Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection (2024)

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection (1)

Due to the success of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection and Popeye DVD series, Warner Home Video issued a 3-DVD set on February 12, 2008 showcasing the various animation properties that they own, including their home-grown product Looney Tunes. Other animation properties represented on this set were Tom and Jerry, Droopy, and other classic MGM cartoons, as well as entries from Max Fleischer's Popeye and Superman series (both originally released by Paramount Pictures). All of the cartoons selected for this release were nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film, with the exception of the film So Much for So Little which won the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject.

A total of 41 cartoons (completely uncut and unedited) were chosen for this set, 15 of them being winners. Many of the Looney Tunes shorts featured on this collection have also been released on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets, but this set also includes a handful of cartoons that have not been released on these Golden Collections. The cartoons A Wild Hare and Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt, which were previously reissued as Blue Ribbons, have their full original titles restored. The cartoon From A to Z-Z-Z-Z was previously released as a Blue Ribbon, but was also presented on this set in its original format, retaining its full slate of credits.

All of the Tom and Jerry shorts have been previously released on the Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection series, but most of them are presented here in remastered versions (the copies sourced for Mouse Trouble and Quiet Please! were badly restored transfers with washed-out colors and grainy pictures, similar to the ones that were released in the Tom and Jerry Golden Collection DVD & Blu-Ray sets years later). Three MGM cartoons, Touché, Pussy Cat!, Good Will to Men and One Droopy Knight are presented in their original CinemaScope aspect ratios. Aside from this 3-DVD set aimed towards collectors, Warner has also released all three discs separately.

  • 1 Disc 1
    • 1.1 Special Features
      • 1.1.1 Audio Bonuses
  • 2 Disc 2
    • 2.1 Special Features
      • 2.1.1 Audio Bonuses
    • 2.2 Errors
  • 3 Disc 3
    • 3.1 Special Features
      • 3.1.1 Audio Bonuses
      • 3.1.2 Documentary
      • 3.1.3 Bonus Short
  • 4 Gallery

Disc 1[]

All 15 cartoons on this disc won Academy Awards

#TitleStudioStar(s)YearDirector(s)
1The Milky WayMGM1940Rudolf Ising
2The Yankee Doodle MouseMGMTom and Jerry1943William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
3Mouse TroubleMGMTom and Jerry1944William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
4Quiet Please!MGMTom and Jerry, Spike1945William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
5The Cat ConcertoMGMTom and Jerry1946William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
6Tweetie PieWarner Bros.Sylvester, Tweety1947Friz Freleng
7The Little OrphanMGMTom and Jerry, Tuffy1948William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
8For Scent-imental ReasonsWarner Bros.Pepe Le Pew, Penelope Pussycat1949Chuck Jones
9So Much for So LittleWarner Bros.1949Chuck Jones
10The Two MouseketeersMGMTom and Jerry, Tuffy1951William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
11Johann MouseMGMTom and Jerry1953William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
12Speedy GonzalesWarner Bros.Speedy Gonzales
Sylvester
1955Friz Freleng
13Birds AnonymousWarner Bros.Sylvester, Tweety1957Friz Freleng
14Knighty Knight BugsWarner Bros.Bugs Bunny
Yosemite Sam
1958Friz Freleng
15The Dot and the LineMGM1965Chuck Jones

Special Features[]

Audio Bonuses[]

  • Music-only tracks
    • Speedy Gonzales
    • The Dot and the Line
  • Audio Commentaries
    • Mark Kausler on Quiet Please!
    • Eric Goldberg on The Cat Concerto and The Dot and the Line
    • Greg Ford on For Scent-imental Reasons
    • Jerry Beck on So Much for So Little

Disc 2[]

All 14 cartoons on this disc were nominated for Academy Awards, but did not win

#TitleStudioStar(s)YearDirector(s)
1Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the SailorFleischer
Paramount
Popeye, Olive, Wimpy, Bluto1936Dave Fleischer
2Peace on EarthMGM1939Hugh Harman
3A Wild HareWarner Bros.Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd1940Tex Avery
4Puss Gets the BootMGMTom and Jerry, Manny Two-Shoes1940William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
5SupermanFleischer
Paramount
Superman, Lois1941Dave Fleischer
6Hiawatha's Rabbit HuntWarner Bros.Bugs Bunny, Hiawatha1941Friz Freleng
7Rhapsody in RivetsWarner Bros.1941Friz Freleng
8The Night Before ChristmasMGMTom and Jerry1941William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
9Blitz WolfMGM1942Tex Avery
10Pigs in a PolkaWarner Bros.1943Friz Freleng
11Swooner CroonerWarner Bros.1944Frank Tashlin
12Walky Talky HawkyWarner Bros.Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk, Barnyard Dawg1946Robert McKimson
13Dr. Jekyll and Mr. MouseMGMTom and Jerry1947William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
14Mouse WreckersWarner Bros.Hubie and Bertie, Claude Cat, Hector the Bulldog1949Chuck Jones

Special Features[]

Audio Bonuses[]

  • Audio Commentaries
    • Jerry Beck, Leslie Carbaga, Ray Pointer and Bob Jacques on Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor
    • Greg Ford on Peace on Earth and A Wild Hare
    • Mark Kausler on Puss Gets the Boot
    • Paul Dini on Superman
    • Eric Goldberg on Blitz Wolf
    • Jerry Beck on Walky Talky Hawky

Errors[]

The print of Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor featured on this set has the music from the a.a.p. ending logo (originally the ending music to Olive Oyl for President) on the end Paramount title.

Disc 3[]

All 12 cartoons on this disc were nominated for Academy Awards, but did not win

#TitleStudioStar(s)YearDirector(s)
1Hatch Up Your TroublesMGMTom and Jerry1949William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
2Jerry's CousinMGMTom and Jerry, Butch (cameo), Muscle Mouse, Lightning (cameo)1951William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
3Little Johnny JetMGM1953Tex Avery
4Touché, Pussy Cat!MGMTom and Jerry, Tuffy1954William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
5From A to Z-Z-Z-ZWarner Bros.Ralph Phillips1954Chuck Jones
6Sandy ClawsWarner Bros.Sylvester, Tweety, Granny1955Friz Freleng
7Good Will to MenMGM1955William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
8Tabasco RoadWarner Bros.Speedy Gonzales1957Robert McKimson
9One Droopy KnightMGMDroopy, Butch Bulldog1957Michael Lah
10High NoteWarner Bros.1960Chuck Jones
11Nelly's FollyWarner Bros.1961Chuck Jones
12Now Hear ThisWarner Bros.1963Chuck Jones

Special Features[]

Audio Bonuses[]

  • Music-only tracks
    • Little Johnny Jet
    • Touche, Pussy Cat!
    • Tabasco Road
    • One Droopy Knight
  • Vocal Chorus section isolated audio track
    • Good Will to Men
  • Audio Commentaries
    • Amid Amidi on From A to Z-Z-Z-Z and Now Hear This

Documentary[]

  • Drawn for Glory: Animation's Triumph at the Oscars

Bonus Short[]

  • Bugs Bunny in What's Cookin' Doc?

Gallery[]

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