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Three Little Pigs is a 1933 animated short film released by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett. [2] Based on the fable of the same name, the Silly Symphony won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The short cost $22,000 and grossed $250,000. [3]
The Disney version of the three pigs can be seen in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as meet-and-greet characters. [21] The direct-to-video film Muppet Classic Theater includes The Three Little Pigs as one of the stories, featuring Miss Piggy, Andy and Randy Pig as the titular characters.
The three "Storybook Favourites Shorts" volumes released included among others, The Three Little Pigs, The Tortoise and the Hare and the remake of The Ugly Duckling. On December 4, 2001, Disney released "Silly Symphonies" as part of its DVD series "Walt Disney Treasures".
The song's theme made it a huge hit during the second half of 1933. [3] As Neal Gabler wrote in his 2007 biography of Walt Disney, the song "indisputably became the nation's new anthem, its cheerful whoop hurled in the face of hard times." [4] It remains one of the most well-known Disney songs, being covered by numerous artists and musical groups.
The Film Daily (Oct 31, 1935): "Looks as if Walt Disney has hit on something as entrancing as his three little pigs in these three kittens... The three cute kittens will prove a wow — especially in that sequence where they go to bat with the automatic playing piano and come off second best. That piece of business is a laugh riot." [14]
The Big Bad Wolf, also known as Zeke Midas Wolf or Br'er Wolf, is a fictional character from Walt Disney's cartoon short Three Little Pigs, directed by Burt Gillett and first released on May 27, 1933. The Wolf's voice was provided by Billy Bletcher. As in the folktale, he was a cunning and threatening menace.