Horton Hears a Who! (1970) (TV)

Directors:

Chuck Jones
Ben Washam (co-director)

Writer:

Dr. Seuss (teleplay)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Short

Plot:

Horton The Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbours who refuse to believe it exists.

Plot Keywords:

Elephant | Miniature People | Based On Children's Book | Character Name In Title

Cast

Hans Conried	...	Narrator / Horton / Dr. H. Hoovey (voice)
June Foray	...	Jane Kangaroo / Mother Who / Baby Who / Cindy Lou Who (voice)
Chuck Jones	...	Junior Kangaroo / Various Whos / Quizmo McKwoff / JoJo (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Thurl Ravenscroft	...	Wickersham Brother (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Chuck Jones
Ben Washam		(co-director)

Writing credits
Dr. Seuss		(teleplay)

Produced by
Chuck Jones	....	producer
Dr. Seuss	....	producer (as Ted Geisel)

Original Music by
Eugene Poddany

Film Editing by
Jim Faris

Production Design by
Maurice Noble

Production Management
Earl Jonas	....	production manager

Art Department
Don Foster	....	graphics
Chuck Jones	....	storyboard artist
Bob Ogle	....	storyboard artist

Animation Department
Hal Ambro	....	animator
Carl Bell	....	animator
Philip DeGuard	....	background artist
Angel Esparza	....	background artist
Don Morgan	....	layout artist
George Nicholas	....	animator
Tom Ray	....	animator
Phil Roman	....	animator (as Philip Roman)
Irven Spence	....	animator (as Irv Spence)
Richard Thompson	....	animator (as Dick Thompson)
Ben Washam	....	animator
Irv Wyner	....	background artist

Music Department
Eugene Poddany	....	composer: songs
Eugene Poddany	....	conductor
Dr. Seuss	....	lyricist

Production Companies

• The Cat in the Hat Productions
• MGM Television

Distributors

• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1997) (USA) (DVD) (as MGM/UA Home Video)
• Warner Bros. (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

26 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:G | Singapore:G | Germany:o.Al.

Company:

The Cat in the Hat Productions

Trivia:

The Grinch makes a brief cameo appearance as one of the Who's in Whoville.

Quotes:

Quizmo McKwoff: Hidey-hi, Hidey-ho, let us play hide and seek!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: Due to Constraints of Time and Budget (#4.15)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Be Kind to Your Small Person Friends

This is a must see for children of all ages.

Horton Hears a Who teaches us one of the most important lessons of democracy. We all have to speak up--even the smallest voice--in order to prevent injustice. Every voice, like every vote, counts. This should be required viewing (and reading) for children of all ages learning about the responsibilities of free speech and democracy.