Goliath II
- Studio
- Walt Disney Studios
- Distributor
- Buena Vista Pictures
Synopsis
Goliath is a miniature elephant who is ostracized from the herd because of his size. But his size comes in handy when he has to rescue the herd from an invader: a mouse!
Characters
Goliath I, Mrs. Goliath I, Raja, Eloise, Goliath II
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Wolfgang Reitherman
Producing
- Producer
- Walt Disney
Writing
- Writer
- Bill Peet
Voices
- Voice
- Sterling Holloway (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- George Bruns
Animation
- Directing Animator
- John Lounsbery
- Animator
- Eric Cleworth, Blaine Gibson, Bill Keil, Hal King, Dick N. Lucas, Cliff Nordberg, Amby Paliwoda, John Sibley (Character Animation)
- Layouts
- Collin Campbell, Basil Davidovich, Vance Gerry
Art Department
- Backgrounds
- Richard H. Thomas, Thelma Witmer, Gordon Legg
- Color Styling
- Ralph Hulett
Production notes
This was the first production to be fully animated using the new Xerox process for transferring the pencil drawings to cels.
Awards
Academy Award Nominee, Best Short Subject (Cartoon), 1961
Reviews
Goliath II
Hoo-boy....another instance of the Disney people, not on one of their better days!
Make no mistake about it: Bill Peet wrote some VERY clever stories, in and out of Disney. But this one......man, Disney himself must've been soused to give him the paycheck for this plot. The notion of an elephant with a physical abnormality who gains favor from the rest of the gang has potential (hell, look backwards to "Dumbo"). But when Goliath Jr. is ousted & then becomes a hero, there's no real catharsis in the resolution (I don't feel it, anyway). And his mom, spanking a little, teensy-weensy pachyderm with a blade of grass--oh, the DEGRADATION OF IT ALL!!! Hey, is it any WONDER the kid ran away from home?!?!?!?
THe only redeeming thing here is Paul Frees' terrific job as the mouse.