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Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar!
199913 min 9 secFilm: Animation, Children's film
Direction: Pierre M. Trudeau
Production: Marc BertrandThérèse Descary
Script: Pierre M. TrudeauPierre-Michel TremblayDenys St-Denis
This charming and amusing animated short for young children offers a timely lesson about the joys of fatherly love. Mr. Edgar's life runs like clockwork - which is not surprising since he's a cuckoo in a cuckoo clock. Not only is he very punctual, he is also compulsively neat and tidy. But one stormy evening, his little world is turned upside down. A branch hit by lightning falls to the ground, dislodging a nest, and three eggs plop uninvited into Mr. Edgar's living room. In no time at all, they hatch into a trio of rambunctious baby birds. It's a crash course in fatherhood for our confirmed bachelor. The hungry little birds take up all his time and attention... but eventually worm their way into his affections.
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Subject categories
- Families > Animation on the FamilyParent-Child Relationships
- Animals > Birds
Credits
- conception
- Pierre M. Trudeau
- animation
- Pierre M. Trudeau
- director
- Pierre M. Trudeau
- script
- Pierre M. Trudeau
- Pierre-Michel Tremblay
- picture editing
- José Heppell
- text
- Denys St-Denis
- English adaptation
- Clare Johnstone
- voice
- A.J. Henderson
- original music
- Louis Gagné
- arrangements
- Pierre Potvin
- Edgar Bori
- musician
- Christophe Garenc
- Andrée Bilodeau
- Marc Vallée
- Pierre Pépin
- Louis Gagné
- sound recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Patrick Viegas
- sound design
- Claude Langlois
- foley
- Stéphane Cadotte
- Ariane Picher
- René Lussier
- re-recording
- Serge Boivin
- Jean Paul Vialard
- post-production coordination
- Andrée Delagrave
- digital imaging resources
- Normand Gauthier
- Ines Hardtke
- Pierre Plouffe
- Marie-Nicole Tremblay
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- administration
- Maryse Chapdelaine
- administrative assistant
- Diane Régimbald
- Louisette Goyette
- Diane Martindale
- marketing officer
- Michèle Bélanger
- assistant to the producer
- Francine Langdeau
- associate producer
- Marc Bertrand
- producer
- Thérèse Descary
Awards
- Best Film for Children Award given by the public of Sao PauloAnima Mundi
- Best Film for Children Award given by the public of Rio de JaneiroAnima Mundi
- Second Place - Animated Computer 3D ShortEffects & Animation Festival
- Best Short Animated Film Award by the Children's JuryFestival International du film pour enfants (FIFEM)
- Special Jury AwardYorkton Film Festival
- Bronze Plaque Award - Category: Children and Youth International Film and Video Festival
- Grand Prize - YouthBoomerang Awards by Editions Info Presse