''Boundin'' is a 2003 American

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, which was shown in theaters before the feature-length superhero film ''

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''. The short is a musically narrated story about a dancing sheep, who loses his confidence after being sheared. The film was written, directed, narrated and featured the musical composition and performance of

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animator

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Plot

In the American West, a lamb’s elegant dancing is popular with the other animals. One day the sheep-shearers arrive and shear him for wool. The other animals mock his skinny, bare state and he becomes shy and loses the confidence to dance. As the sheep mourns, a benevolent jackalope comes across him, and teaches him the merits of "bounding", not just dancing (that is, getting up whenever you fall down). The sheep is converted and his joy in life is restored. The sheep's wool eventually grows back in the winter, only for it to be cut again, but his confidence is now completely unshaken and he continues to "bound."

Voice cast

as Narrator / Lamb / Jackalope

Production

Writer-director

designed and voiced all the characters, composed the music and wrote the story. According to the director's commentary for ''The Incredibles'',

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wanted to introduce the animated short by having Rick Dicker, (the superhero relocator from ''The Incredibles'', also voiced by Luckey) enter a room, sit down, and pull out a bottle of " booze" and a banjo. This is the first Pixar short with a theatrical release that included vocal performances with words (

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did an a capella song for '' Knick Knack''). All prior films included only music and sound effects. The ''

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'' DVD contains a version of ''Boundin with Mater as the jackalope,

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as the sheep, and

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as the gophers as an

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Theatrical and home media release

To qualify for the

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, Pixar arranged in December 2003 special screenings of the short at the Laemmle Theatres in

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. ''Boundin was released on March 15, 2005, on ''

'' two-disc DVD collector's release, including commentary from

and the short clip titled ''Who is Bud Luckey?''. The film was also released as part of ''

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'' in 2007.

Awards

* 2004:

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— Best Animated Short Subject (Won) * 2004:

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(Nominated)

References

External links

* * * {{Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject 2000s English-language films 2003 computer-animated films 2003 short films 2000s American animated films 2000s animated short films Animated films about rabbits and hares Best Animated Short Subject Annie Award winners Cars (franchise) Films about sheep Films set in deserts Pixar short films American children's animated musical films American folk songs American animated short films