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Wild Life
This Oscar-nominated animated short tells the story of a dapper young remittance man who is sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching in 1909.
- Original title
- Wild Life
- Language
- EN
- Country
- CA
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Mar 31, 2024 · via TMDB
I liked the brush-stroke style of animation here as we follow a rather naive young Englishman as he leaves the comforts of his upper-class existence and emigrates to Calgary. Now in 1909, that was little more than an hamlet but he has plenty of (parental) cash, so secures a 90-acre spread equipped with a pond and a shack. He's happy enough - though perhaps not as adventurous as he declares to his folks in his letters. With the harsh winter approaching, though, loneliness begins to set in and then... Simultaneously, we have a sequence of inter titles that describe to us something of the life of a comet. It's time near the brightness of the sun before it's journey takes it beyond the orbit of Pluto. Analogous? The narrative pokes a little fun at all things English (even the Scots get their dig in) and is quite amiable. I've only ever been into the north of Canada once - to a British Army Arctic training facility. The bitter cold and the darkness of the winter months is almost claustrophobic - and that was with double glazing and central heating. Brrr!
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Luba Goy
(voice)
Anthony Bekenn
(voice)
Colin Fox
(voice)
Nonnie Griffin
(voice)
Ben Carlson
(voice)
Amy Rutherford
(voice)
Andrew Gillies
Thanks
Ian D. Clark
Thanks
David Christensen
Executive Producer
Marcy Page
Producer
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