Paul Bunyan (1958)
August 1, 1958Release Date
Paul Bunyan (1958)
August 1, 1958Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Thurl Ravenscroft
Paul Bunyan / Chorus (voice) (as The Mellomen)
Bill Lee
Chorus
Max Smith
Chorus (voice) (as The Mellomen)
Bob Stevens
Chorus (voice) (as The Mellomen)
Parley Baer
Chris Crosshaul / Prologue Narrator (voice)
Dal McKennon
Cal McNab (voice)
Bob Amsberry
Joe Muffaw (voice)
Ken Christy
Shot Gunderson (voice)
Les Clark
Director
Ted Berman
Story
George Bruns
Original Music Composer
Eyvind Earle
Color Designer
Bob Abrams
Animation
Walt Disney
Producer
Tom Oreb
Characters
Jack Parr
Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 1, 1958
StatusReleased
Running Time17m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Paul Bunyan is a 1958 American animated musical short film produced by Walt Disney Productions. The short was based on the North American folk hero and lumberjack Paul Bunyan and was inspired after meeting with Les Kangas of Paul Bunyan Productions, who gave Disney the idea for the film. The film was directed by Les Clark, a member of Disney's Nine Old Men of core animators. Thurl Ravenscroft starred as the voice of Paul Bunyan. Supporting animators on the project included Lee Hartman.Paul Bunyan received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short of 1958, losing to the Looney Tunes cartoon Knighty Knight Bugs, starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam.
DTV set clips of the short to Annette Funicello's Tall Paul and was featured in an episode of Sing Me a Story with Belle.