Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s — Volume 2(2009)

Bugs and Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons(en)

Leonard Maltin introduces us to and takes us back to a theatre showing Wartime cartoon shorts and explains how Bugs and Daffy and the gang, through a collection/sampling of 11 cartoon shorts which served the war effort.

NULL(en)

A hitman is tasked to take out ex-mobsters when he suddenly hears a voice that questions his morality.

Girl on the Moon(ru)

Someone from another planet crashed on Earth and evil is chasing him, and then love appears, and it defeats evil through an amulet.

For freedom and justice(da)

Captain Nulle(lv)

Valdis Nulle is a young and ambitious captain of fishing ship 'Dzintars'. He has his views on fishing methods but the sea makes its own rules. Kolkhoz authorities are forced to include dubious characters in his crew, for example, former captain Bauze and silent alcoholic Juhans. The young captain lacks experience in working with so many fishermen on board. Unexpectedly, pretty engineer Sabīne is ordered to test a new construction fishing net on Nulle's ship and 'production conflict' between her and the captain arises...

Circle(en)

This short film follows a man lost in the woods driven by his fear of the unknown.

Never and Again(en)

Kevin and Jasmine, teenagers with equal passion for each other's dreams, fall head over heels in love with each other, but tragedy and one horrible lapse in judgment tear them apart. Many years later, Kevin and Jasmine have to trust one another after their paths cross again. They find out whether or not their first love is strong enough to save them now.

Beyond the Barricade(da)

Family man Poul Berg is tempted by a questionable investement offer and indebts himself to a point where suicide seems like the only way out. His widow struggles to maintain even a simple standard of living for herself and their three children, who are fatally marked by their fathers deed. (stumfilm.dk)

Drei in fremden Kissen(de)

Once again, the hotel run by brothers Ludwig and Otto König is not fully booked. This changes when Genevieve Büglmeier, a rich sausage and meat manufacturer, turns up at the hotel and wants to book the four-poster room and the entire floor for herself. But the four-poster room has been booked for Otto and Ludwig's sister, Nane. What Nane doesn't realize is that Genevieve has arrived accompanied by Herbert Faltemeier, from whom Nane has just been divorced...

Sickies Making Films(en)

A love letter to film history, Sickies Making Films looks at our urge to censor movies and asks, Why? By focusing on the Maryland Board of Censors, the nation's longest lasting censor board, we discover reasons both absurd and surprisingly understandable.

Eros Ramazzotti: Stilelibero(it)

Avalanche: The White Death(en)

This fierce force of nature can snap trees as if they were twigs, reduce houses to rubble, and kill anyone unlucky enough to stand in the way.

Hawaiis versteckte Paradiese(de)

How Many Times(en)

Rick and Angela, an extraordinary young married couple who are bored with mate swapping and orgies, decide to blackmail people into becoming their sexual slaves.

Six: Inside(en)

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animation filmmakers.

La Diana cazadora(es)

A great love story based on the idea and development of the famous monument that decorating Mexico City.

Buzzkill(en)

Tune in to the blind date woes of Rick and Becky.

Rescue Dog(en)

The snow covered mountains; but not to worry, rescue dog Pluto is on duty. Actually, given that he barely keeps himself safe, maybe you should worry. A playful seal keeps stealing his cask of grog.

Booby Hatched(en)

A duck struggles mightily and finally hatches her eggs in the bitter cold. All but one, that is: poor little Robespierre. Mama doesn't notice him missing until after he has sprouted legs and run off in search of warmth.

Porky & Daffy(en)

Porky is Daffy's fight manager who gets Daffy a fight with "The Champion", but things get looney.

Cracked Ice(en)

It's ice skating time. After a few generic ice-skating gags, we get to the main story. An animal falls through the ice, and a pig doing W.C. Fields (W.C. Squeals, apparently) calls for help from a Saint Bernard dog. The dog dispenses a drink, and Squeals begins scheming to get some himself. First he tries faking his own fall through the ice, but the dog sees through it and downs the drink himself. Then Squeals tries using a dish of bones and a magnet, but the magnet falls through the ice and gets stuck around a fish. The fish then swims through a liquor spill from the dog's casket; the drunken fish grabs an ax and, swimming in a circle, dunks another skater. He then latches onto Squeals' skates, and hauls him into an ice-skating contest, where the fish-induced antics win him first prize. Squeals fills the loving cup from the dog's cask, and the fish swims off with it.

Dough Ray Me-ow(en)

Louie the Parrot finds a written will stating that his master bequeathes the family fortune not to him, but to his fellow household pet, a lunkheaded cat named Heathcliff, with the proviso that Louie is next in line to inherit the wealth if Heathcliff dies. So, Louie plots the untimely demise of Heathcliff.

The Cats Bah(en)

Penelope, an American tourist cat who's gotten a white stripe of paint down her back, is pursued through the Casbah by the amorous skunk Pepe Le Pew, who woos her with his rendition of "As Time Goes By".

Bugs and Thugs(en)

When Bugs calls a cab he doesn't know it's the getaway car for a couple of bankrobbers (he does know the capital of Nevada).

Inside Out(en)

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.

Palomita(es)

A hungry pidgeon finds a box of popcorn, down on a bench, and tries to reach it. The only thing it stops him to get it it's the rain.

Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse(en)

Robin Hood steals from the rich and give to the poor, and needs the help of Tom and Jerry! Your favorite daring duo aims to beloved medieval tale in a new film is all for one and one for all!

I Lost My Body(fr)

A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.

Gulliver Mickey(en)

Mickey is first seen reading Gulliver's Travels while the mice orphan children are pretending to be sailors. After ruining their game Mickey tries to make it up to them by retelling the Liliput sequences of Gulliver's Travels pretending it was a real event that happened to him by portraying the role of Gulliver. The story ends with Mickey saving the town from a giant spider (Pete). However after telling the story, one of the children dangles a fake spider attached to a fishing rod which scares Mickey out of his witts.

Canned Feud(en)

Sylvester Cat finds that his people have gone on vacation and left him alone in a locked house with a large stash of canned food in a cupboard. Sylvester needs a can opener, or he'll starve. And a pesky mouse has the only can opener in the house and torments Sylvester into trying more and more desperate measures to obtain it.

Canary Row(en)

Sylvester Cat spots Tweety Bird in a San Francisco apartment and tries to gain access but cannot make it past Granny or the cat-hating desk clerk.

Early to Bet(en)

The Gambling Bug causes gambling fever in anyone he bites.

Scent-imental Romeo(en)

A hungry cat disguises herself as a skunk to get in on feeding time at the zoo, but amorous Pepé thinks she's the real thing and pours on his Maurice Chevalier impression to win her over.

Lamp Life(en)

Bo Peep explains what happened to herself and her sheep between the events of Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 4.

A Wild Hare(en)

While hunting rabbits, Elmer Fudd comes across Bugs Bunny who tricks and harasses him.

Museum Scream(en)

When Sylvester hears that a children's museum's prize exhibit is Tweety Pie, he tires to raid the museum in order to have lunch. He doesn't succeed in his mission, due to Tweety's smartness, and the children.