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Runaway

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.

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Trailer Campus

• The Cat Came Back

  Cordell Barker 1988 7 min
• Frank the Wrabbit

  John Weldon 1998 9 min
• Special Delivery

  John Weldon & Eunice Macaulay 1978 7 min
• Strange Invaders

  Cordell Barker 2001 8 min
• La Salla

  Richard Condie 1996 8 min
• The Big Snit

  Richard Condie 1985 9 min
• Blackfly

  Christopher Hinton 1991 5 min
• Log Driver's Waltz

  John Weldon 1979 3 min
• The Danish Poet

  Torill Kove 2006 14 min
• Invasion of the Space Lobsters

  Janet Perlman 2005 6 min
• If I Was God...

  Cordell Barker 2015 8 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.

See also

Religion, Beliefs and Ethics

Transportation

All subjects

Credits

• director
  Cordell Barker
  
• animator
  Cordell Barker
  
• writer
  Cordell Barker
  
• original music
  Benoît Charest
  
• musician
  Chet Doxas
  
  Jim Doxas
  
  Mike Cartile
  
  Al McClean
  
  Dave Martin
  
  Morgan Moore
  
  John Sadowy
  
• cast
  Richard Condie
  
  Leonard Waldner
  
  Muriel Hogue
  
• additional animation
  Chris Cormier
  
  Jason Doll
  
• digital paint
  John Tanasiciuk
  
• compositing
  John Tanasiciuk
  
• sound designer
  Howard Rissin
  
• mixer
  Howard Rissin
  
• online editor
  Denis Pilon
  
• digital imaging consultation
  Susan Gourley
  
• production coordinator
  Rolande Petit
  
• program administrator
  Cyndi Forcand
  
• marketing manager
  Mia Desroches
  
• producer
  Michael Scott
  
  Derek Mazur
  
• associate producer
  Scott Collins
  
• executive producer
  Michael Scott
  
  Derek Mazur
  

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Education

Ages 11 to 15

Study Guide - Guide 1

Science - Physical Science
Social Studies - Contemporary Issues

As an introduction to discussions on energy consumption, list the things that slow the train down and help it accelerate. Write a paragraph summarizing the main message with regard to dependence, overconsumption and polarization.

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