The Lorax

TV Movie
1972
Not Rated
25m

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Animal Adventure Hand-Drawn Animation Animation Drama Family Fantasy Musical

A ruined industrialist tells his tale of his environmentally self-destructive greed despite the warnings of an old forest creature.A ruined industrialist tells his tale of his environmentally self-destructive greed despite the warnings of an old forest creature.A ruined industrialist tells his tale of his environmentally self-destructive greed despite the warnings of an old forest creature.

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7.9/10

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Eddie Albert

Narrator
(voice)

Bob Holt

The Lorax
(voice)
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Athena Lorde

Miss O'Schmunsler
(voice)

Harlen Carraher

Boy
(voice)

Irene Tedrow

Thneed Customer
(voice)

Scatman Crothers

Singer
(voice)
(uncredited)

Thurl Ravenscroft

Singer
(voice)
(uncredited)

Vivian Vance

Singer
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Hawley Pratt
Writer
- Dr. Seuss
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Trivia
The Humming Fish's line "I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie" was originally in the book (except at least one British version), but was removed 18 years after it was published when Dr. Seuss was informed by two research associates from the Ohio Sea Grant Program about the cleanup of Lake Erie.

Goofs
When the Lorax puts the thneed back on the porch, his mustache changes from yellow to white just before he picks up the thneed. In the next shot, his mustache has changed back to yellow.

Quotes
The Once-ler: Then, oh, baby, oh! How my business did grow! Now chopping trees one at a time was too slow! So I promptly invented my Super-Axe-Hacker, which whacked off four truffula trees in one smacker! We were making thneeds four times as fast as before! And my profits, incidentally, were soaring galore!

Alternate versions
There was a "sing-a-long" version available on VHS.

Connections
Edited into In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994)

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8/10

Trees and nature

That was perfect must see.

There is no reason to think that if we do not do something else, we will do something wrong.

Because, this is the stupidest way of thinking and that way the stone is not tied to the stone.

And finally the damage goes back to us.