Aquamania
{{short description|1961 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Aquamania
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| director = Wolfgang Reitherman
| producer = Walt Disney
| writer = Vance Gerry
Ralph Wright
| narrator = John Dehner
| starring = Pinto Colvig
Kevin Corcoran
John Dehner
| music = Buddy Baker
| cinematography =
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| studio = Walt Disney Productions
| distributor = Buena Vista Distribution
| released = {{Film date|1961|12|20}}
| runtime = 8 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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Aquamania is an American animated Goofy cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution on December 20, 1961.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312 |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/86 86]-87}}
This cartoon was the last from Disney's "Golden Era" which featured Goofy as a solo star, and the first time the xerography animation-technique was used in a Goofy cartoon. Aquamania combined Goofy's three familiar areas in his career: sports, fatherhood, and documentary-subject.
Plot
The story begins with a narrator explaining a case study of "aquamania" (obsession with boats and boating), with Goofy (called "Mr. X" in this short) as the subject. Then the story switches to Goofy and his son on a boating trip, inadvertently entering a water skiing race. In the process, Goofy meets up with an unfortunate octopus that joins him in the race, and they accidentally take an unwanted spin on a roller coaster at a waterside amusement park. Goofy eventually ends up winning the race.
Voice cast
- Pinto Colvig as Goofy (Mr. X)
- Kevin Corcoran as Goofy Jr.
- John Dehner as Narrator/Race announcer
Accolades
Home media
The short was released on December 2, 2002, on Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy.{{cite web |title=The Complete Goofy DVD Review|url=https://www.dvdizzy.com/completegoofy.html |website=DVD Dizzy |access-date=20 February 2021}} It was released to Disney+ on July 7, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://d23.com/disney-to-debut-28-restored-classic-walt-disney-animation-studios-shorts/|title=Disney+ to Debut 28 Restored Classic Walt Disney Animation Studios Shorts|author=The D23 Team|work=D23|date=June 19, 2023|accessdate=June 19, 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0054634|title=Aquamania}}
{{Goofy in animation}}
{{Max Goof in animation}}
{{Walt Disney Animation Studios short films}}
{{Wolfgang Reitherman}}
Category:1960s Disney animated short films
Category:Goofy (Disney) short films
Category:Films scored by Buddy Baker (composer)
Category:Short films directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
Category:Films produced by Walt Disney
Category:Animated films set in amusement parks
Category:1960s English-language films
Category:Films with screenplays by Ralph Wright
Category:Films with screenplays by Vance Gerry