

The Tortoise and the Hare
Hare stops to show off, and the slower Tortoise wins the race.
The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, The Tortoise and the Hare won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the influences for Bugs Bunny.
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- Released
- Budget
- $32.7K
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- fable
- foot race
- tortoise
- aesop's fables
- moral
- popular fable
- short film
- anthropomorphic animal
- overconfident
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR5 Jan 1935
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP10 Sept 1935
GermanyDE
- Theatrical010 Sept 1935
JapanJP
- TheatricalG8 Jan 1940
South KoreaKR
- PhysicalALL19 Feb 2004
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The Tortoise and the Hare was released on 5 January 1935.
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CinemaSerf
2/9/2024
The hare emerges from his tent like a boxing champion, the tortoise more like a lethargic geriatric - and the entire crowd assume this is a fait-accompli. Racing away, the hare even stops for a nap. His opponent politely tip-toes past him, only for him to be easily overtaken again and this time allowing the complacent hare time to flirt with some bunny girls watching from a wall, generally taking his victory as assur…
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