Urbanissimo
- Studio
- Hubley Studios
Synopsis
A comic allegory in which a runaway "city" on legs matches wits with a wily farmer. A farmer has an encounter with a runaway "city" (which devours its environs). He deserts his rural home for the imagined joys of urban life.
Characters
Farmer
Credits
Directing
- Director
- John Hubley
Producing
- Producer
- John Hubley, Faith Hubley
Writing
- Writer
- Faith Hubley, John Hubley
- Script Consultant
- Jacques Godbout
Music
- Music
- Benny Carter
- Musicians (Soloists)
- Ray Brown, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Maynard Ferguson, Pete Jolly, Shelly Manne
Animation
- Animator
- Gerard Baldwin, Frank Braxton, Phil Duncan, Rod Scribner, Ed Smith
Production notes
Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson was doing some studio work in Los Angeles when he got the call to come to a recording session on August 4, 1966 at United Recording. Benny Carter had pulled the session together, and they laid down a track called "Urbanissimo" for this film. Ferguson was called on for some high-note soloing.