O.Ratz in Rat In A Hot Tin Can

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SYNOPSIS

Living in a trashcan, O.Ratz and his pal Dave D. Fly try to find warmth on a cold winter night. After several attempts fail - including being thrown out of a homeless shelter and crushed by a snowplow, O.Ratz and Dave stumble upon an old space heater and plug it in. Unfortunately, newspapers too close to the heater cause an electrical fire leading to a gas explosion, sailing them off into the sky to possibly an even colder destination.

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CREDIT LIST

Animation production..	Perennial Pictures Film Corporation

CAST

O. Ratz Restaurant Owner........	Harvey Korman

Dave D. Fly..................	Marvin Kaplan

Woman........................	Nancy Dussault


PRODUCTION

Directed by..................	Jerry Reynolds

Produced by................	Michael N. Ruggiero

Executive Producer.....	Buzz Potamkin

Supervising Producer..	Larry Huber

Animation....................	Charlie Cooper Andy Kuhn Kyle Hayworth

Written by....................	Jerry Reynolds

Edited by.....................	Russ Harris

Supervising Editor........	Paul Douglas

Music by......................	Jerry Reynolds

Main/End Title Theme..	Gary Lionelli

Created by...................	Jerry Reynolds Russ Harris

Unit Production Supervisor...................	Sylvia Edwards

Unit Production Coordinator..................	Rachel Rutledge

Background Stylist.......	Andy Friz

Recording and Casting Director...........	Kris Zimmerman

Talent Coordinator.......	Cindi Lyn Peltier

Supervising Recording Engineer......................	Ed Collins

Recording Engineer....	Preston Oliver

Director of Music Prodution.....................	Bodie Chandler

Ink and Paint Artists.....	Rachel Rutledge Aszura Taylor

Executive in Charge of Post Production........	John Forest Niss

Camera........................	Russ Harris

Post-Production Supervisor...................	Gayle Mnookin

Re-recording Engineer.	Brian Reed

Production Manager....	Debby Hindman

Production Assistants...	Erin Vernon Sandra Benenati Linda Moore Jeffrey Collins

Production Liason........	Heather Kenyon

Executive in Charge of Production...............	Joe Mazzuca

Development Executive.....................	Janet Mazzotti


O.Ratz - Rat In A Hot Tin Can © 1995 Hanna- Barbera, Cartoon Network. All Rights Reserved
O.Ratz characters and images © 1994 Perennial Pictures Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved

1995
HANNA-BARBERA STUDIOS,
PERENNIAL PICTURES FILM CORPORATION,
CARTOON NETWORK

CATEGORY
Shorts

FORMAT
7 minutes

PRODUCTION NOTES
"O.Ratz - Rat In A Hot Tin Can" was produced in conjunction with Hanna-Barbera for the WHAT A CARTOON! series. The dialogue track was recorded in Hollywood at the Hanna-Barbera studios in November 1994. Animation and post-production were com-pleted at Perennial Pictures in Indianapolis. "O.Ratz" premiered on Cartoon Network's WHAT A CARTOON! SHOW in July 1995.

From the Perennial Pictures Archives
"O.Ratz" Creators & Cast

(Left to Right)
Russ Harris, Harvey Korman, Nancy Dussault, Marvin Kaplan, and (Jerry) Brian Reynolds
Hanna-Barbera Studios - November 1994

Harvey Korman
"O.Ratz"

THE ARTISTS~

Animator KYLE HAYWORTH on
"O.Ratz: Rat In A Hot Tin Can."
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