(1941) As insect ingénue Honey Bee and the whole Bugville community awaits local grasshopper hero Hoppity’s return, two crises brew: she may have to marry meanie C. Bagley Beetle, while their garden paradise is threatened by… Manhattan development! Classic, colorful animated musical comedy (with songs by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser, no less, and Fleischer tune-meister Sammy Timberg) — in second (and last) feature-length film from pioneer cartoon producer/onetime Disney equal and rival Max Fleischer (Out of the Inkwell, Popeye, Betty Boop, Superman).
Color, Black and White; Approx. 84 minutes
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"WALL-E isn’t the only dystopic animated feature to tackle humankind’s destruction of the planet. Forty-seven years before Pixar’s social critique, there was Hoppity Goes to Town, a Capra-esque tale of a young, idealistic grasshopper who must save his bug community from the ever-expanding populace of Manhattan. Filled with colorful, clever visuals (all the more appealing on Film Forum’s new 35mm print), enchanting characters and songs by Frank Loesser, this is one of the Fleischer Brothers’ best-crafted and most lovable films."
– Cullen Gallagher, The L Magazine
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