Getting Started
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| Getting Started | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Richard Condie |
| Produced by | Jerry Krepakevich |
| Written by | Richard Condie |
| Starring | Jay Brazeau (voice) |
| Music by | Patrick Godfrey |
| Studio | National Film Board of Canada (NFB) |
| Running time | 12 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Getting Started is a 1979 animated short by Richard Condie and produced in Winnipeg by the National Film Board of Canada.
The film is comical look at procrastination, based partly on the filmmaker's own experiences, portraying the inability of a pianist to rehearse a Debussy composition.[1][2]
Awards for Getting Started included the Genie Award for best animation film.[3] The film also won awards at the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films and the Tampere Film Festival, as well as a "Bijou" at the Canadian Short Film and Television Awards.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Cuthbert, Pamela (January 2003). "Richard Condie". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Film Reference Library. http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=14&navid=46. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
- ^ William Beard & Jerry White, ed. North of everything: English-Canadian cinema since 1980. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-88864-390-X. http://books.google.ca/books?id=iLNhHWfarosC&pg=PA77&dq=%22Getting+Started%22+Condie&hl=en&ei=jNKyTpa6MKXj0QHJn7GZBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Getting%20Started%22%20Condie&f=false. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ^ "Getting Started". Film Collection. National Film Board of Canada Web site. 1979. http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=13127. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
- ^ Sweeney, Shelley. "RICHARD CONDIE: AARRGG!". GALLERY ONE ONE ONE. University of Manitoba. http://umanitoba.ca/schools/art/galleryoneoneone/sweeney.html. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
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