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Bunny wins the Oscar

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nothing-but-blue-sky dept.

Mark Pitman writes "The animated short Bunny that was featured on Slashdot a few weeks back, won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short. Cool. " If you haven't seen the short, you really are missing out.

22 comments

  1. Of course it won. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They used Tom Waits. How could it not win.

  2. I only watched it because of Tom Waits by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...doing the soundtrack, but it's an awesome short. I didn't even know it was old enough to qualify for an oscar but I'm glad it won.

    The pnm-grabber program "XFileGet" works fine if you want to download the clip, btw. The 100K version looks/sounds much better when it's not stopping every 10-15 seconds from "net congestion" :-)

  3. Pixar lamp short by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Mostly offtopic, but does anyone know where to find that Pixar short with a two lamps playing with a ball? I always loved that flick.

    Ken

  4. duckpins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    i for one was shocked that duckpins wasnt even nominated..

  5. old animated flick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Its a Pixar flick...

    Think they might have a tape with all their animated shorts somewhere but I'm not sure.

  6. bunny.blueskystudios.com is down?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    anyone knows what's up w/the site? seems to me that no webserver is running there...

  7. oh please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Synopsis: Bunny sticks his head in an oven,
    with music by Tom Waits.

  8. More like Oscardotted by BrianS · · Score: 1

    I think the fact that it won the oscar has to do more with it than the appearance of it on slashdot. Look what happens to the movie theaters the week after a film wins and it is still playing.

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  9. Viewing mpeg clip by gavinhall · · Score: 1

    Posted by dwarin:

    Did anyone succesfully view the Bunny mpeg clip that can be downloaded from the Bunny site?

    I downloaded it and tried to view it with xanim 2.70.7.0, and all xanim does is print an endless stream of

    MPG_UNK CODE: e0
    MPG_UNK CODE: e0
    MPG_UNK CODE: e0
    MPG_UNK CODE: e0
    MPG_UNK CODE: e0
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    ...

    If you did view it, what did you use? Thanks in advance.

    - Adam
    ajenkins@netway.com

  10. There's Something About Bunny... by Effugas · · Score: 1

    I can't explain it. Yes, the graphics are insanely nice, the lighting is perfect, the cinematography is wonderful, the effects are impressive...

    Naw. There's something else Bunny has. Just when you least expect it, Bunny...I dunno. I can't put it into words and I wouldn't want to--there's something that's truly magical about this film, and I'm glad it won the highest honor in its industry.

    If there's one video you hunt down, make sure you watch Bunny. You won't regret it, and you won't forget it either.

    Yours Truly,

    Dan Kaminsky
    DoxPara Research
    http://doxpara.netpedia.net


    Once you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend.

  11. Pixar lamp short by rafial · · Score: 1

    I believe it's available on a number of collections. The name of the short is "Luxo Jr". I have it on a collection of Pixar shorts including "Tin Toy" & "Red's Dream". I've also seen it on a couple animation "best of" collections.

  12. Slashdotted by snuh · · Score: 1

    Man, only three comments here? Site's totally been slashdotted.

  13. Shorts by ajdavis · · Score: 1

    Oy--ignorance. Their first & second shorts were, I think, "Tricycle dreams" (don't quote me on that one) and "Luxo Jr.". The best short last year was Pixar's "Jerry's Game". The first two are available on one tape, the third on a separate tape; all cost about $20 and are available from pixar.com

  14. old guy chess short by emptybody · · Score: 1

    How about access to the short with the old guy playing chess "alone" in the park?

    Was at the start of one of the animated insect movies recently.

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  15. The bunny webcast... by CodeShark · · Score: 1

    Just watched the webcast. I for one am glad that it one the award.

    Not only did I enjoy it from the artistic side, you really won't believe how well the rendering is done. I'll be checking out the tools for use myself.

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  16. oops... by CodeShark · · Score: 1

    Make that "won" the award.

    Durn English phonetics. I learned Japanese about 20 years ago and my spelling has been haphazard ever since.

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  17. Very simple. by SeanNi · · Score: 1

    The music.

    Unbelievable.

    After watching it once, I was humming that damn haunting song all day...
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  18. Short animation by Beef · · Score: 0

    I think they should give an Oscar to that animated GIF of a gyrating nude woman that they have on all of those porn sites.

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  19. old guy chess short by sundae · · Score: 1

    That's called "Jerri's game" (or something like that), isn't it?

  20. old animated flick by deek · · Score: 1

    does anyone remember an old animated movie about a snowman in a snowglobe?? I saw this YEARS ago and thought it was great!

    Damn it, but they should release these things openly onto the internet after a while.

  21. whole film available? by elstumpo · · Score: 1

    So...has anybody captured the webcast and made a file of the entire movie available?

  22. avis of Geris game and Bunny by Ashkie · · Score: 1

    Anyone know where I could get em or a search engine I could try? Would greatly appreciate it.
    Thanks peoples.