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Runaway

Name: Runaway
Released: Oct. 22, 2009, 3:10 p.m.
Duration: 9 min

Cordell Barker

2009 | 9 min

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Cordell Barker, director of the Oscar®-nominated films The Cat Came Back and Strange Invaders, is back with Runaway. Set to the rousing music of Ben Charest (Triplets of Belleville), this animated short takes you on a journey that is both funny and disastrous.

Special Jury Award 2009

Cordell Barker, director of the Oscar®-nominated films The Cat Came Back and Strange Invaders, is back with Runaway. Set to the rousing music of Ben Charest (Triplets of Belleville), this animated short takes you on a journey that is both funny and disastrous.
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Credits

director

Cordell Barker
animator

Cordell Barker
writer

Cordell Barker
original music

Benoît Charest
cast

Richard Condie

Leonard Waldner

Muriel Hogue
sound designer

Howard Rissin
mixer

Howard Rissin
producer

Michael Scott

Derek Mazur
executive producer

Michael Scott

Derek Mazur

See also

Animation on Life and Death; Life and Death; Railways; Passenger Transportation
All subjects: Featured Films; Funny films
All channels: Indigenous Cinema

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awesome
TAO7HORUS, 8 Nov 2016
Fantastic. And a favourite of my 6-yr old daughter's.
sawback, 22 Dec 2013
Cracking examination of society in a microcosm we're all too familiar with. Thank you
John Kennedy, 7 Feb 2013
Great loved it :)*
pwdk, 8 Jul 2012
Thanks again Cordell - love your work. Cant help but be reminded of our present political scene with our present federal government ....
birchgal, 18 Apr 2012
Love the dog!! just a simple anoying black blur with teeth!
Felipe_Carrelli, 13 Mar 2012
BEST SHORT EVER MAKE!!! TOOO GOOD! IT'S A GENIAL VIEW OF ECONOMIC WORLD
pietrod21, 2 Nov 2010
BESTTTTTTTTTTT shot ever make!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is toooo good!!!
pietrod21, 2 Nov 2010
Yeah this is the world as we know it,a train wreck you can't stop.The guy in charge cuts out,the heroic little guy tries to save it,but he can't do it alone.The partiers do their thing,the rich guys want to save themselves,but in the end we all are in this together.
maxgreen, 10 Oct 2010
just fun
rumpole, 14 Mar 2010