Off His Rockers

Off His Rockers
Off His Rockers
Directed by	Barry Cook
Story by	Barry Cook; Paul Steele; Peter Cook; Alex Kupershmidt
Produced by	Tad Gielow
Edited by	Chuck Williams
Music by	Bruce Broughton
Animation by	Tom Bancroft ; Linda Bel ; Paul McDonald
Layouts by	Bob Walker; Davy Liu
Backgrounds by	Kevin Turcotte; Robert Stanton
Color process	Color
Production; company	Walt Disney Feature Animation
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date	July 17, 1992; (with Honey, I Blew Up the Kid)
Running time	5 minutes

Off His Rockers is an animated short film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released in 1992. It was released theatrically accompanying the film Honey, I Blew Up the Kid.^[1] It was the first Disney animated short film to use digital ink and paint via CAPS process. The short was included on the laserdisc release of Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. It has not received any other home video release, but it can be shown on YouTube.

Plot

A boy plays a video game on a console, ignoring everything around him. His wooden horse, with which he used to play, tries to make him regain his desire to play with him by doing things such as a two-legged dance, but to no avail. The horse unintentionally unplugs the video game, so the boy angrily turns it back on. However, the boy sees a picture of him with the horse on the ground and regains his desire to play with him. Thus, the child plays cowboys with the horse, riding around the room with him.

Credits

Staff

Director: Barry Cook
Producer: Tad Gielow
Music: Bruce Broughton
Film editor: Chuck Williams
Art director: Ric Sluiter
Supervising animators: Rob Bekuhrs, James R. Tooley, Alex Kupershmidt
Animators: Tom Bancroft, Linda Bel, Paul McDonald
Story development: Barry Cook, Paul Steele, Peter Cook, Alex Kupershmidt
Visual development: Tony Bancroft, Rob Bekuhrs, Lou Dellarosa, Trey Finney, Levi Lewis, Steve Goldberg
Layout sketch: Bob Walker, Davy Liu
Background paintings: Kevin Turcotte, Robert Stanton
Animation check: Laurie Sacks
Animation camera: Mary E. Lescher, Gary W. Smith
Digital film recording: Ariel Shaw, Christopher Gee, Chuck Warren, Christine Beck
Florida Animation Studio Ink & Paint: Fran Kirsten, Pam Darley, Suzie Ewing, Mike Lusby, Monica Murdock, Lynn Rippberger, Joanne Tzuanos
Digitizing camera: Robyn Roberts, Jo Ann Breuer, Karen China, Bob Cohen, Lynnette Cullen, Gareth Fishbaugh, Cindy Garcia, Kent Gordon, Gina Wootten
Production management: Tim O'Donnell, David F. Wolf, Suzi Vissotzky
Sound design: Drew Neumann
CG production system coordinator: Don Gworek
CG systems administration: Brad Lowman, Michael Bolds, Carlos Quinonez, Grace Shirado, Michael Sullivan, Mark M. Tokunaga
Computer rendering on: Silicon Graphics Computer Systems
Computer graphics software: Wavefront Technologies
Special thanks: Wendy Aylsworth, Paul Curasi, Joe Jiuliano, Dan Philips, Maureen Donley
Animation production services provided: Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida, Disney/MGM Studios, Lake Buena Vista, Florida

Creation process

The film started as a side project of director Barry Cook, who, at the time, was working at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida.^[1] Starting with a core of six people, the project ended up involving most of the Florida studio's staff of 73 (and some in California), all of whom "donated" their time to the project beyond their official duties.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Armstrong, Josh (2012-07-30). "Director Barry Cook remembers the Peoples of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida". Animated Views. Animated Views. Retrieved 2019-04-21. After their regular workday had ended, Cook and the Florida crew were engaged in an experimental short, Off His Rockers...
^ Hinman, Catherine (1992-07-15). "How the Disney Film Short 'Off His Rockers' Made It To The Big Screen: A Little Project That 'Blew Up'". Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida: Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2019-04-21.

External links

Off His Rockers at IMDb

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[animated_views-1] Armstrong, Josh (2012-07-30). "Director Barry Cook remembers the Peoples of Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida". Animated Views. Animated Views. Retrieved 2019-04-21. After their regular workday had ended, Cook and the Florida crew were engaged in an experimental short, Off His Rockers...

[sentinel-2] Hinman, Catherine (1992-07-15). "How the Disney Film Short 'Off His Rockers' Made It To The Big Screen: A Little Project That 'Blew Up'". Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida: Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2019-04-21.

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