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Hilarious Oscar-nominated animation based on an age-old folk song. Mr. Johnson makes frantic efforts to get rid of a small yellow cat that miraculously keeps reappearing.

Hilarious Oscar-nominated animation based on an age-old folk song. Mr. Johnson makes frantic efforts to get rid of a small yellow cat that miraculously keeps reappearing. According to Time Out magazine, this is one of the best animated shorts of all time.


Title: The Cat Came Back
Year: 1988
Duration : 8 minutes
Category: Short Feature
Edition: NFF 2016

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