Knick Knack (1989)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

John Lasseter

Writer:

John Lasseter (writer)

Release Date:

4 July 2003 (Mexico)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Family

Plot:

A snowglobe snowman wants to join the other travel souvenirs in a hot party, but the glass dome that surrounds him gets in his way...

Plot Keywords:

Souvenir | Snowman | Fall From Height | Anthropomorphic Toy | Anthropomorphic

Awards:

1 win

Also Known As:

Knickknack (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

4 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Hebrew

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

West Germany:o.Al. | South Korea:All | Sweden:Btl | USA:G | Australia:G | UK:U

Company:

Pixar Animation Studios

Trivia:

Bobby McFerrin's music is now used by BUPA Health Insurance for their telephone waiting system.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Toy Story (1995)

A Solid Animation Short

Before computer animation was all the rage, I bet the Pixar guys made this little gem simply as a labor of love. From this early creation, you can take a glimpse of the clever storytelling that would become a staple of Pixar's full-length features. This short gives you a chuckle as the disgruntled snowman struggles to get out of his snow globe to hang with the knick-knack ladies of Hawaii and Atlantis. It's quite a cute feature, but it can only go so far. I wouldn't consider it a classic like other animation shorts like `Mickey's Trailer' and `Duck! Rabbit, Duck!' but I think it will become a nice little treasure in the Pixar vault.

My IMDB Rating: 8/10