The Man Who Planted Trees (film)
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Directed by | Frédéric Back |
Written by | Jean Roberts |
Based on | The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono |
Produced by | Frédéric Back Hubert Tison |
Narrated by | Philippe Noiret Christopher Plummer |
Edited by | Norbert Pickering |
Music by | Normand Roger |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Languages | French English |
The Man Who Planted Trees (French: L'homme qui plantait des arbres) is a 1987 Canadian short animated film directed by Frédéric Back. It is based on Jean Giono's short story The Man Who Planted Trees. This 30-minute film was distributed in two versions, French and English, narrated respectively by actors Philippe Noiret and Christopher Plummer, and produced by Radio-Canada.
Awards[]
The film won the Academy Award (1988) for Best Animated Short Film.[2][3] It also competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[4] The film won the Golden Sheaf Award for Best Animation at the 1988 Yorkton Film Festival.[5]
In 1994, it was voted number 44 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.[6]
References[]
- ^ "The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)" – via www.filmaffinity.com.
- ^ "The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ "The Man Who Planted Trees Wins Animated Short: 1988 Oscars".
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Man Who Planted Trees". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ^ Cox, Bob (30 May 1988). "Short films tie for prize". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. p. 55. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Kilmer, David (1997). The Animated Film Collector's Guide. Sydney, Australia: John Libbey & Co. Ltd. p. 191. ISBN 1864620021.
External links[]
Media related to Inspired by the film at Wikimedia Commons
- The Man Who Planted Trees at IMDb
- The short film The Man Who Planted Trees is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- MUBI
Further reading[]
- Olivier Cotte (2007) Secrets of Oscar-winning animation: Behind the scenes of 13 classic short animations. (Making of '"The Man Who Planted Trees") Focal Press. ISBN 978-0-240-52070-4
- 1987 films
- 1987 animated films
- 1980s animated short films
- Best Animated Short Academy Award winners
- Canadian films
- Canadian animated short films
- Environmental films
- Films scored by Normand Roger
- Films based on short fiction
- Films based on works by Jean Giono
- Films directed by Frédéric Back
- Films set in 1913
- Films set in 1920
- Films set in 1933
- Films set in 1935
- Films set in 1939
- Films set in 1945
- Films set in 1947
- French-language films
- Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming
- Films about trees