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When a giant threatens the land, the cityfolk mistake Mickey's boast of killing seven flies with one blow to be giants. He is then forced to fight the giant for real.
Brave Little Tailor
1938 Directed by William Roberts, Burt Gillett
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El sastrecillo valiente, The Brave Little Tailor, Das tapfere kleine Schneiderlein, Musse Pigg och jätten, Den tappre lille skräddaren, Den modige lille skräddaren
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Beautifiully animated, the crowd scenes and attention to detail in the medieval city are amazing, the gag rate is pretty fast and most of them hit. Mickey plays a tailor whose brags of fly swatting lead to him being sent to face a giant for untold millions and the hand of princess Minnie.
I loved the feel of the opening scenes, they reminded me a lot of the commotion when Maurice chevalier is unveiled as a tailor in love me tonight, a similar tongue in cheek mining of fairy tale europe for gags and Mickey is an endearing lead.
available in full on youtube
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a beautifully animated, wonderfully imaginative classic short. the attention to subtle visual detail brings the whole thing to life, like Mickey's shoe getting stuck for a moment in the giant's forehead folds. my favorite image is when he’s standing inside the giant's mouth, dodging the barrage of pumpkins that are rolling past him and down the giant's throat.
I'm having so much fun watching these 😃 (3 down, 2 to go in the “Disney Animation Collection,” Vol. 1)
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Memorable for having a scene in which Micky Mouse is literally roled into a giant joint.
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In this one, the giant vs. minuscule theme is used to support... umm, I guess in modern terms, petty bourgeois opportunism. But of course, really, it's just a variation on the old myth. I don't recall many versions of this one from my childhood--maybe another animation or something, and pretty sure the tailor was drunkenly bragging in that one, making it a morality tale on boasting and drink--but this one ignores the lesson and just suggests lying and lucking your way to becoming part of the aristocracy (or bourgeoisie) is all good fun. Just be very very very clever. Anyway, no one making this film thought any of those thoughts, but they did make some great animation. Not quite as interesting as the beanstalk, but the landscape distortion that the giant gets up to, and the thing with the pumpkins, is wonderfully out there.
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That giant is a terrible influence on my kids says Catholic mom not realizing it’s a Freaking cartoon😡
This is what my friend told me his mom told him😂
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extra points for the scene where mickey gets rolled into a joint by a giant and literally smoked
what the fuck disney
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The Giant doesn't have half the charisma or likability as Willie from Fun and Fancy Free and... well, he kind of has a real retard thing happening (not as offensive as Kurt Russell in The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes but it is extremely annoying). Oh, and Princess Minnie? She's... here. And the ultimate prize to be won. (Can't you just hear Jasmine now?) However, it's worth mentioning that they repeat a gag used in The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met and it's much better here.
My favorite moment: tiny pumpkins. They're so tiny!!
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Probably the best Mickey short nominated for an Oscar, it might even be the only good one.
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