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Munro (1960)

Munro poster
Directed by
Gene Deitch
Genre
animation, comedy, war, family
Country
United States
Runtime
9 min
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A four year old boy named Munro is mistakenly drafted into the army. He tries to explain the error but no one listens.

whimsicalabsurddeadpansatiricalplayfullightheartedwry

What happens

Munro is a 1960 Czechoslovak-American animated short film directed by Gene Deitch, written by Jules Feiffer, and produced by William L. Snyder. Munro won an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 1961. It was the first short composed outside of the United States to be so honored. The Academy Film Archive preserved Munro in 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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