Mark Kausler

Mark Kausler

Movies for Mark Kausler...

Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul
Title: Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul
Character: Himself
Released: October 16, 2012
Type: Movie
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King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
Title: King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
Character: Himself
Released: October 16, 2012
Type: Movie
Focuses on how the legend of animation, Tex Avery, revolutionized cartoons.
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Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Title: Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Character: Himself
Released: October 21, 2008
Type: Movie
The life and career of the renowned voice actor of animation and radio. For generations, Mel Blanc was one of the most famous Hollywood voice actors with his myriad of voices for classic animated characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and scores of others. However, animation was only one of the fields where Blanc shone through in his long career. This film covers the life of this amazingly talented and big hearted actor, comedian and musician as he became one of the performing greats from the golden ages of American animation and radio through to the 1980s.
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Title: Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 2007
Type: Movie
Before Mickey there was Oswald, the floppy-eared star of Walt Disney's first cartoon series, THE ADVENTURES OF OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT. Fun and mischievous, the cheerful rabbit's popularity quickly multiplied, and so did his shorts. Between 1927 and 1928, Disney created a bounty of legendary and rarely seen Oswald cartoons. Now for the first time ever on DVD, the premiere collection of Disney's Oswald shorts -- all featuring new scores composed by Robert Israel especially for this release. The long-lost rabbit's life story, from his birth to his long-awaited return to Disney, and a documentary on the legendary Ub Iwerks set the stage for the comeback of one of the most important stars in Disney's menagerie. Featuring exclusive introductions by film historian Leonard Maltin, this is a timeless collection from generations past for generations to come.
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Oswald Comes Home
Title: Oswald Comes Home
Character: Mark Kausler
Released: December 11, 2007
Type: Movie
Documentary on how Oswald, the Lucky Rabbit returned to the Walt Disney Company's ownership.
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Behind the Tunes: Wacky Warner One-Shots
Title: Behind the Tunes: Wacky Warner One-Shots
Character: Himself
Released: October 30, 2007
Type: Movie
Historians and modern animators discuss classic era Warner cartoons without "stars": characters who returned in subsequent cartoons.
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Behind the Tunes: Real American Zero - The Adventures of Private Snafu
Title: Behind the Tunes: Real American Zero - The Adventures of Private Snafu
Character: Himself
Released: October 30, 2007
Type: Movie
Historians and animators discuss the Private Snafu cartoons made for military training during World War II.
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Unsung Maestros: A Directors Tribute
Title: Unsung Maestros: A Directors Tribute
Character: Himself
Released: October 30, 2007
Type: Movie
The titular directors discussed are: Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising (1930-1933), Jack King (1934-1936), Ub Iwerks (1937), Ben Hardaway (1934-1940), Norm McCabe (1940-1943), and Art Davis (1945-1949)
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Behind the Tunes:  Once Upon A Looney Tune
Title: Behind the Tunes: Once Upon A Looney Tune
Character: Himself
Released: October 30, 2007
Type: Movie
A look at the fairy tale-based Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, starring characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety, Elmer Fudd, and more.
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Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson
Title: Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson
Character: Himself
Released: October 30, 2007
Type: Movie
A look at the career of Warner Bros. animator and director Robert McKimson
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Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Title: Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920
Released: July 30, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary about the early days of animation.
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Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
Title: Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White
Character: Self
Released: October 25, 2005
Type: Movie
Documentary short about the black & white Looney Tunes cartoons
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It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’
Title: It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’
Character: Himself
Released: November 2, 2004
Type: Movie
A documentary about Chuck Jones' classic animated short One Froggy Evening.
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The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Title: The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Character: Himself
Released: October 8, 1999
Type: Movie
There's not a person in the world who wouldn't recognize Mickey Mouse. But until now, not many knew the man who originally gave shape, movement and personality to the world's most beloved icon. "The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story" takes you behind the scenes to meet Walt Disney's best friend and chief animator.
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Cartoons Go To War
Title: Cartoons Go To War
Character: self
Released: April 26, 1996
Type: Movie
This remarkable documentary dedicates itself to an extraordinary chapter of the second World War – the psychological warfare of the USA. America’s trusted cartoon darlings from the studios of Warner Bros., Paramount, and the “big animals” of the Disney family were supposed to give courage to the people at the homefront, to educate them, but also to simultaneously entertain them. Out of this mixture grew a genre of its own kind – political cartoons. Insightful Interviews with the animators and producers from back then elucidate in an amusing and astonishing way under which bizarre circumstances these films partially came into existence.
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Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Title: Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Character: Egghead (voice) (uncredited)
Released: September 24, 1988
Type: Movie
In this feature-length film combining footage from classic Warner Brothers cartoon shorts with newly animated bridging sequences, Daffy Duck, after having induced laughter in an ailing millionaire and forestalled the millionaire's death for a time (as chronicled in Daffy Dilly (1948), is the beneficiary for the deceased millionaire's assets. But the millionaire's will clearly stipulates that Daffy must use the money for the common good, by providing a service, and should Daffy think of pursuing selfish aims, the millionaire's ghost will "repossess" his millions by making them disappear from Earthly existence. Under the pretense of community service, Daffy opens an exorcism agency and employs Porky Pig, Sylvester Cat, and Bugs Bunny to track and eliminate ghosts, ghouls, and other monsters, while Daffy secretly schemes to use his learned "ghost-busting" talents to rid himself of the millionaire's nagging spirit.
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Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
Title: Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
Character: Himself
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: Movie
A documentary about the life and career of legendary cartoon director Fred "Tex" Avery.
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Anijam
Title: Anijam
Character: Pastor
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
The bizarre adventures of the cartoon character Foska, drawn by 22 animators working in collaboration. Each animator worked on his or her own sequence only and did not know what action preceded or followed his or her sequence, except that the first drawing of a sequence is the last drawing from the previous sequence. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.