High Note (film)

For the 2020 film, see The High Note.
High Note
Directed byChuck Jones
Story byMichael Maltese
Produced byJohn Burton Sr.
StarringMel Blanc
Edited byTreg Brown[1]
Music byMilt Franklyn
Animation byKen Harris
Richard Thompson
Layouts byMaurice Noble
Backgrounds byWilliam Butler
Philip DeGuard
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • December 3, 1960 (1960-12-03)
Running time
6:31 minutes
LanguageEnglish

High Note is a 1960 American animated short film directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese.[2] It was originally released by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 3, 1960, as part of the Looney Tunes series.[3] It features no dialogue, relying solely on the animation and music to carry the plot. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film (Cartoon) in 1961, losing to Gene Deitch's Munro.[2]

  1. ^ "High Note". BCDB.com. Retrieved August 17, 2012.[dead link]
  2. ^ a b Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 328. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  3. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100–102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.