Grand Canyon (short film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Grand Canyon |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 28 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | James Algar |
| production | Walt Disney |
| music | Ferde Grofé |
| camera |
Ernst A. Heiniger Ray Fernstrom (aerial photos) |
| cut | Norman Palmer |
Grand Canyon is an American short film directed by James Algar in 1958. It was produced by Walt Disney .
action
The film begins by opening a sheet of music. It shows notes from the first movement Painted Desert & Sunrise of the Grand Canyon Suite . The music is followed by recordings of the Grand Canyon in the morning sun with mountains appearing in yellow light. Aerial shots of a rainbow lead over to scenes on the water that end with images of rapids and water eddies. This is followed by the sentence On the Trail with big cats that hunt mice and game, spiders, snakes and skunks trying to survive in their own way, and finally the fall of leaves in autumn.
Cloudburst shows imposing cloud formations, fast-moving clouds and the transition from sun to violent thunderstorms and the drifting snow in winter. At the end of the day, the Grand Canyon is calm, covered by a blanket of snow. Sunset & Finale shows the change in the landscape from winter to spring, the blooming of flowers and cacti as well as the eagle that such a young rabbit can escape. The eagle prepares to fly and the camera follows it with aerial views of the Grand Canyon. The sun goes down and plunges the landscape into darkness.
production
Grand Canyon shows images of the Grand Canyon for the Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofé . The Kurt Graunke Orchestra will play , conducted by Friedrich Stark (as Frederick Stark). The color film was realized in Cinemascope . It was created in cooperation with the National Park Service Grand Canyon National Park and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum . The animation effects are from Art Riley . The film was first released on December 17, 1958. He also ran on January 29, 1959 in combination with Sleeping Beauty in US cinemas.
Awards
Grand Canyon won an Oscar for Best Short Film in 1959 .
Web links
- Grand Canyon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tim Hollis, Greg Ehrbar: Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records . University Press of Mississippi, Jackson 2006, p. 43.