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...Miranda Dear, SBS Independent's commissioning editor for drama, he landed on her desk accompanied by a handwritten note. It was March 2003, and it had taken Melbourne animator Adam Elliot three years to get the right ingredients and balance of flavors for his 22-min. short film Harvie Krumpet. "Well, here he is," the note declared, "almost fully baked...
...showstopper is a Busby Berkeley-inspired dream sequence involving Alzheimer's patients in wheelchairs, but for much of the film, all that seems to move is Harvie's blinking eyes. Elliot is an animator of the emotions. "His films are full of really wonderfully funny moments," says SBSi's Dear, "but then he has an extraordinary ability to pull on the heartstrings...
...Krumpet shoot, he used an empty container from his dad's storage business, and employed the considerable knitting skills of his mother. Already he's launched Harvie the brand, with his own DVD and website. It's "a great step to whatever the next thing is," says Miranda Dear, "which, of course, we all hope is a feature film." On this subject, Elliot grows as quiet as one of his Claymation creatures, before pointing out that it was 20 years before Aardman Studios (of Wallace and Gromit fame) embarked on Chicken Run. Oscar or not, one suspects Harvie the movie...
...Things happen for a reason,” he said. “It’s a healthy thing for me to turn the page, and move onto something new, but letting go of something near and dear to you is awfully tough...
...kids were engaged by some of the historical and environmental offerings (Spaceship Earth with its genius animatronics, and both Living with the Land and The Circle of Life). And Luci and I were pleased that the kids were so happy to have both of us as well as their dear Wendy around for more than just a weekend-plus-bedtimes. There were lots of stop-and-think moments at Disney. What are we missing in life? Life?s going too fast...