Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979)
26m
Running Time
November 16, 1979Release Date
Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979)
26m
Running Time
November 16, 1979Release Date
Plot.
Banjo is a curious and rebellious kitten who is always getting into trouble. When he decides to jump off a roof of a chicken coup to see if he can land on his feet, he is ordered to "fetch a switch". Thinking his parents wouldn't care if he gets hurt, he hitches a ride on a feed truck, all the way to Salt Lake City. After he finds the excitement of the city, he soon finds it cold and lonely and wishes to be home. With the help of stray cat Crazy Legs and a trio of singing cat girls, he finds the truck and returns home.
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Cast & Crew.
Scatman Crothers
Crazy Legs
Beah Richards
Zazu
Sparky Marcus
Banjo
Jerry Harper
Additional Voices
Ken Sansom
Additional Voices (voice)
Don Bluth
Director
Anne Beesley
Additional Voices (voice)
Toby Bluth
Writer
Robin Muir
Additional Voices (voice)
Gary Goldman
Producer
Georgette Rampone
Additional Voices (voice)
Jackie Ward
Singer (voice)
Robert F. Brunner
Composer
Sally Stevens
Singer (voice)
Sue Allen
Singer (voice)
Dorse A. Lanpher
Visual Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 16, 1979
StatusReleased
Running Time26m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Banjo the Woodpile Cat is a 1979 American animated short film directed by Don Bluth. It follows the story of Banjo, an overly curious and rebellious kitten who, after getting into trouble for falling from a house to see if he could land on his feet, runs away from his woodpile home in his owners' farm in Payson, Utah by catching a truck to Salt Lake City. Produced on a shoestring budget, and created in Bluth's garage, the film took four years to make and it was the first production of Don Bluth Productions, later Sullivan Bluth Studios. It premiered theatrically on November 16, 1979, and at the USA Film Festival one year later on March 28, 1980. It was released on DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on May 20, 2014.