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'''The Electric Piper''' is an animated TV adaptation of ''The Pied Piper'' that aired on Nickelodeon in February 2003. <ref>[http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/68830-Electric_Piper.html Big Cartoon Database page.] Retrieved 13 Aug '14. </ref> The film was directed by Raymie Muzquiz and written by Bill Burnett, the creator of ChalkZone, and was voiced by Rodney Dangerfield, Rob Schneider, and George Segal.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377056/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt IMDB page for the movie.] Retrieved 12 Aug '14.</ref> | |||
The movie hasn't been seen since its few initial airings on Nickelodeon, as it was never released onto VHS or DVD. Only three clips of it have resurfaced onto the internet, one of which has since been taken down. | Set in the 1960s, it's about a guitarist named Sly (modeled after Jimi Hendrix) who uses his music to get rid of rats who are invading a suburban town called Hamlin. When the mayor doesn't give Sly his reward, a Harley Davidson motorcycle, he takes his revenge by convincing the children of the town to run away and join him in a mountain. | ||
The movie hasn't been seen since its few initial airings on Nickelodeon, as it was never released onto VHS or DVD. Only three clips of it have resurfaced onto the internet, one of which has since been taken down. The film has not resurfaced on the Internet, and no complete TV recordings are known to exist. | |||
==Surviving Footage== | |||
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| {{#ev:vimeo|https://vimeo.com/48023160|320x240|center|Clip from the film featuring a musical number from Sly.|frame}} | |||
| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfGxLDnJOBw|320x240|center|Bill Burnett's Cartoon Music Reel, in which a clip from "The Electric Piper" appears (at 3:34).|frame}} | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 01:47, 19 March 2016
Still from the film.
Status: Lost
The Electric Piper is an animated TV adaptation of The Pied Piper that aired on Nickelodeon in February 2003. [1] The film was directed by Raymie Muzquiz and written by Bill Burnett, the creator of ChalkZone, and was voiced by Rodney Dangerfield, Rob Schneider, and George Segal.[2]
Set in the 1960s, it's about a guitarist named Sly (modeled after Jimi Hendrix) who uses his music to get rid of rats who are invading a suburban town called Hamlin. When the mayor doesn't give Sly his reward, a Harley Davidson motorcycle, he takes his revenge by convincing the children of the town to run away and join him in a mountain.
The movie hasn't been seen since its few initial airings on Nickelodeon, as it was never released onto VHS or DVD. Only three clips of it have resurfaced onto the internet, one of which has since been taken down. The film has not resurfaced on the Internet, and no complete TV recordings are known to exist.
Surviving Footage
References
- ↑ Big Cartoon Database page. Retrieved 13 Aug '14.
- ↑ IMDB page for the movie. Retrieved 12 Aug '14.