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Bunny (1998 Film)
''Bunny'' is a 1998 American computer-animated short film by Chris Wedge and produced by Blue Sky Studios. It was featured on the original 2-disc special edition DVD release of ''Ice Age (2002 film), Ice Age'' from 2002 and the 2006 "Super-Cool Edition" re-release to coincide with the release of ''Ice Age: The Meltdown''. Influenced by the classic ''Uncle Wiggily'' illustrations by Lansing Campbell, the short features the music of Tom Waits. ''Bunny'' won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1998 as well a Golden Nica at the Prix Ars Electronica. Plot Bunny, an elderly female rabbit, lives alone in a small cabin in the forest. While baking a cake one night, she is continually bothered by a large moth that keeps flying around her kitchen. No matter what she does, she cannot get rid of the intruder; she is especially annoyed when it runs into a photograph, taken many years ago, of herself and her late husband on their wedding day. Eventually, she knocks it into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Wedge
John Christian Wedge (born March 20, 1957) is an American animator, designer, film director, voice actor, film producer, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He is known for directing the films '' Ice Age'' (2002), ''Robots'' (2005), '' Epic'' (2013), and ''Monster Trucks'' (2016). He is a co-founder of the now-defunct animation studio Blue Sky Studios and voices the character Scrat in the '' Ice Age'' franchise since 2002. Early life Wedge was born in Binghamton, New York. During his teenage years, Wedge lived in Watertown, New York which was rumored to be the inspiration for the town where his film "Robots" takes place, however he later dismissed this in an interview. He became interested in animation when he was 12 years old: "Back then, there was a TV special about kids making cut-out animation in a workshop—as I recall it was Yellow Ball Workshop—it was a clear technique to follow and I followed it. That fascinated me and it got me started. It was so simple, effective and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |