Banjo the Woodpile Cat

I enjoyed a thirty year career in the business of Motion Picture and Television (traditional-hand drawn) Animation, four of those early years with the Don Bluth Studio. I joined the Studio just a few months after the group's departure from Disney, and it was on the strength of viewing "Banjo The Woodpile Cat" for the first time on cable television in 1979 that inspired me to apply with them. I had been working at Hanna-Barbera Studio on their next-to-last feature: "Heidi's Song", and felt I was not learning what I really needed to know about executing the classical form of animation techniques on display in beloved features such as Disney's Bambi, Pinocchio, Cinderella, Peter Pan and Sleeping Beauty; and the myriad of films that came out of the Max Fleischer Studio in the thirties and forties. "Banjo" had all the qualities of the kind of animation I had been wanting to make. I was hired on in 1980 to Key-Assist on the "Secret Of NIMH", and so began a new, glorious career in Animation! "Banjo" is a milestone in contemporary animation history, for so many reasons. Many of those reasons are all detailed on the second supplementary disc of this DVD set, which is exceptional! The documentaries offer information that even I was previously unaware of! Great behind-the-scenes footage and photos, circa-1979. And Don Bluth's personal encouragement to the young animators of today throughout the supplemental material is well-worth repeated viewing! Any student of today's forms of animation could benefit from this well-constructed look at "Banjo" and it's making, an important component of American Traditional-Animation History. Please enjoy!Philo Barnhart.........

I loved this animated short. The first time I watched it was on Youtube and I watched it once or more on Youtube years ago but I never got to see it on DVD before. This is one of Don Bluth's best animated cartoons he's ever created. I got all sorts of Don Bluth films on DVD right at my own home that I loved as a kid. I reccomend this to anyone who loves good old fashioned cartoons like this one. Kids of all ages would love this, no matter if your young and old or big and small, your never too old for a cartoon like Banjo The Woodpile Cat. It's like a blast from your past. It's like this is how cartoons should be made.

So nostalgic for me, and the quality is good.(I had this on VHS when I was a child, I thought I'd never see this movie again. ALSO if you're curious, you can watch it free on YouTube with a simple search, but I wanted to support to move that I loved and show it to my nephews who also love it.)

This is an order I made for my Grandmother. She was looking everywhere for this. Thankfully I found it here. It may not be a long movie but it was worth getting it for her. She was so excited to be able to watch this again!!

I been a loyal supporter of Don and his creations since I was a little boy. His fan club was wonderful and fun. I remember waiting for the mailman to bring me my next issue.Banjo is quite an amazing little short considering the budget constraints and that it was created inside Don's garage.This dvd completes my entire collection of the work of the wonderful Don Bluth.I encourage everryone to check out all of Bluths films.BartokAn american tailrockadoodleLand before timeAll dogs goto HeavenThe secret of NimhThumbelinaThe troll in central parkTitan A.E.AnastashiaThe pebble and the Penquin

My daughter is 30 and wants all these movies she saw as a child so she can have for her children. I was a music teacher and used to take 2 or 3 classes at a time to give teachers a break during "kids are crazy season". and they loved this move no matter how many times they saw it. The songs were contagious and it was 27 min., the perfect film :)

We have had this movie on vhs since it came out years ago and wanted it for my childrens children on DVD as they have an easier time putting the movie in them selves. We fell in love with this wonderfull movie and have look for years for it on DVD. Thank you so much and I recomend this for all ages to watch. It is a blast, great story, wonderful music and an attention keeper. Better get one quick.

It's wonderful as a movie and I saw when I was a kid I've been looking for it for years it was a good condition and it was like watching it on the VHS all over again I watched it with my three kids and they all enjoyed it

Normalement, il y a sur tous les DVD la possibilité de le voir en français ... Sauf sur celui-la ... Un peu déçu : l'annonce n'était pas assez précise. Sinon bonne présentation (comme neuf) .

Un buen cortometraje para quien le guste don bluth.