Lorenzo (film)

Lorenzo
Directed byMike Gabriel
Written byMike Gabriel
Story byMike Gabriel
Joe Grant
Produced byBaker Bloodworth
Music byJuan José Mosalini and Big Tango Orchestra
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release dates
Running time
5 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Lorenzo is an American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation about a cat, Lorenzo, who is "dismayed to discover that his tail has developed a personality of its own". The short was directed by Mike Gabriel and produced by Baker Bloodworth.[1] It premiered at the Florida Film Festival on March 6, 2004,[1] and later appeared as a feature before the film Raising Helen,[2] but it did not appear on the DVD release of the film. It is based on an original idea by Joe Grant, who started working on the film in 1949, but it was eventually shelved.[3] It was later found along with Destino. The short was intended to be one of the segments for the proposed but ultimately abandoned Fantasia 2006.[4] It was included on the Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection Blu-ray/DVD set released on August 18, 2015.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Desowitz, Bill (February 19, 2004). "New Disney Short Lorenzo to Premiere at Florida Film Fest 2004". Animation World Network. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  2. ^ Desowitz, Bill (April 29, 2004). "Disney Attaches Lorenzo to Raising Helen". Animation World Network. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LATJoeGrant96 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Hill, Jim (November 29, 2010). "Wanna learn more about Disney's "Musicana"? Then go pick up a copy of the "Fantasia" Blu-ray". Jim Hill Media. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
  5. ^ Doty, Meriah (June 4, 2015). "'Frozen Fever' (and Easter Eggs!) Coming Soon on Disney Shorts Blu-ray (Exclusive)". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved June 5, 2015.