This is a list of animated feature films first released in 1977.
List
edit| Title | Country | Director | Studio | Technique | Format | Notes | Release | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Around the World with Bolek and Lolek Wielka podróż Bolka i Lolka (Bolek and Lolek's Great Journey) |
Poland | Stanislaw Dulz Wladyslaw Nehrebecki |
Studio Filmów Rysunkowych (Bielsko-Biała) | Traditional | Theatrical | First Polish animated feature. | September 16, 1977 | 104 minutes |
| Bugs Bunny's Easter Special | United States | Friz Freleng | DePatie–Freleng Enterprises Warner Bros. Television |
Traditional | Television special | Compilation of theatrical animated shorts; only hour-long Looney Tunes animated television special. | April 7, 1977 | 50 minutes |
| Donald Duck's Summer Magic | United States | Jack Hannah Jack King Dick Huemer Milt Schaffer |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical Compilation film |
Film compiled from Disney theatrical animated shorts; originally released theatrically for overseas markets and never in the United States until December 17, 1977. | July 23, 1977 | 75 minutes |
| Dot and the Kangaroo | Australia | Yoram Gross | Yoram Gross Films Hoyts |
Traditional/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film |
December 15, 1977 | 71 minutes | |
| The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town | United States Japan |
Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. |
Rankin/Bass Productions Video Tokyo Production |
Stop motion | Television special | April 6, 1977 | 50 minutes | |
| Electronic Man 337 전자인간 337 |
South Korea | Lim Jung-kyu | Samdo Film Co., Ltd. | Traditional | Theatrical | December 9, 1977 | 65 minutes | |
| Fantastic Animation Festival | United States | Dean A. Berko Christopher Padilla |
Voyage Productions | Traditional/Stop motion | Theatrical Anthology film Compilation film Experimental film |
Compilation of fourteen selected animated short films of varying quality and style. | May 27, 1977 | 91 minutes |
| 5 Weeks in a Balloon | Australia United States |
Chris Cuddington | Hanna-Barbera Australia | Traditional | Television special | Originally aired as the 25th installment of the CBS animated anthology series Famous Classic Tales (1970–1984). | November 24, 1977 | 60 minutes |
| A Flintstone Christmas | United States | Charles A. Nichols | Hanna-Barbera | Traditional | Television special | December 7, 1977 | 48 minutes | |
| Gulliver's Travels | United Kingdom Belgium |
Peter R. Hunt | Belvision | Traditional/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film |
May 6, 1977 | 80 minutes | |
| The Hobbit | United States Japan |
Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. |
Rankin/Bass Topcraft |
Traditional | Television film | November 27, 1977 | 78 minutes | |
| The Holiday of Disobedience Праздник непослушания (Prazdnik neposlushaniya) |
Soviet Union | Yulian Kalisher | Studio Ekran | Stop motion/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film |
The first, and so far the only, full-length animated feature film from Studio Ekran.[1] | 1977 | 47 minutes |
| A Journey to the Center of the Earth | Australia | Richard Slapczynski | Air Programs International | Traditional | Television special | Originally aired as the 24th installment of the CBS animated anthology series Famous Classic Tales (1970–1984). | November 13, 1977 | 60 minutes |
| Krabat – The Sorcerer's Apprentice Krabat, Čarodějův učeň |
Czechoslovakia West Germany |
Karel Zeman | Bavaria Atelier Ceskoslovenský Filmexport Filmové Studio Gottwaldov Krátký Film Praha Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR) Ustredni Pujcovna Filmu |
Cutout | Theatrical | March 1, 1978 | 73 minutes | |
| The Lighthouse Island Die Leuchtturminsel |
East Germany | Günter Rätz | DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme | Stop motion | Theatrical | Made from 1974 to 1976, released in 1977.[2] | February 4, 1977 | 41 minutes |
| The Little Magician and the Big Bad Mark Der kleine Zauberer und die große Fünf |
East Germany | Erwin Stranka | DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Babelsberg" (as DEFA Gruppe Babelsberg) VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb (GDR) (distributor) |
Traditional | Theatrical | February 4, 1977 | 70 minutes | |
| Love in Freedom Liefde in vrijheid | Belgium | Jacques Kupissonoff | Proeuropa | Theatrical | May 18, 1977 | 76 minutes | ||
| The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | United States | Wolfgang Reitherman John Lounsbery Art Stevens |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical Anthology film |
The first three Winnie the Pooh short films (Honey Tree, Blustery Day and Tigger Too) compiled into a three-part anthology film, with a few minutes of new wraparound animation. The shorts were previously released separately from February 4, 1966 to December 20, 1974. | March 11, 1977 | 74 minutes |
| Mattie the Goose-boy Lúdas Matyi |
Hungary | Attila Dargay | Pannónia Filmstúdió | Traditional | Theatrical | April 7, 1977 | 75 minutes | |
| The Mouse and His Child | United States Japan |
Charles Swenson Fred Wolf |
Murakami-Wolf-Swenson Sanrio |
Traditional | Theatrical | November 18, 1977 | 83 minutes | |
| Mr. Rossi's Dreams I sogni del signor Rossi |
Italy | Bruno Bozzetto | Bruno Bozzetto Film Wagner-Hallig Film |
Traditional | Theatrical | August 4, 1977 | 70 minutes | |
| New Star of the Giants 新巨人の星 |
Japan | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | Traditional | Theatrical | December 1, 1977 | 77 minutes | ||
| Pete's Dragon | United States | Don Chaffey | Walt Disney Productions | Traditional/Live action | Theatrical Live-action animated film |
The last live-action animated film produced by Disney until Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), released nine years later. | November 3, 1977 | 128 minutes |
| Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown | United States | Bill Melendez | Paramount Pictures United Feature Syndicate Mendelson/Melendez Productions |
Traditional | Theatrical | Third feature film in the Peanuts franchise, and the first to be distributed by Paramount Pictures. | August 24, 1977 | 75 minutes |
| Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure | United States | Richard Williams | 20th Century-Fox Bobbs-Merrill Company |
Traditional/Live action | Theatrical | April 1, 1977 | 86 minutes | |
| The Rescuers | United States | Wolfgang Reitherman John Lounsbery Art Stevens |
Walt Disney Productions | Traditional | Theatrical | June 22, 1977 | 77 minutes | |
| Robot Taekwon V: Underwater Rangers 로보트 태권 V 제3탄 수중특공대 (Robot Taekwon V the 3rd: The Undersea Special Forces) |
South Korea | Kim Cheong-gi | U Production | Traditional | Theatrical | July 20, 1977 | 75 minutes | |
| Space Battleship Yamato 宇宙戦艦ヤマト (Uchū Senkan Yamato) |
Japan | Toshio Masuda | Office Academy Group TAC |
Traditional | Theatrical | First installment of the Space Battleship Yamato series. | August 6, 1977 | 145 minutes |
| Taekwon dongja Maruchi Arachi 태권동자 마루치 아라치 (The Taekwondo Master Maruchi Arachi) |
South Korea | Lim Jung-kyu | Samdo Film Co., Ltd. | Traditional | Theatrical | July 27, 1977 | 78 minutes | |
| The Wild Swans 世界名作童話白鳥の王子 (Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Hakuchō no Ōji) |
Japan | Nobutaka Nishizawa | Toei Animation | Traditional | Theatrical | First film in the anthology film series Sekai Meisaku Dōwa (lit. "World Masterpiece Fairy Tales"). | March 19, 1977 | 62 minutes |
| Wizards | United States | Ralph Bakshi | Bakshi Productions 20th Century-Fox |
Traditional | Theatrical | Next-to-first animated feature released by 20th Century-Fox, and the first the studio produced. | February 9, 1977 | 80 minutes |
| Xiao shizhu donghua 新来的小石柱 (The New Little Stone Pillar) |
China | Wang Shuchen Wu Qiang |
Shanghai Animation Film Studio | Traditional | Theatrical | 80 minutes |
Highest-grossing animated films of the year
edit| Rank | Title | Studio | Gross | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rescuers | Walt Disney Productions | US$29,000,000 | [3] |
| 2 | Space Battleship Yamato | Group TAC | US$23,000,000 (¥2,100,000,000) | [4] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Russian animation in letters and figures | Films | ╚THE HOLIDAY OF DESOBEDIENCE╩
- ^ Film database of the DEFA-Stiftung, accessed on 2017-07-15.
- ^ "The Rescuers". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
- ^ "Live-Action Space Battleship Yamato Film's Cast Listed (Update 3)". Anime News Network. October 22, 2009.
External links
edit- Animated films of the year, listed in the IMDb