Johnny the Giant Killer

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Johnny the Giant Killer (French: Jeannot l'intrépide) is a French animated film from 1950. The low-budget film was produced and directed by Hungarian-born Jean Image, and was made in 1½ years with a very small crew. The music was composed by famed French musician René Cloërec.

The film won the Venice Film Festival's Grand Prix for children's films, and was picked up for U.S. distribution in 1953 by Lippert Pictures, a company specialising in B-movies.

Johnny the Giant Killer was never copyrighted at all, hence its current public domain status which has led to numerous VHS and DVD copies of the cartoon published by various distributors.

[edit] References

• Beck, Jerry (2005). The Animated Movie Guide. ISBN 1-55652-591-5. Chicago Reader Press. Retrieved March 27, 2007.

[edit] See also

• List of animated feature-length films

[edit] External links

• Johnny the Giant Killer at the Internet Movie Database
• Kiddie Matinee page