Destino (2003)

Director:

Dominique Monfery

Writers:

Salvador Dalí (story) &
John Hench (story) ...
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Genre:

Animation | Short

Plot:

To a song of love lost and rediscovered, a woman sees and undergoes surreal transformations. Her lover's face melts off...

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Bicycle | Shadow | Ant | Love

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 1 nomination

Directed by
Dominique Monfery

Writing credits
Salvador Dalí		(story) &
John Hench		(story)
Donald W. Ernst		(story supervisor)

Produced by
Baker Bloodworth	....	producer
Dave Bossert	....	associate producer (as David A. Bossert)
Roy Edward Disney	....	executive producer

Film Editing by
Jessica Ambinder-Rojas

Production Design by
Thierry Fournier

Production Management
Coralie Cudot-Lissillour	....	production manager
Jeff Deckman	....	assistant production manager: pre-production
Fred Herrman	....	assistant production manager
Katie Hooten	....	assistant production manager
Timothy Jason Smith	....	production manager

Art Department
Cent Alantar	....	visual development artist
Zoltan Maros	....	visual development artist (as Zoltàn Maros)

Sound Department
Keith Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Robert Bagley	....	digital imaging coordinator
Thierry Chaffoin	....	effects supervisor
Ivan Kassabov	....	digital production artist
Nicoletta Marcialis	....	digital production artist

Animation Department
Sylvie Bennett-Fauqué	....	color models supervisor
David Berthier	....	animator
Olivier Besson	....	background supervisor
Holly E. Bratton	....	CAPS supervisor
Hortensia Casagran	....	CAPS supervisor
Karen Comella	....	color modeler
Jeroen Dejonckheere	....	clean-up supervisor
Bill Fadness	....	CAPS supervisor (as William Fadness)
Bérangère Frésard	....	color modeler
Timothy Gales	....	CAPS supervisor
Mark Henley	....	CAPS supervisor (as Mark A. Henley)
Brenda McGirl	....	CAPS supervisor
Dominique Monfery	....	animator
Robyn Roberts	....	CAPS supervisor (as Robyn L. Roberts)
James 'J.R.' Russell	....	CAPS supervisor (as James Russell)
Ann Sorensen	....	color modeler
Yoshimichi Tamura	....	animator
Rafaël Vicente	....	scene planning supervisor
Barbara Wiles	....	CAPS supervisor
Nathan Hughes	....	assistant background artist (uncredited)
Teri McDonald	....	final checker (uncredited)
Carin-Anne Strohmaier	....	animation editor (uncredited)

Editorial Department
François Desnus	....	editorial: Paris
Cory Hansen	....	post-production coordinator
Gregory F. Plotts	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Armando Domínguez	....	composer: song "Destino"
Mark Green	....	music editor
Tom MacDougall	....	music production supervisor
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Michael Starobin	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Patricia L. Adams	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Christophe Meslin	....	technology supervisor (uncredited)

Thanks
Robert Bagley	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Feature Animation
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (worldwide)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild sensuality.

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG

Company:

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Trivia:

Disney vice-chairman Roy Edward Disney was inspired to re-start production on the film after producing Fantasia/2000 (1999), which mentioned the aborted project.

Movie Connections:

References L'âge d'or (1930)

Soundtrack:

Destino

Short Review of Destino

I had the privilege to see Destino at the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.

It's the only place in the world where it plays on a regular basis.

It six minutes I believe.

I thought it was beautiful.

Enchanting.

If you can, see it.

I absolutely loved it.