Escalation (1968)

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Escalation is a 1968 animated short film, directed by animator Ward Kimball independently from his work with Disney. It is an anti-Vietnam War cartoon mocking U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Production

Kimball made Escalation independent of the Disney Studios and it is notable for being the only animated cartoon made in this manner by one of Disney's core animators - "Disney's Nine Old Men". Escalation originated from the anger of the "Battle Hymn" during the Vietnam War (a song Kimball performed many times with Firehouse Five Plus Two), and a story from The Realist suggesting Johnson was preoccupied with the size of his genitals.

Kimball showed the film at film festivals, college campuses during the U.S. presidential election year in 1968, and gave away copies to whomever was interested. Los Angeles art house "The Cinema Theatre" screened it three times. The film was submitted for the Academy Award but was rejected due to its content.

In a 2000 interview shortly before his death, Kimball said Escalation had not received the mainstream attention it deserved. In 2007, relatives of Kimball put the film online on YouTube.

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