Getting Started

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Getting Started
Directed by Richard Condie
Written by Richard Condie
Produced byJerry Krepakevich
Starring Jay Brazeau (voice)
Richard Condie [1]
Music byPatrick Godfrey
Production
company
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryCanada
Language English

Getting Started is a 1979 animated short by Richard Condie [2] and produced in Winnipeg by the National Film Board of Canada.

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Summary

The film is a comical look at procrastination, based partly on the filmmaker's own experiences, portraying the inability of a pianist to rehearse a Debussy composition. [3] [4]

Accolades

Awards for Getting Started included the Genie Award for best animation film. [5] The film also won awards at the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films and the Tampere Film Festival, as well as the Bijou Award for Best Animation.

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