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5.8/10   45 votes
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Director:
Alexander Schure
Writer:
Paul Tripp (writer)
Release Date:
1 April 1975 (USA) more
Genre:
Animation | Family | Musical
User Comments:
An inspiring piece of work more (6 total)

Cast

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Jack Gilford ... The Herald (voice)
Ray Middleton ... The Great Pepperino (voice)
Jane Powell ... Celeste (voice)
Cyril Ritchard ... The Frog (voice)
David Wayne ... Pee-Wee the Piccolo (voice)
Paul Tripp ... Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pearl Bailey ... Mrs. Elephant (voice)
Ruth Enders ... The Haughty Violin (voice)
Hermione Gingold ... Miss Squeek (voice)

Dick Van Dyke ... Tubby the Tuba (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
81 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:Uc | Iceland:L | USA:G

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Version of Tubby the Tuba (1947) more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
An inspiring piece of work, 9 January 2001
Author: Mr Pants (maestropants@yahoo.com) from Columbus, Ohio

I don't care who knows it: I love this movie. There, I've said it.

And since there is no plot summary here yet ... Tubby is indeed a tuba, who longs to find a melody he can play. But nobody writes music for tubas to play, they're only supposed to do that oom-pah thing. But Tubby, despite feeling he should maintain his life station of background instrument, cannot contain his desire to play leads.

The story unfolds with a lot of interesting characters, some of them other instruments, some "tunes" which seem to be something like orphaned sirens with musical noted-shaped heads. Yet it all makes sense when you watch it.

At any rate, it's a well-made cartoon. Kids will enjoy it and I think it has a lot to say on the subject of independence and finding the best way to live your life. Hey, Dick Van Dyke wouldn't attach his name to any old thing, right?

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