urban blight, and pollution, they destroy the two wheels and go back to moving the slab by their original, clumsy pushing method.
Written by Kevin McCorry |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Cave era humor was popular in the mid sixties, with the animated Flintstones TV series (1960) and the live action comedy It's About Time (1966) both entertaining U. S. TV viewers. This short uses quite a bit of Flintstones type imagery and humor. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The Mystery of History in Cartoons (2022). See more » |