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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781594640391
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1594640394
Label: Questar
Manufacturer: Questar
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Questar
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 28, 2004
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 23805
Studio: Questar
Editorial Review:
Description:
Previously screened only at selected theaters across the country, this special collection of OSCAR nominated short films celebrating the 2003 75th Annual ACADEMY AWARDS® is now available to compel and delight the filmmaker and film lover. Best Animated Short Film: The ChubbChubbs! (USA - Columbia - A Sony Pictures Imageworks Production) On a planet in the far reaches of the imagination, clumsy but well-meaning Meeper dreams of entertaining people as an R&B vocalist. But first he must find a way to save the patrons of the Ale-E-Inn nightclub from the vicious and voracious invaders known as the ChubbChubbs. (6 minutes) Other Animated Nominees: Rocks 'Das Rad' (Germany - A Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg GmbH Production) Observing the passage of centuries with bewildered fascination, two rock piles comment on the rise and fall of human history. (8 minues) Mike's New Car (USA - Buena Vista - A Pixar Animation Studios Production) One-eyed Mike from Monster's Inc drives himself nuts trying to take his friend Sulley for a spin in his new car. (4 minutes) The Cathedral (Poland - A Platige Image Production) A man enters a forest-like cathedral and discovers that the trees are made of people. (6 minutes) Mt. Head 'Atama Yama' (Japan - A Yamamura Animation Production) An obsessed loner encounters a hairy problem: the Cherry tree growing out of his head is attracting crowds. (10 minutes) Best Live Action Short Film: This Charming Man 'Der Er En Yndig Mand' (Denmark - An M&M Production for Novellefilm Production) Taking advantage of a mix-up at the unemployment office, Lars Hansen becomes Pakistani immigrant El Hassan. Will his masquerade land him a job and the affection of his politically correct school teacher? (29 minutes) Other Live Action Nominees: I'll Wait for the Next One 'J'attendrai Le Suivant' (France - A La Boite Production) A lonely young woman boards the subway and meets a panhandler who's begging for love rather than money. (4 minutes) Gridlock'Fait D'Hiver' (Belgium - An Another Dimension of an Idea Production) Stick in traffic, a harried businessman calls home on his new cell phone - and dials up a nightmare. (7 minutes) Dog 'Inja' (Australia - An Australian Film & Radio School Production) In South Africa, a long-brutalized dog comes between a whie landowner and his black farmhand - with fateful results. (17 minutes) Extra Feature: How To Submit Your Short Film to the Academy - Academy Member and Award-winner for his 1997 live action short film Visas & Virtue, Chris Donahue informs filmmakers and fans of the eligibility rules and procedures for submitting a short film to the Academy for OSCAR consideration.
Amazon.com:
Short films have their own succinct pleasures, but they're almost impossible to see outside of occasional festival screenings. So it's delightful that all of the short animated and live-action films nominated for an Academy Award in 2003 have been packaged together for home viewing. The two American animated shorts are, perhaps unsurprisingly, comic--a Pixar snippet featuring characters from Monsters, Inc. and a clever sci-fi shaggy-dog story ('The ChubbChubbs!,' that year's animated winner). The foreign entries, in contrast, range from the philosophical (a German entry views human history from the perspective of a rock) to the surreal (from Japan, the story of a miser with a cherry tree growing out of his scalp). The live-action shorts are just as varied; 'This Charming Man' (the winning entry, from Denmark) follows a Danish man pursuing love after a bureaucratic mix-up leads him to disguise himself as a Pakistani immigrant. 'I'll Wait for the Next One,' from France, packs heartbreak into four swift minutes; Belgium's 'Gridlock' gives betrayal a dark comic twist; and the Australian short 'Dog' offers a potent glimpse of brutality and consequences in South Africa. A substantial selection, each short a dense and satisfying nugget of film. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Good films but less in Quantity.
I truly enjoyed watching all the Short films. The Dvd has two main sections. Best live Action Short films & Best Animated Short Films. The winner film 'This Charming Man' is clearly a winner from Denmark! The films is quite Charming & very well Acted. There are three other films which are equally good. I enjoyed the Australian film 'Dog' very much. The Screenplay is Awesome. The next film which holds you is "I'll wait for the next one" from Belgium. The dialogues are very well written.
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Rating: - The perfect use for DVDs.
What a great idea for a DVD. I've often said that I wished there was a way to see all the Oscar nominated shorts. Well, my prayer was answered, at least for one year. It's a tragedy that a similar disc hasn't been done for every year. These movies, which filmmakers pour so much blood and sweat into, are hardly seen by anyone. Such a disc certainly helps a little. But I enjoyed the one I had to watch.
The animated shorts were overall stronger, I think. CHUBB-CHUBBS (the winner) was ... Read More
Rating:  - Both Entertaining and Thought-Provoking
I finally found time to view this collection of delightful films after having bought it nearly a year ago. I enjoyed the entire group, although I found the live-action shorts to be the most entertaining AND thought-provoking.
I don't agree with the choice of the eventual winner of Best Animated Short Film, The ChubbChubbs. It was cute and clever with a twist, but I think several others are better. My favorite is the Polish release, The Cathedral, with its spooky, gothic, Lovecraftian imagery. Second ... Read More
Rating: - Sometimes the Academy gets some things right
Some really fine shorts here.
Animated -- I liked the Chubb Chubbs (which won). And I thought it was clearly NOT the best of the nominees. I think that The Rocks, a German short, well, rocks. Excellent. Mike's New Car - amusing. Crystal does excellent voiceover work. The Cathedral -- visually interesting. Atama Yama -- I didn't like it too much the first time I watched it, but I have acquired a taste for it.
Live Action -- Again, I didn't agree with the pick for the Award. I thought ... Read More
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