A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature

A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature is a 1966 short animated film featuring two songs from the Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass album Going Places. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1967.[1][2][3] It was written and direct by John and Faith Hubley, who had previously won for Moonbird and The Hole. It is considered to be an early prototypical example of a music video, and has not been released onto home media.[4]

A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature
Directed byJohn Hubley
Produced byJohn Hubley
Faith Hubley
Story byJohn Hubley
Faith Hubley
Music byMusic Arranger:
Herb Alpert
Songs:
Bud Coleman
Julius Wechter
Animation byGerard Baldwin
Phil Duncan
Emery Hawkins
Barrie Nelson
Rod Scribner
Ed Smith
Color processColor
Production
company
Release date
April 1966 (U.S.)
Running time
5 Minutes
LanguageNot language specific

Production

The film was produced by Paramount Pictures. Emery Hawkins and Rod Scribner were among the animators who worked on the film. [5]

Film summary

"Spanish Flea" and "Tijuana Taxi" are soundtracks to two separate cartoons. [6] In "Spanish Flea", a flea bothers various animals until it is chased away from them by a group of men. In "Tijuana Taxi", a rickety and old purple taxi in Tijuana picks up an exproportionate number of people who have to catch a plane at the local airport. After a crazy ride through the streets of Tijuana (including a short visit to a bullfighting arena), the taxi driver is delayed by a customs officer, who takes a long time in stamping the passports for the driver's numerous customers, and he misses the plane. However, he makes up for it by having his taxi fly away.

Film Preservation

The Academy Film Archive preserved A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature in 2003.[7]

References
  1. Short Film Winners: 1967 Oscars
  2. "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1966 -". cartoonresearch.com.
  3. 1967|Oscars.org
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2013-07-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. 1967 Herb. Alpert.and.the. Tijuana. Brass. Double. Feature: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming: Internet Archive
  6. 1967 Herb. Alpert.and.the. Tijuana. Brass. Double. Feature: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming: Internet Archive
  7. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.


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