Gone Nutty (2002)

Only one sweet and shiny little acorn separates Scrat, the tireless prehistoric sabre-toothed squirrel, from the perfect stash of provisions. However, when enough is enough?

Director:

Carlos Saldanha

Writers:

William H. Frake III (story), Dan Shefelman (story)

Star:

Chris Wedge

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Chris Wedge	...	Scrat (voice)

Storyline

Scrat is putting one last acorn into a huge and very neatly arranged stash, but it keeps popping up. He jumps on it -- once too often, and the whole stockpile falls through a knothole in the tree stump. The acorns and Scrat fall a very long way; on the way down, Scrat collects them into a huge ball. Everything hits the ground, and Scrat must pull out of the snow quickly to avoid one last acorn, which is becoming red-hot from the reentry force. It hits the Earth, with a major impact. But at least Scrat has that acorn - or does he?

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Plot Keywords:

acorn | cgi animation | falling from height | squirrel | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Did You Know?

Trivia

This is Australia in Because of Winn-Dixie in 2005.

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Connections

Spun-off from Ice Age (2002)

User Reviews

mmm, so that's why it happened

Gone Nutty, short film that is included as an extra on the DVD of Ice Age (and that was nominated for the Oscar), short film featuring the, sometimes, hilarious squirrel Scrat. Certainly it is just the story of its life: is Scrat with lots of acorns but with a problem, eventually is Scrat with only one acorn yet finally with only a sort of beret, no acorn. I wouldn't say this is absolutely hilarious, for me this isn't very special (just like Ice Age itself) but still it's good stuff, with the hilarious stuff of the continental drift theory! Certainly it's far from being as good as any of the best Pixar shorts but surely it's better than a short like Pixar's Boundin'.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

None

Release Date:

28 November 2002 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Scrat's Missing Adventure

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

5 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1