Al Dente (film)

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Al Dente
Directed byMark Brierley
CinematographyFred Reed
Production
company
Distributed byAtomFilms
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
2 min
CountryUK
LanguagesEnglish
Italian

Al Dente is a 1998 animated short film created by Aardman Animations.

Contents

Plot

A grumpy waiter has to serve a vegetarian meal at a steak restaurant. [1]

Production

James Pursey did the sound, and Fred Reed was the lighting technician. [2]

Cast

Critical reception

Dr. Grob gave the film one star out of five, saying the film appears more primitive than Aardman's previous short film, Owzat , and that the film "doesn’t feature any backgrounds of notice, and the main character, a grumpy waiter who has to serve a vegetarian meal at a meat restaurant, looks primitive and unimaginative. The film is utterly mediocre and, like Owzat, probably would never have been released were it not an Aardman production." [3]

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References

  1. "Al dente". 27 January 2014.
  2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291011/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm [ user-generated source ]
  3. "Al dente".