Get a Horse!

2013 Mickey Mouse short directed by Lauren MacMullan

Get a Horse! is a 2013 American animated comedy short film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and directed by Lauren MacMullan.[4] Combining black-and-white hand-drawn animation and color[5] computer animation, the short features the characters of the late 1920s Mickey Mouse cartoons.

Get a Horse!
Directed byLauren MacMullan[1]
Story byPaul Briggs
Nancy Kruse
Lauren MacMullan
Raymond S. Persi
Produced byDorothy McKim
Starring
Music byMark Watters
Animation byEric Goldberg (lead)
Adam Green (lead)
Layouts byAlfred "Tops" Cruz
Jean-Christophe Poulan
Color processColor, Black-and-white
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • June 11, 2013 (2013-06-11) (Annecy)
  • November 27, 2013 (2013-11-27) (with Frozen)[2]
Running time
6 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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The film features archival recordings of Walt Disney in his role as Mickey Mouse. ("Goodbye, goodbye, little feller!" is an uncredited line by Jimmy MacDonald sourced from an archival recording.)[5][6] Disney's voice is also heard as Minnie Mouse in one instance (crying out "Help! Help! Help!"), though he is uncredited in that role.

It is the first original Mickey Mouse theatrical animated short since Runaway Brain (1995), and the first appearance of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in a Disney animated production in 75 years.

Cast change

Additional voices


Accolades change

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients Result
Academy Awards[10] March 2, 2014 Best Animated Short Film Lauren MacMullan & Dorothy McKim Nominated
Annie Award[11] February 1, 2014 Best Animated Short Subject Lauren MacMullan Won
San Diego Film Critics Society[12] December 11, 2013 Best Animated Film Get a Horse! Nominated


References change

  1. Sarto, Dan (June 17, 2013). "Get A Horse – A New Mickey Mouse Short 85 Years in the Making". Animated World Network. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  2. Tapley, Kristopher (June 6, 2013). "With Saving Mr. Banks and Mickey Mouse short Get a Horse, could it be a very Disney Oscars?". Hitfix. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  3. Hammond, Pete (September 2, 2013). "Telluride: 'Gravity' Dazzles Fest Audiences So How Is Mickey Mouse Stealing The Show?". Deadline. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  4. Bahr, Lindsey (August 9, 2013). "Disney Animation preview: Frozen, Big Hero 6, at Disney's D23, Plus Zootopia announced". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 10, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Breznican, Anthony (August 22, 2013). "Old-school Mickey Mouse gets future shock in Get a Horse! – First Look". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 1, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Keegan, Rebecca (April 23, 2013). "Walt Disney Animation releases new Mickey Mouse short". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Eagen, Daniel (November 21, 2013). "Film Review: Frozen". FilmJournal International. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  8. Beck, Jerry (June 13, 2013). "First Peek: Get A Horse Premieres At Annecy". Animation Scoop. Archived from the original on June 18, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  9. Breznican, Anthony (February 26, 2014). "10 secrets of Disney's Oscar-nominated short Get a Horse! – Exclusive Video". EW.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  10. "2014 Oscar Nominations". Oscars.com. January 16, 2013. Archived from the original on January 10, 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  11. "Complete list of 2013 Annie Award nominees for animation". Los Angeles Times. December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  12. Stone, Sasha (December 10, 2013). "San Diego Film Critics". Awards Daily. Retrieved December 11, 2013.

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