Housecats (film)

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Housecats
Directed by Peg McClure
Written byPeg McClure
Produced by Todd Flinchbaugh
Music by Gerry Burnett
Release date
  • 1985 (1985)
Running time
3 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Housecats is an American 1985 Student Academy Award winning animated short film written, directed and animated by Peg McClure and produced by Todd Flinchbaugh at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

Two rival housecats, the benevolent striped Squeak and the malevolent black Scratch, engage in household battle.

Awards

Housecats was the winner of Achievement in Animation at the 13th Annual Student Academy Awards on June 8, 1986. [3] Housecats also won first place at the 1986 ASIFA East Festival. [4]

Critical reception

Los Angeles Times , "Additional viewings only make it increasingly clear that the jokes in Peg McClure's "Housecats" (U.S.) are neither well timed nor well animated." [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Solomon, Charles (January 21, 1987). "SHORTS FROM U.S., CANADA, EUROPE : 'ANIMATION' FEST UNDER WAY IN LA JOLLA". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on August 13, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Housecats". pegsportfolio.com.
  3. 1 2 "Student Academy Awards, USA". IMDb. 1986.
  4. ↑ "ASIFA CENTRAL AWARDS PRIZES FOR ASIFA EAST COMPETITION" (PDF). ASIFA Central. Frame by Frame. Fall 1986. p. 3.
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