Banjo the Woodpile Cat is a 1979 animated television film directed by Don Bluth. It follows the story of Banjo, an overly curious and rebellious kitten who, after getting into trouble for falling from a house to see if he could land on his feet, runs away from his woodpile home in his owners' farm in Payson, Utah by catching a truck to Salt Lake City. The film took four years to make and it was Sullivan Bluth's debut film. It had a short theatrical run in November 1979 (Appearing as a short before The Muppet Movie at theaters showing the film for a holiday season re-release in the Los Angeles area.), but did not appear on network television until 1982. It is currently available on two-disc DVD on Amazon.com and digital download at MyToons.
On March 11, 2009, a Dragon's Lair-esque version of the film under the name Banjo the Woodpile Cat Adventure Game was developed and released on the iPhone and iPod Touch by Iconic Apps. Then on August 1, the short aired on the Irish television channel, RTE Two (on the children's block known as The Den, but now known as TRTE/RTEjr).
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