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5.5/10   1,079 votes
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Director:
Alvy Ray Smith
Writer:
Alvy Ray Smith (concept)
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Genre:
Animation | Short | Family more
Plot:
Dawn, the forest. André is waking up. Soon, Wally is taunting him. André points the other way and, with Wally temporarily distracted... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Amazing in its proper context more (5 total)

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Runtime:
2 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Certification:
Australia:G
Company:
Pixar Animation Studios more

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Trivia:
First use of squash-and-stretch motion in computer animation. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004) (TV) more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Amazing in its proper context, 12 February 2008
10/10
Author: planktonrules from Bradenton, Florida

I gotta admit that if you watch this film today and don't understand the context for it, then you will most likely not be particularly impressed. It's such a very simple animated short and one that seems amazingly ordinary--something you could easily make today given the right rendering software and a home computer. However, think back to 1984. People rarely had home computers and those who did had systems that had major compatibility issues--with not much more power than a modern calculator (less in some cases). There were no hard drives--those that did exist were minuscule. Macintosh computers were yet to come and IBM compatible computers used primitive versions of DOS and many were using Commodore and other simple computers. And, most importantly, most games were either text only or had very, very rudimentary graphics. In this context, ANDRE AND WALLY B is absolutely amazing and breathtaking. The Pixar folks were not yet a big company but just a few individuals doing work on huge computers and they had to design all the software themselves!! And, in spite of all this, the graphics were lovely and the story of a cute bee quite watchable--even though it was really more an experimental film than anything else. Oddly, while this film is not terribly exciting today, I still prefer it to a couple of the later Pixar films (such as RED'S DREAM). A great start.

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