Samoa (short film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Samoa |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 32 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ben Sharpsteen |
| production | Walt Disney |
| music | Oliver G. Wallace |
Samoa is an American documentary short film directed by Ben Sharpsteen in 1956, for which Walt Disney was nominated for an Oscar for producer .
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The couple Catherine and John try to bring the Polynesian island state of Samoa closer to the audience . Samoa, consisting mainly of two large areas, Western Samoa and American Samoa , is inhabited by a very proud race of people who are extremely reluctant to visit. This also means that no great effort is made to attract tourists to the islands. Funding is still in its infancy.
Catherine and John study the culture of the people who live there and try to understand what is the source of the residents' pride. Then they also visit the house of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, who spent his last years in Samoa and died and is buried there.
It also shows how elaborate Samoan tattoos, often covering a large part of the body, are performed. Even if the majority of the population professes Christianity, many traditional ideas still exist, such as the belief in evil spirits, but integrated into the Christian world of faith.
Finally, the most beautiful sea beaches are shown, which shape the image of the individual when the South Pacific is mentioned.
Production, publication
The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by the Buena Vista Film Distribution Company . The film is part of Walt Disney's "People and Places" film series , which was produced between 1953 and 1960 and which produced 17 films. It is the seventh film in the series.
Samoa was first published in the United States on December 25, 1956. The film was released in Sweden on November 25, 1957 and in Japan on April 25, 1959, and it was shown in Denmark.
Award
- Oscar nomination for Walt Disney in the category "Best Short Film" (2 film roles) . However, the award went to George K. Arthur and his film The Coat Made to Measure Over a Blue Coat, the motifs of which go back to Nikolai Gogol's short story The Coat .
Web links
- Samoa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Samoa (1956) see letterboxd.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walt Disney's People and Places Samoa see picture at IMDb.com (English)
- ↑ The 29th Academy Awards | 1957 sS oscars.org (English)