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The Butter Battle Book

  • TV Movie
  • 1989
  • PG
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
610
YOUR RATING
Miriam Flynn and Christopher Collins in The Butter Battle Book (1989)
Hand-Drawn AnimationAdventureAnimationComedyFamilyFantasyMusical

A cold war between two lands over a ridiculous dispute leads to a perilous arms race.A cold war between two lands over a ridiculous dispute leads to a perilous arms race.A cold war between two lands over a ridiculous dispute leads to a perilous arms race.

  • Director
    • Ralph Bakshi
  • Writer
    • Dr. Seuss
  • Stars
    • Charles Durning
    • Christopher Collins
    • Miriam Flynn
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    610
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ralph Bakshi
    • Writer
      • Dr. Seuss
    • Stars
      • Charles Durning
      • Christopher Collins
      • Miriam Flynn
    • 11User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast7

    Charles Durning
    Charles Durning
    • Grandfather
    • (voice)
    Christopher Collins
    • Chief Yookeroo
    • (voice)
    • …
    Miriam Flynn
    Miriam Flynn
    • Yookie-Ann Sue
    • (voice)
    • …
    Clive Revill
    Clive Revill
    • Van Itch
    • (voice)
    Joseph Cousins
    Joseph Cousins
    • Grandson
    • (voice)
    Jim Cummings
    Jim Cummings
    • Various Yooks
    • (voice)
    Hal Smith
    Hal Smith
    • Various Yooks
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Ralph Bakshi
    • Writer
      • Dr. Seuss
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    User reviews11

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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Dr. Seuss has credited this 1989 TV special as the most faithful adaptation of his work.
    • Goofs
      When the Yook soldier first starts the walking machine, it has four goop-spraying attachments behind it. While he is en route to the wall, when the band is playing, there are only three attachments. When he confronts Van Itch at the wall, there are four again.
    • Quotes
      • [last lines]
      • Grandson: [narrating] That's when Grandpa found me. He grabbed me. He said...
      • Grandfather: You should be down that hole and you're up here instead. But perhaps this is all for the better somehow. You'll see me make history. Right here. And right now! You'll see your old gramp put an end to 'em all! Put an end to all those Zooks who live over the wall! Put an end to the every last village and town of those fiends who eat bread with the butter side down!
      • Van Itch: And I, my dear chap, have a message for you. Mainly, I also have a Big Boy Boomeroo. And it's my firm intentions, since I have the means, to blast every Yook into small smithereens.
      • Grandson: Grandpa, be careful! Hey, easy! Oh, gee! Who's going to drop it? Will you or will he?
      • Grandfather: [stammers] Be patient. We'll see. We... will see.
      • [the special ends on a shot of both of them carrying the bomb and cuts to a screen with "The End... Maybe"]
    • Alternate versions
      Between the VHS and DVD releases there are some mild differences in the typesetting of the end credits, such as different spacing and character width from a slightly different font, a few changes between upper and lower case, etc.
    • Connections
      Edited into In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • November 13, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dr. Seuss' The Butter Battle Book
    • Production companies
      • Bakshi Animation
      • TNT
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 30m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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