Hurts and Flowers (1969)
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- G
- 6min
- Animation, Comedy
- 11 Feb 1969 (USA)
- Short
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Cast
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| Lennie Weinrib | ... |
Hippy (uncredited)
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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
| Doug Goodwin | ||
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 |
| Tom O'Loughlin | ... | background artist |
| Manuel Perez | ... | animator (as Manny Perez) |
| Dick Ung | ... | layout artist |
| Don Williams | ... | animator |
Additional Crew
| Harry Love | ... | production coordinator |
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Distributors
- United Artists (1969) (United States) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1969) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
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Storyline
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Roland is a flower child; Rattfink is "a weed." Roland keeps growing, picking, and sniffing flowers; Rattfink keeps attacking Roland, but the attacks either fail or backfire. Among the gags: As Roland plays the harp, Rattfink tries to discourage him by drumming. When that fails, he inverts the drum to reveal a beehive; the bees attack, the harp strings send Roland back into a fountain, and the bee-stung Roland still presents Rattfink with a flower. Rattfink air-drops a bag of flour on Roland; the resulting cloud of flour engulfs RF's plane, and he crashes into a building. Finally, Roland is in a jam session; Rattfink paints a can of nitroglycerine to look like a drum, but slips on a banana peel and explodes. Roland puts a flower on his grave; Rattfink's ghost hurls it at Roland.
Written by Jon Reeves |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This short took full advantage of the flower power counterculture movement of the times. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Bill & Toony's Plant (2021). See more » |
| Quotes |
[after Rattfink blew himself up with the nitro]
Hippy: Man, like, he had a bad trip. See more » |