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With the help of a time machine, Peter Cottontail must rescue Easter from the hands of the malicious Irontail.With the help of a time machine, Peter Cottontail must rescue Easter from the hands of the malicious Irontail.With the help of a time machine, Peter Cottontail must rescue Easter from the hands of the malicious Irontail.
Danny Kaye
- Seymour S. Sassafras
- (voice)
- …
Joan Gardner
- Bonnie
- (voice)
- …
Casey Kasem
- Peter Cottontail
- (voice)
Iris Rainer
- Donna
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe calendars through which the time machine falls into the various holidays are all correct for the year the film was released, 1971 ... including New Year's Day and the holidays following, in which (if the holidays were visited in sequence) the calendars should have rolled over to the next year.
- GoofsAntoine asks "in the rules of April Valley, does it say that the eggs must be given on Easter?" to which Peter replies no. Peter then eventually gives away eggs on St. Patrick's Day. But Colonel Bunny said earlier that whoever delivers the most eggs on Easter becomes the new ruler of April Valley and Chief Easter Bunny. Thus, Peter shouldn't have won at the end.
- Quotes
Seymour S. Sassafras: Now of course it's all very nice here, thanks to Peter Cottontail and... hmm? You've never heard of Peter Cottontail? Great chattering chick-chicks!
[taking his hat off and speaking into it]
Seymour S. Sassafras: They've never heard of Peter Cottontail!
Sassafras's Hat: They've never heard of Peter Cottontail?
- Alternate versionsThe Blu-ray release from Classic Media/Universal has most of the songs shortened or removed in their entirety, due to an edited-for-TV print being used.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie (2005)
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"When You Can't Get It Altogether - IMPROVISE"
First-rate Rankin-Bass production that ranks at the top in terms of Easter/Easter Bunny holiday fare. I grew up with this one and loved it then and love it as much if not more now. It has a nice story with some wonderful lessons laced within, great stop-motion animation the way only Rankin and Bass can do it, the vocal talents of Danny Kaye and Vincent Price, and the beautiful, catchy music of Maury Laws. Peter Cottontail oversleeps from staying out late partying when he is supposed to compete the next morning against the wicked Irontail only to lose the challenge and see Irontail take over April Valley. There Irontail, with magnificent vocal gusto from Mr. Price, makes numerous changes from changing Easter bonnets to Easter galoshes and egg colors only to new concrete and black. Peter, now social pariah, makes his way out of April Valley to find Mr. Sassafras who hooks him up with a machine that can go back in time with French-speaking caterpillar Antoine as his pilot. Peter and Antoine then make their way through all of the holidays of the calendar as Peter learns true lessons about life. The message in this one is universal and fun at the same time. Maury Laws songs are just wonderful from "The Puzzle of Life," "In Spring the Easter Bunny Never Sleeps," "Be Mine Today," and my personal favourite "If You Can't Get It Altogether Improvise." Danny Kaye resoundingly does the voices of three key characters, and it is clear he and Vincent Price are having a lot of fun. The figures are lovely and I always had a soft spot for January "Boom-Boom" Irontail and his cry "Come Montressor! Away!". I wish they could still make them like this today. I wonder - and doubt - if much of the animated junk they churn out will last and have the same impact on it viewers that this still holds on its over 35 years ago. Well, I'm feeling old - if I could only go back to yesterday and get a second chance.
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- BaronBl00d
- Mar 30, 2008
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- Also known as
- А ось Кролик Пухнастик
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- Runtime1 hour
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971) officially released in Canada in English?
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