New on Blu-ray: ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930) - The Marx Brothers

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Product Description: Filled with comedy sketches, musical numbers and plenty of gags, Animal Crackers is often regarded as the Marx Brothers' most quoted film for its witty and unforgettable dialogue. Groucho stars as Captain Spaulding, a famed African explorer who is being honored at a high society party at the estate of Mrs. Rittenhouse (Margaret Dumont). Mayhem and chaos ensue after a valuable painting disappears and Spaulding, along with the Professor (Harpo), Signore Emanuel Ravelli (Chico) and Horatio (Zeppo) "help" search for it. Highlighted by musical performances including "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" (which would later become the theme song to Groucho's popular TV series You Bet Your Life)

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DVD & Blu-ray: ANIMAL CRACKERS (2017) - Animation

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Product Description: It tells the story of a family who comes across a box of magical animal crackers that turns anyone that consumes a cracker into the animal that the cracker represents which comes in handy in saving the circus that the family was associated with.

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ANIMAL CRACKERS (2017) - Trailer, Clip, Featurette, Images and Posters

"Animal Crackers" is a computer animated film directed by Tony Bancroft ("Mulan"), Scott Christian Sava and Jaime Maestro, from a script by Sava and Dean Lorey, loosely based on the graphic novel by Sava.

The film tells the story of a family who must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a run-down circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington. The voice cast includes Danny DeVito, Emily Blunt, Ian McKellen, James Arnold Taylor, John Krasinski, Lydia Rose Taylor, Patrick Warburton, Raven-Symoné, Sylvester Stallone and Tara Strong.

The film premiered at the 2017 Annecy International Animation Film Festival and was released in China on July 21, 2018. The U.S. release proved more difficult, however, as the film went through various distributors, all of which faced financial difficulties. It was finally released on July 24, 2020 via Netflix.

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New Soundtracks: ANIMAL CRACKERS - Original Score (Bear McCreary)

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Composer:
Bear McCreary

Total Time:
74:03

Label:
Sony Classical

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

Release Date
July 17, 2020



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New Soundtracks: ANIMAL CRACKERS (Various Artists)

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Composer:
Various Artists

Total Time:
46:25

Label:
Sony Masterworks

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

Release Date
July 17, 2020



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