Escalation is a 1968 animated short film, directed by Disney animator Ward Kimball . It is an anti-Vietnam War cartoon mocking U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson .
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39-458: A budget of 3,000 dollars and had to outsource the ink and painting to Celine Miles Ink & Paint, had a college choir sing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", had to pay an outside camera man to shoot the frames, and finished the film with the help of a friend. He showed it at film festivals, college campuses during the U.S. presidential election year in 1968, and personally gave away copies of
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78-414: Is slowly wheeled into view, while the melody of the " Battle Hymn of the Republic " plays. One of the statue's ears is shaped as a dollar sign. Actor Paul Frees imitates Johnson's voice reading the lyrics, later joined by a choir, with each instance of the word "truth" being bleeped out with a cuckoo sound. As the song goes on, Johnson's nose slowly starts to rise in phallic fashion. When fully erect ,
91-536: The Disney Studios and is notable for being the only animated cartoon made in this manner by one of Disney's core animators, the " Nine Old Men ". Escalation originated from his anger of the "Battle Hymn" during the Vietnam War (a song he performed many times with Firehouse Five Plus Two ) and a story from The Realist that suggested that Johnson was preoccupied with the size of his genitals. Kimball had
104-536: The film to whomever was interested. The first film festival it was screened at a Los Angeles art house called the Cinema Theatre, proving the film so popular that it was screened three times there. The film was a runner-up for the Academy Award, but was ultimately dropped due to its content. In a 2000 interview shortly before his death, Kimball said that he thought that Escalation had not received
117-419: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Escalation&oldid=1211067398 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Escalation (1968 animated film) The short was made independently from
130-420: The mainstream attention it deserved. In 2007, relatives of Kimball put the film online on YouTube . The animation begins with a countdown from 10 and a drumbeat, skipping over the number 7 and with each numeral getting larger in size as the countdown progresses. A dove of peace flies upside down and backwards, with X marks over its eyes as if it were dead. Then a giant statue of the head of Lyndon B. Johnson
143-466: The nose begins to shake and then violently explodes as images of the Playboy Bunny , bare breasts , hot dogs , copious amounts of meat, Billy Graham , John Wayne , Doris Day , Coca-Cola , beer, Aunt Jemima , Lassie , Superman , Little Orphan Annie , S&H Green Stamps , cars , and cigarettes flash on the screen in rapid succession amidst images and sounds of explosions, followed by
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169-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Escalation . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Escalation&oldid=1211067398 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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