Special Delivery (1978 film)
Special Delivery (French: Livraison spéciale) is a 1978 animated short film made at the National Film Board of Canada which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film as well as first prize at Animafest Zagreb.[1][2][3][4] It was directed by Eunice Macaulay and John Weldon.[5] An English and a French-language version were released.
| Special Delivery | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Eunice Macaulay John Weldon |
| Written by | Eunice Macaulay John Weldon |
| Produced by | Derek Lamb |
| Narrated by | Sandy Sanderson Jean Marchand (French version) |
| Music by | Karl du Plessis |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35,065 |
Plot
After Ralph dismisses his wife's orders to clear the snow from the front walk before he went out for the day, he finds his regular mailman dead on his front stairs, having slipped on the ice and broken his neck. Fearing police investigations and potential wrongful death lawsuits from the letter carriers' union amongst other things, Ralph must go to great lengths to cover up the mailman's death while his wife comes to terms with her past.[6]
Production
The film had a budget of $35,065 (equivalent to $135,661 in 2021).[7]
References
- Animafest.hr
- "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1978 -". cartoonresearch.com.
- 1979|Oscars.org
- Picking Oscar Winners 1979 - Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews
- Lenburg, Jeff (1 June 2006). "Weldon, John". Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators. Applause Books. pp. 352–3. ISBN 978-1557836717. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- Canada, National Film Board of, Special Delivery, retrieved 2016-08-11
- Evans 1991, p. 233.
Works cited
- Evans, Gary (1991). In the National Interest: A Chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802027849.