| Grand Canyonscope | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | C. August Nichols |
| Story by | Milt Schaffer Nick George |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Clarence Nash Bill Thompson |
| Music by | Oliver Wallace |
| Animation by | John Sibley Julius Svendsen Dan MacManus (effects) |
| Layouts by | Lance Nolley |
| Backgrounds by | Eyvind Earle |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 6:50 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Grand Canyonscope is aDonald Duck animatedshort released in 1954.[1] It was Disney's second cartoon filmed inCinemaScope (followingToot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom), and was produced to accompany Disney's first CinemaScope film20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. One joke hasJ. Audubon Woodlorebreaking the fourth wall stating to the tourists in the CinemaScope version, "Uh, spread out, folks, this is CinemaScope" or in the non-CinemaScope version, "Uh, spread out, folks, this is a big canyon." This short was the firstDonald Duck cartoon to be distributed by Disney's own distribution company,Buena Vista Distribution, instead ofRKO Radio Pictures.
Donald is taking a tour of theGrand Canyon. Although he just wants to enjoy the whole exhibition, this is made all but impossible by the constant admonishment from the rulebook-wielding tour guide: none other than RangerJ. Audubon Woodlore.
Donald and Woodlore continue to irritate each other — Donald by innocently tripping over various regulations ("Don't drop rocks into the canyon; Don't bother theAmericans; Don't yell at Echo Cliff"; You can't be on the tour without a burro to ride"; et al.), and Woodlore by chastising him for it — until Woodlore himself disturbsLouie the Mountain Lion, the lastlion seen in these parts since theCivil War. To Woodlore's shock, Louie is, in fact, the same lion. He proceeds to don aConfederatekepi cap and gives chase (after Woodlore's failure to gain his confidence by whistling the Confederate tuneDixie). Woodlore is caught in the middle as Louie chases Donald through the canyon, which results in most of it being destroyed (notably, a number of natural rock formations are smashed).
With all the other tourists having fled, Woodlore sternly — and rather insultingly — demands that both Donald and the lion must restore Grand Canyon to its original state that they ruined; accordingly, he throws them two shovels and yells at them to start digging. Feeling extremely remorseful, Donald and Louie are actually crazy enough to go along with this; they mopingly begin the ponderous task of restoring the Grand Canyon to its former glory.
The short was remastered and also released on November 11, 2008, onWalt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Four: 1951–1961.[2]
It was also released as a bonus feature on theDVD release of20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and was later made available forstreaming onDisney+.[3]
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