Charade (1984 film)

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Charade
Directed by Jon Minnis
Written byJon Minnis
Produced byJon Minnis
Michael Mills
StarringJon Minnis
Production
company
Distributed byMichael Mills Productions
Release date
  • April 10, 1984 (1984-04-10)
Running time
5 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Charade is a 1984 Canadian animated film directed by Jon Minnis. [1] The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 57th Academy Awards, [2] and the Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 6th Genie Awards. [3]

Contents

The film was animated by Minnis with Pantone markers on paper, during a single three-month summer term at Sheridan College. [4]

Plot

In front of a witless audience, a talented but unlucky gentleman competes in a game of charades against a savant who puts no effort to it and yet the audience still gets his right. [5] [6]

Cast

References

  1. FilmAffinity
  2. "Montrealer strikes Oscar gold". Montreal Gazette , March 26, 1985.
  3. Bruce Bailey, "Daniel Petrie's 'Bay Boy' harbors six Genie Awards". Montreal Gazette , March 22, 1985.
  4. Nethery, David. ""Charade" by Jon Minnis". Animation Graduate Films. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  5. 1985 Charade: Free Download, Borrow and Streaming: Internet Archive
  6. Every Oscar Winner for Animated Short Subject, Ranked - Vulture
  7. Charade: Lessons in Creative Vision from a 1984 College Student - The Atlantic

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