Rupert and the Frog Song

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Rupert and the Frog Song is a 1984 animated film written and produced by Paul McCartney and directed by Geoff Dunbar, with the protagonist of Rupert Bear.

[edit] The Film

The film begins in an old bedroom filled with Rupert merchandise. We see Paul McCartney opening a large chest and digging through a bunch of old dusty books until he comes upon an old Rupert book. He takes it out of the chest, blows on it, and sparkling dust blows away from the book. Paul then opens the book to reveal his childhood house address. The page turns to the title page. That is where the story begins.

One day Rupert decides to climb the hill. With his Mother's blessing he sets off for a jolly trip. On the way he encounters his friends Bill & Edward. Rupert asks them if they will join him on his trip to the hills. Sadly, Edward has to do some shopping while Bill has to look after Baby Brother. Sad that his friends are busy, he sets out to the hills and wishes them a good day. Rupert heads to the hills through the swamp. Once there, he props himself up against the trunk of an oak and sucks in the glory of the countryside and suddenly finds himself enveloped by a rainbow cloud of butterflies. The butterflies swarm away towards a rocky outcrop and Rupert can't resist following them. Once he leaves, a large white owl lands on the barren tree along with two black cats. All three of them soon follow Rupert.

Upon the rocks Rupert finds the Frog Kingdom. Rupert walks into a cave and sees three signs. They say "Frogs only beyond this Point", "Everything except frogs must be kept on a lead", and "Guard frogs operating". He then goes to the Palace (The Frog Cavern) when he sees a lot of music, ballet, parties, etc, while they are all sing "We All Stand Together". Around the end, the King and Queen of the frogs appear before the crowd. After a thunderous applause from the frogs, the white owl flies down to catch the king and queen. Rupert then yells out, "Look Out!, and all the frogs disappear. After this wonder, Rupert eventually returns home to his Mother full of froggy joy, and delight.

The song We All Stand Together by Paul McCartney is from this film. It reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart.

[edit] Trivia

The making of Rupert and the Frog Song began in 1981 and ended in 1983. In 1984, the year of its release, it won a UK BAFTA (British Academy Award) for Best Animated Short Film. The film was also released theatrically as an accompaniment to McCartney's feature film Give My Regards to Broad Street.

The video was released simultaneously with the single We All Stand Together and became the biggest selling video of 1985 as well as being nominated for the 'Best Music Video - Short Form' at the Grammy Awards in 1986.