▁characters ▁humor ously ▁interact ing ▁with ▁themselves ▁on ▁the ▁movie ▁screen . ▁This ▁required ▁the ▁old ▁animation ▁foot age ▁to ▁be ▁red ra wn ▁completely ▁rather ▁than ▁added ▁in ▁its ▁original ▁state . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁during ▁this ▁process ▁that ▁W alt ▁Disney ▁decided ▁to ▁completely ▁reproduce ▁several ▁of ▁these ▁old ▁short s ▁in ▁color . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁opportunity ▁to ▁update ▁the ▁character ▁models , ▁since ▁many ▁characters ▁had ▁changed ▁in ▁appearance ▁since ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁ ▁Or phan ' s ▁Ben ef it ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁these ▁films ▁to ▁be ▁re made . ▁The ▁result ▁was ▁an ▁almost ▁exact ▁shot - for - shot ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁original , ▁with ▁added ▁color ▁and ▁red ra wn ▁characters ▁and ▁background s . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁R iley ▁Thom son ▁and ▁used ▁almost ▁the ▁entire ▁original ▁sound track , ▁the ▁only ▁change ▁being ▁the ▁final ▁line , ▁from ▁" A w ▁n uts !" ▁to ▁" A w ▁p ho o ey !" ▁which ▁had ▁become ▁a ▁catch phr ase ▁for ▁Donald ▁by ▁that ▁time . ▁The ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁also ▁saw ▁a ▁small ▁change ▁making ▁it ▁more ▁gram matically ▁correct , ▁although ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁reflected ▁in ▁some ▁prom ot ional ▁material ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁film ▁poster ▁( seen ▁right ). ▁Or ph ans ' ▁Ben ef it ▁was ▁released ▁to ▁the aters ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁by ▁R K O ▁Radio ▁Pictures .