Getting Started

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Getting Started
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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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References

  1. AllMovie
  2. "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1980 -". cartoonresearch.com.
  3. Cuthbert, Pamela (January 2003). "Richard Condie". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Film Reference Library. Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  4. William Beard & Jerry White, ed. (2002). North of everything: English-Canadian cinema since 1980 . Edmonton: University of Alberta Press. p.  77. ISBN   0-88864-390-X . Retrieved 3 November 2011. Getting Started Condie.
  5. "Getting Started". Film Collection. National Film Board of Canada Web site. 1979. Retrieved 2009-08-31.