The Lorax (1972)

Directed by

Hawley Pratt

Genre

fantasy film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

25 min

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 144 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A greedy businessman cuts down all the truffula trees to make products, ignoring the warnings of a small orange creature called the Lorax. The story is told through animated songs and shows the consequences of destroying nature for profit.

whimsicalmelancholiceducationalsimplemusicalenvironmentalslow-pacednostalgic

What happens

The Lorax is a musical Dr. Seuss animated short produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises which first aired as a television special on CBS in the United States on February 14, 1972, and in Canada on CBC Television on October 22, 1972. The special was written by Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), based on his 1971 book of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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