Wacky musical stories

DVD 2006

The cat came back: Mr. Johnson tries to rid himself of a little yellow cat. Juke-bar: A comedy about a greasy spoon and its habitues who rock to a big-band beat. Blackfly: Based on Wade Hemsworth's folk tune about a blackfly in the Northern Ontario woods. Getting started: When a procrastinating pianist finally sits down to play, pandemonium ensues.

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1 videodisc (37 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video

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Notes:

Canadiana
Animated (The cat came back, Blackfly, Getting started) ; animated and live action (Juke-bar)
Originally produced in 1988 (The cat came back), 1989 (Juke-bar), 1991 (Blackfly), and 1979 (Getting started)
Date on container, c2008
Animated by Cordell Barker (1), Martin Barry (2), Christopher Hinton (3), Richard Condie (4) ; music by John McCulloch (1), Martin Barry, Pascal Véraquin (2), Wade Hemsworth, arr. Kate and Anna McGarrigle (3), Patrick Godfrey, after Debussy (4)
Voices by Richard Condie (1), Martin Barry, Brigitte Poudrier, Monique Villeneuve (2), Richard Condie, Jay Brazeau (4) ; music performed by John McCulloch, Ed Ledson, Richard Condie, Cordell Barker (1), Wade Hemsworth, Anna McGarrigle, Kate McGarrigle, Gilles Losier, Pat Donaldson, Dane Lankin, Peter Weldon (3)
Luiz Saraïva, François Bottega, Pierre Mailloux (2)
DVD-R disc compatible with most standard DVD players and computer DVD-ROM drives ; NTSC, multizone
Licensed for public performance
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

Contents:

Cat came back / directed by Cordell Barker ; written and produced by Richard Condie, Cordell Barker (7 min., 37 sec.)
Juke-bar / directed by Martin Barry ; written and produced by Yves Leduc (10 min., 27 sec.)
Blackfly / directed by Christopher Hinton ; written and produced by Bill Pettigrew (5 min., 4 sec.)
Getting started / directed by Richard Condie ; written and produced by Jerry Krepakevich (12 min., 19 sec.)

Control Number:

530699

Other Authors:

Barker, Cordell
Barry, Martin
Condie, Richard
Hinton, Christopher
Krepakevich, Jerry
Leduc, Yves
National Film Board of Canada
Pettigrew, W

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