The Lorax 1972 Full Movie

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One night, a young boy living in a polluted, grim ghost town wanders down 'The Street of the Lifted Lorax'. Along the dark street, he comes to the residence of a man named The Once-ler, a man in dark green-colored gloves whose face is never seen. He takes up an audience with the boy, and begins to explain the tale regarding the Lorax, an orange-brown furry humanoid creature.

Some time later, at a major celebration, everybody reminisced about how Thneeds, Inc. started and how famous the Once-ler had become and how it had diversified, showing "Once-ler Cones", "Once-ler Burgers", a "Once-lermobile" and a blimp advertising Thneeds, then a stone with the word "Thneed" carved in it. Shortly after Thneeds, Inc. had produced its millionth product, the Lorax got out of the box and, despite his protests, fell back into the box to be shipped off with more finished Thneeds. All the while, the air was becoming increasingly polluted and darker as the industrialization progressed, the countless accumulated garbage was being dumped in rivers, and the few remaining Truffula trees were wilting.

The tale then switches back to the Once-ler talking to the boy. The Once-ler finally figures out that the word "Unless" was actually meant for whoever listened to the story and "cares a whole awful lot" to undo the damage the Once-ler caused. The Once-ler gives the boy the last Truffula seed and encourages him to help revitalize the long-dead trees by growing a brand new forest, with the possibility that the Lorax and all of his friends may then come back. The final scene shows the hole in the smog has grown larger, a sign of hope as the special ends.

In 2003, Universal Studios Family Productions got the rights to the original 1972 TV special, and Universal released The Lorax on DVD under its home video label, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, with newly remastered picture and sound. This release also included another special Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? as an extra.

To tie-in with the 40th anniversary of the special and the release of film The Lorax, Warner Home Video released the special on a deluxe edition DVD and Blu-ray on February 14 (Valentine's Day), 2012.[5] This release once again included Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? and now also included The Butter Battle Book as another extra (however, when The Lorax was released on digital retailer sites in 2021, the two extras were taken out of the release and moved over to being included with the digital retailer release of Green Eggs and Ham and Other Treats, where they were restored in high definition).

The Lorax received the Critics Award from the International Animated Cartoon Festival (Zagreb, 1972) and the Silver Media from the International Film and Television Festival (New York, 1972).[6][7]

The Lorax is a 1972 Animated Adaptation of the 1971 Dr. Seuss book under the same name. De Patie Freleng Enterprises made the special, which originally aired on CBS, and it featured Bob Holt as the voices of the two main characters of the story.

The plot remains mostly identical to the book, with a young kid meeting a mysterious creature, known as the Once-ler, who tells about how his corruption lead to the destruction of a paradise. The Lorax, who speaks for the trees, tries to end the Once-ler's ways, but the Once-ler does not realize his error until it is too late.

While the special is mostly a copy of the book, there are some additional scenes and songs that do flesh out the narrative slightly. To avoid redundancy, all the tropes listed below are ones that are not found in the original book.

The Lorax is an animated TV special based on the book of the same name. It was first aired in the United States on CBS on February 14, 1972, and was aired in Canada on CBC Television on October 22nd of the same year. The special was written by Dr. Seuss, who had als written the original book.

A young boy goes to meet a ruined industrialist in a treeless wasteland and hear his tale of what happened to him. His tragic story is about how he began a thriving business with a useless fashion product derived from the trees of a forest. As his business booms, the forest and its inhabitants suffer as he wantonly clearcuts without regard to the warnings of a wise old creature called the Lorax about the dire consequences of his greed.

The Lorax was initially released on VHS in 1985 by Playhouse Video, in a double feature with The Hoober-Bloob Highway. This VHS was later released individually by said distributor in 1989. It was then released on VHS in 1994 as part of a CBS Video four-tape package called "Dr. Seuss Sing-Along Classics".[1]

To tie-in with the 40th anniversary of the special and the release of film The Lorax, Warner Home Video released the special on a deluxe edition DVD and Blu-ray on February 14, 2012, with fully-remastered picture and sound.[2]

"Sitting Down With Myself" is a song from the 1972 animated television special The Lorax, based on the book of the same name. It features the Once-ler debating with himself about the ethics of his actions and eventually justifying them.

Every once in a while I sit down with myself asking,

"Once-ler, why are you a Once-ler?"

And I cringe I don't smile

as I sit there in trial asking,

"Aren't you ashamed? You old Once-ler!

You ought to be locked in a hoosegow, you should.

The things that you do are completely un-good!"

Yeah? But if I didn't do them, then someone else would!

"That's a very good point! Mr. Once-ler."

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If you don't believe that saying that birds of a feather flock together, here's something to think about.

Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are both brilliant in their own right.

Jefferson and Franklin were friends, Statesman and part of the Committee of Five who signed the Declaration of Independence.

And when it came to prescribing success they said it in a mere 21 words:

"Diligence is the mother of good luck" -- Benjamin Franklin

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson

And in modern day slang Woody Allen tells us that "80% of success is showing up."

In the past I've prescribed strategies, tactics and techniques to achieve success.

Today let's change things up with ... with a story.

You see, success is waiting for you just around the corner. All that's missing is for you to do the work.

The Story

Once upon a time an established and successful advertising artist, Ted, was walking down Madison Avenue.

Frustrated and exasperated from having more than twenty publishers reject his children's book that he painstakingly wrote and illustrated, Ted's next stop was home ... to burn the manuscript and his dreams of becoming an author of children's books.

Serendipitously Ted bumped into a college buddy, Mike, whom he hadn't seen in years.

Not wanting to be rude, Ted forced a smile and said hello.

Mike, always the observant fellow, didn't miss a beat and asked Ted what he was carrying.

Dejected and head down, Ted shared his story of rejection for his book that he was about to burn at home.

There was a long pause from Mike.

Next, Mike started to smile ear-to-ear when he shared with Ted that this very morning he was promoted to junior editor of a publishing company.

And as luck would have it, Mike shared, they were literally standing right outside his office and invited Ted inside.

Twenty minutes later Mike, Ted and the President of the publishing company were signing contracts.

Lucky As Luck Can Be

Had Ted walked down the street a mere 30 seconds earlier or later he would have missed Mike.

Had Ted walked on the other side of the street he would have missed Mike.

Had Ted gone to a different school his chance encounter would never have happened.

And the lists goes on.

Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

And now, the rest of the story.

Ted is short for Theodor Seuss Geisel.

Ted's buddy from Dartmouth was Mike McClintock who worked at Vanguard Press.

The manuscript is otherwise known as ...

...

"And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" published in 1937 by Dr. Seuss.

Dr. Seuss would go on to write and illustrate some of the most popular children's book ... over 600 million copies sold and translated in more than twenty languages.

I have fond memories of Dr. Seuss' stories.

My economics professor had a tradition of reading Green Eggs and Ham for his last class of the semester.

I spent countless hours watching The Lorax, both the 1972 and 2012 versions, with my daughters who couldn't get enough of it day, after day, after day.

And who could forget "Oh, the Places You'll Go" with its zest for life, optimism and nuggets of wisdom.

Was Seuss lucky?

You better believe he was.

Had it not been for McClintock there would never have been a Dr. Seuss empire that spans books, movies and theme parks.

That said, had Seuss not put in the sweat equity first, write the manuscript and pound the pavement he wouldn't have been ready for success.

Indeed, Jefferson, Franklin and Allen were right ... the harder we work the luckier we'll get and sometimes, just showing up AFTER THE WORK is all it takes.

Or better yet, in the words of Theodor Seuss Geisel,

"You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!"

With My Warmest Regards,

Jeffrey Feldberg

Quote of the Day:

"Believe you can and you're halfway there." -- Theodore Roosevelt

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