The Year of the Mouse (1965)

Directed by

Chuck Jones

Genre

animation, comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

6 min

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Jerry and another mouse play cruel pranks on a sleeping Tom. Tom thinks the attacks are accidents but soon discovers the truth and gets his revenge.

slapstickanarchiclightheartedfast-pacedmischievouswhimsicalcartoonish

What happens

The Year of the Mouse is a 1965 animated comedy film featuring Tom and Jerry. It was directed and produced by Chuck Jones, with a story by Jones and Michael Maltese and animation by Dick Thompson, Ben Washam, Ken Harris, and Don Towsley. In this film, Jerry Mouse and his fellow mouse Nipper torment a sleeping Tom Cat. They repeatedly attack him in his sleep, but Tom is left with the impression that these are incidents of self-harm. The attacks escalate in seriousness. Starting with a fly swatter, the mice proceed to use a revolver, a hangman's noose, a seemingly bloody knife, and a bow and arrow. Tom is increasingly scared, until he notices the mice spying on him. He takes revenge by tormenting them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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