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Hold-up au Far West

Jeff Hale

1963 6 min

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Empruntant avec humour les symboles classiques des westerns américains, ce court métrage d’animation raconte l’histoire de trois bandits qui, à la veille de Noël, embusquent le père Noël et lui volent tous ses cadeaux.

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Empruntant avec humour les symboles classiques des westerns américains, ce court métrage d’animation raconte l’histoire de trois bandits qui, à la veille de Noël, embusquent le père Noël et lui volent tous ses cadeaux.

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Credits

• script
  Derek Lamb
  
• drawings
  Derek Lamb
  
• animation
  Jeff Hale
  
  Cameron Guess
  
• background
  Robert Verrall
  
• music
  Donald Douglas
  
• camera
  James Wilson
  
  Murray Fallen
  
• None
  Karl Duplessis
  
  Don Wellington
  
• sound mixer
  George Croll
  
• director
  Jeff Hale
  
• producer
  Robert Verrall
  
  Wolf Koenig
  
• French adaptation
  Georges Mayrand
  
• executive producer
  Tom Daly
  

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Ages 16 to 17

Introduce the concept of the spoof. Research the original film that this film spoofs. Discuss the stereotypical features of the Wild West as they are depicted in this particular film.

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