- Goliath II
Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon name = Goliath II
series =
caption =
director =Wolfgang Reitherman
story_artist =Bill Peet
followed = Thief and the Swamps of England
animator =John Lounsbery (directing)
(character)
Eric Cleworth Blaine Gibson Bill Keil Hal King Dick N. Lucas Cliff Nordberg Amby Paliwoda John Sibley
layout =Collin Campbell Basil Davidovich Vance Gerry
background =Richard H. Thomas Thelma Witmer Gordon Legg
voice_actor =Sterling Holloway (narration)
musician =George Bruns
producer =Walt Disney
distributor =Buena Vista Pictures
release date =January 21 ,1960
color_process =Ralph Hulett (color stylist)Tecnicolor
runtime = 15 minutes
language = English"Goliath II" is an animated
short film , produced by Walt Disney Productions and was released onJanuary 21 ,1960 .Sterling Holloway narrates this cartoon film, starringKevin Corcoran . It was released to theaters in the U.S., alongside theDisney live-action motion picture "Toby Tyler ". The short received anAcademy Award nomination for Best Animated Short, but lost toGene Deitch 's "Munro".ynopsis
Goliath II is a miniature elephant (about 6 in. tall) who tries everything to impress his father, the biggest elephant of them all. Because of his size, his father doesn't care about him; only his mother does. A villainous tiger named Raja is curious of tasting an elephant and tries to attack Goliath, but is stopped by Goliath II's mother. Afterwards Eloise The Mrs. Elephant looks Goliath is almost stepped and eaten by an alligator but his mother again saves him.
One day when the elephants are marching through the forest, Goliath gets lost and his mother panics, causing the other elephants to crash (similar to the elephant crash in "The Jungle Book"). Goliath II´s Mother and The Tiger Raja searches for Goliath and manages to find him in a snail hole. Afterwards he is given a punishment. Seeing this Goliath gets angry and gets tired of being bullied by the herd.
That night, while the herd is sleeping, he runs away and vows to never return. Afterwards he is again attacked by Raja after mistakenly waking him up and crying for his Mother. After his mother hears his cries she goes to his aid and finds that he is being taken away by Raja. After saving Goliath from Raja's grasp, she grabs the tiger by his tail and throws him straight into the alligator's mouth; he escapes from the alligator's belly and runs away, never to be seen again. Afterwards, Goliath is given a spanking for trying to flee the herd because according to the law of the elephants, an elephant who flees the herd is considered an offense and a traitor.
The next day, while the Elephant are marching through the jungle again, Goliath the first screams because of a 6 inch mouse. The mouse scares away the herd, which flee and jump into a river. While the mouse is laughing hysterically he finds Goliath II, staring at him. Shocked he asks Goliath if he is afraid, but Goliath replies that he is not as they are the same size. Enraged the mouse threatens Goliath telling that if he doesn't run away until he counts 3, he will hurt him. After the mouse counts 3, a tussle starts between the two. The fight ends with Goliath holding the mouse over a cliff, where below is the waiting hungry alligator. The mouse cowardly begs Goliath not to drop him and promises that he will never bother him and the herd again. Goliath accepts. After this, Goliath is respected and is named the top elephant of the herd.
Voice cast
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Sterling Holloway ... Narrator
*Kevin Corcoran ... Goliath
*Barbara Jo Allen ... Goliath´s Mother
*Verna Felton ... Eloise
*Paul Frees ... Mouse / Goliath ITrivia
* Some of the elephants crashing in this short were reused in "The Jungle Book".
* The Tiger, Raja bears a close resemblance to The Tiger from the Goofy cartoon, "Tiger Trouble".
*The alligator bears a close resemblance to The alligator from Peter Pan
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