The Loose Nut

The Loose Nut (1945)

Woody Woodpecker goes to the park for a game of golf, and quickly gets at odds with some workers who are laying a cement walk.

Date of release
1945-12-17
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
7m
Genres
Animation, Comedy
Director
Shamus Culhane

Casting

Interesting facts

The Loose Nut is an animated short film directed by James Culhane. It was released on December 17, 1945, and features Woody Woodpecker. It was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Production notes

The Loose Nut is notable for its climatic sequence, animated by Pat Matthews, in which Woody runs over Bull Dozer with a steam roller, which included haphazard camera angles, rapid jump cuts and stylistic explosion effects, depicted with red, blue and yellow paint strokes.

Beginning with The Loose Nut, the "00's" in Woody's name in the opening log sequence have been changed to nut screws.

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