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Boat Builders

1938 · 9 min

A breezy, silly cartoon where slapstick mishaps pile up cheerfully and nothing ever really goes wrong.

Tagline: Mickey and friends build a boat but it falls apart when christened.
Overview: Mickey buys a boat kit, and enlists Goofy and Donald to help assemble it. The plans say, "so simple a child could do it", so of course, they have their share of troubles. But before long, they're ready to launch the Queen Minnie, with appropriate fanfare, at which time, all the collapsible parts collapse.

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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
work
ambition
Places: sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: kids
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	0
Humour	8
Realism	2
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	1
Complexity	1
Emotional weight	1

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Genres: animation, comedy
Directed by: Ben Sharpsteen
Starring: Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig, Clarence Nash, Marcellite Garner
Music: Leigh Harline, Oliver Wallace
Runtime: 9 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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