SOYUZMULTFILM (The Animation Union)
presents
A CHEERFUL
A CHEERFUL MUSICAL
A CHEERFUL MUSICAL TRAGEDY
THE SKY-BLUE PUPPY
Writer: Yuriy Entin Composer: Gennadiy Gladkov
Director: Yefim Gamburg Art director: Daniil Mendelevich
Camera: Mikhail Druyan Sound operator: Viktor Babushkin Editor: I. Gerasimova
Dance director: Andrey Droznin Script editor: Raisa Frichinskaya Production director: Fyodor Ivanov
Artists: V. Maksimovich, Inna Zaruba, Gennadiy Morozov, Yelena Tannenberg
Assistants: A. Apanasova, S. Gviniashvili, I. Peterson, S. Kashcheyeva
Animators: Yuriy Butyrin, Yuriy Kuzyurin, Marina Voskanyants, Olga Orlova, Vitaliy Bobrov,
Violetta Kolesnikova, Elvira Maslova, Nataliya Boromolova, Aleksandr Mazayev, Galina Zebrova, Sergey Dyozhkin
Based on the book by Gyula Urban
TrEnty BrEnty tick tack toes! Who the heck are you?
From your tail up to your nose, Every inch sky-blue!
His ears sky-blue! His belly too! [SKY-BLUE, TOTALLY SKY-BLUE PUPPY]
Blue his forelock! Say, what's up doc? [SKY-BLUE, TOTALLY SKY-BLUE PUPPY]
[AND GREY, TOTALLY GREY DOGS]
Sky-blue! Sky-blue! We don't want to play with you!
There never were and never should Be dogs of such a shade!
You disgrace the neighbourhood, You're clearly badly made!
His ears sky-blue!
His belly too!
Blue his forelock!
Say, what's up doc?
Sky-blue! Sky-blue! We don't want to play with you!
All virtuous deeds I despise, But I spise all dark little doings!
If out from the corner I fly, No lock's gonna save you from ruin!
What can I do to be rotten to you? [AN EVIL, TOO EVIL PIRATE]
Akh! Evil me! Ukh! Evil me!
All weaklings I love to torment! All kindness in the strong I scorn!
Though you may search the continent, There isn't a more evil scoundrel born!
What can I do to be rotten to you? Oh, what can I do to be rotten to you?
Akh! Evil me! Ukh! Evil me!
Can it be that with my coat I'll have no joy in this world?
Cruel fate wounds me through and through! Why, oh why am I sky-blue?
[A CRAFTY
[A CRAFTY, INCREDIBLY CRAFTY
[A CRAFTY, INCREDIBLY CRAFTY CAT]
Misfortune is foreign to me, For I'm a hustler, you see,
And if your path I should cross, Be sure it will be your loss.
One must live life with finesse, Live as if it's effortless,
All in all, my friends, it's best To live life with success.
What's this I see? A figment of my imagination?
His ears sky-blue! His belly too!
Blue his forelock! Only kidding, doc!
You know how we cats love you dogs!
Akh, evil me! Ukh, evil me!
Sky-blue puppy!
Sky-blue puppy?!
S... sky-blue puppy...
Biggest treasure on the island!
Show me!
Here! His ears sky-blue! His belly too!
Sky-blue belly! Sky-blue forelock! Ha! He's just painted, doc!
No! He's all natural! I swear by my tail!
Ukh! Evil me!
Silly suckers I take for a ride, And I feel nothing inside,
Not a hint of a worry or woe Will this black cat ever know!
One must live life with finesse, Live as if it's effortless,
All in all, my friends, it's best To live life with success.
[A KIND,
[A KIND, UNCOMMONLY
[A KIND, UNCOMMONLY KIND
[A KIND, UNCOMMONLY KIND SAILOR]
I'm a sailor lad who's been around, And as a kind fellow I'm renowned,
But all the same I'm firm of hand - That's the strength of a sailor man!
Oh, what can I find To do that is kind?
To float upon the sky-blue sea, And to help all those in need,
To see the sun and clouds go by, That's what makes a sailor's joy!
Oh, what can I find To do that is kind?
Sky-blue puppy!
Sky-blue puppy?
Sky-blue puppy!
Kidnapped... by the evil... pirate!
He must be saved!
Onward!
Can it be that with my coat I'll have no joy in this world?
Cruel fate wounds me through and through! Why, oh why am I sky-blue?
How I'd like to find a friend, Not that scorn that people send...
At my back, whate'er I do... Why, oh why am I sky-blue?
Ukh! Evil me!
[AN INDUSTRIOUS,
[AN INDUSTRIOUS, VERY
[AN INDUSTRIOUS, VERY INDUSTRIOUS
[AN INDUSTRIOUS, VERY INDUSTRIOUS SAWFISH]
I'm a fish that is nicknamed "the saw", And I saw what I see in the ocean,
Your schooner will soon be no more At the edge of my sharp sawing motion!
Gosh, I love my job! Gosh, I love my job! I saw everything, can't stop!
From my youth I have sawed what I can, It must be my vocation to pursue,
Sawing's the calling of my gran, And my momma's a saw too!
Gosh, I love my job! Gosh, I love my job! I saw everything, can't sto-o-op!
Gosh, I love my job! Gosh, I love my job! I saw everything, can't stop!
There he is! Him! He tried to swipe your booty!
Hey, doc! Here's your saviour!
You tried to save me?
I did.
But... why? Who needs me... Sky-blue as I am!...
I would consider myself lucky to have such a friend!
Is that true? You're not joking?
I vow by the fair wind, I always speak only the truth!
How kind you are!
I and you are so original!
You and I so individual!
Yet our friendship's indivisible Mine and yo-ours...
The word of a pirate is sacred! We're bonded and we'll never break it!
How I respect you, you pirate!
And I respect you, you sly cat!
I and you are quite the partnership!
You and I are quite the partnership!
Every sea's charmed with our fellowship, Set our co-ourse!
Whiskers, speak up, don't be silent! You want that tail cut off, I bet?
No thanks! How I respect you, you pirate!
And I respect you, you sly cat!
How I respect you, you pirate!
And I respect you, you sly... cats!
How I respect you, you pirate!
And I respect you...
That's that!
Gosh, I love my job! Gosh, I love my job! I saw everything, can't stop!
Attaboy! I'm ready!
Ukh! Evil me!
Sky-blue!!
Hail the sky-blue hero!!
What more joy could life provide me, than a loyal friend beside me?
And if everyone loves you - It's not bad to be sky-blue!
To float upon the sky-blue sea, And to help all those in need,
To see the sun and clouds go by, That's what makes a sailor's joy!
Featuring the voices of
Alysa Freindlich (as the puppy)
Andrey Mironov (as the cat)
Aleksandr Gradskiy (as the sailor)
Mikhail Boyarskiy (as the pirate)
The End (Subtitles by Brigit McCone and Niffiwan)