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*When Presto is falling and Alec saves his life (when the moon, stars, and piano drop), the table with the carrot is not there, but when it zooms back to the audience, it magically reappears. |
*When Presto is falling and Alec saves his life (when the moon, stars, and piano drop), the table with the carrot is not there, but when it zooms back to the audience, it magically reappears. |
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| Directed by | Doug Sweetland |
| Written by | Doug Sweetland |
| Produced by | Richard Hollander |
| Starring | Doug Sweetland |
| Music by | Scot Stafford |
| Distributed by | Pixar Animation Studios |
Release dates | June 27, 2008 |
Running time | 5 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Presto is a 2008 Pixar computer animated short released in front of WALL-E in theatres. It is directed by a veteran animator at Pixar, Doug Sweetland.[1]
Plot
Turn-of-the-century magician Presto DiGiotagione (whose name is a play on the word "prestidigitation") is famous for a hat trick. Presto's apprentice, a rabbit named Alec Azam (a play on the word "alakazam"), is hungry and unhappy that he is locked in a birdcage just out of reach of a carrot.[1] Once Presto starts the performance, Alec refuses to cooperate until he is given the carrot. Presto then spends the rest of the show trying to catch Alec through the magical portal between his top hat and a wizard's hat kept backstage. Unfortunately for Presto, Alec cleverly turns the hat's magic against his guardian in a large number of painful and humiliating ways (namely putting his finger in a mouse trap, in an electrical socket, sending a large ladder through hitting his crotch, blinding himself, yanking off his own pants, having his head sucked into the hat due to a vacuum kept offstage, etc.).
Finally, after unintentionally entertaining the audience with his endeavors (at his very painful expense), Presto ends up falling from the ceiling with assorted heavy objects coming down from above him. Alec saves him from being crushed, earning the audience's wild approval for both himself and Presto. As the film ends, Presto gives Alec the carrot and adds his name (as "Alec Azam") to the top of the posters advertising the show.
Director
Doug Sweetland has worked on many Pixar films, and was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character Animation for Toy Story 2.[2] Doug won the Annie Award for Character Animation in a feature film for his work in Monster's Inc. and Finding Nemo. Presto marks his first directorial effort for Pixar. He has also been a visiting artist for the California Institute of the Arts Character Animation program, where he attended school in the early 1990's.[3]
Continuity Errors
- When Presto is falling and Alec saves his life (when the moon, stars, and piano drop), the table with the carrot is not there, but when it zooms back to the audience, it magically reappears.
References
- ^ a b Supplement to Dave Smith's 2006 book Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia
- ^ "Annie Awards: Legacy - 28th Annual Annie Awards". 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Visiting artists". California Institute of the Arts. 2008-04-11. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
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