Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Daffy Duck Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1966 Mucho Locos, {co-starring Speedy Gonzales) directed by Robert McKimson.
As opposed to previous "cheater" shorts which use unmodified archive footage from previous cartoons, this short heavily relies on new animation made up of recycled animation from previous shorts, complete with newly recorded dialogue and music. This is due to legal restrictions from DePatie-Freleng Enterprises where the original animation archives couldn't be used, so they were retraced from pre-existing reference material. This short uses clips that are re-animated and re-dubbed from Robin Hood Daffy, Tortilla Flaps, Deduce, You Say, Mexicali Shmoes, and China Jones.
Before the start of our feature presentation, the staff of The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like to share with you an episode of the show I Never Liked You with one of our favorite comics, Matteo Lane:
The show may not be to everyone's taste, but Matteo and Nick are very funny together.
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's film is the 1970 Czech drama, The Ear , (Ucho, directed by Karel Kachyna, and starring Jirina Bohdalová, and Radoslav Brzobohatý. The Ear was banned by the nation's ruling Communist party (who were supported by the occupying Soviet forces). It wasn't released until the fall of the communist regime in 1989. The film is not only a thriller that explores the paranoia of a country due to the omnipresent nature of its government while also being a compelling domestic drama driven by the strength of its characters. So push away from the table, get comfortable and join us in watching The Ear.
Director's first choice for the part of Ludvík was Vladimír Brabec and Jirina Jirásková was supposed to play Anna, his wife. Finally Karel Kachyna casted Radoslav Brzobohatý and Jirina Bohdalová, who were real-life couple at the time.
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