The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984)

Director:

Alvy Ray Smith

Writer:

Alvy Ray Smith (concept)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Dawn, the forest. André is waking up. Soon, Wally is taunting him. André points the other way and, with Wally temporarily distracted...

Plot Keywords:

Pixar Animated Film | Anthropomorphic | Computer Animation | Bee | Forest

Directed by
Alvy Ray Smith

Writing credits
Alvy Ray Smith		(concept)

Sound Department
Ben Burtt	....	sound designer

Visual Effects by
Loren Carpenter	....	3D rendering
Ed Catmull	....	models: andre/wally
Don Conway	....	input/output laser scanning
Rob Cook	....	3D rendering
Tom Duff	....	models: andre/wally
John Lasseter	....	models: andre/wally
Sam Leffler	....	texturing/matteing
Tom Noggle	....	input/output laser scanning
Thomas Porter	....	texturing/matteing
William Reeves	....	forest design and rendering
William Reeves	....	models: andre/wally
David Salesin	....	models: andre/wally
Alvy Ray Smith	....	models: andre/wally

Animation Department
Tom Duff	....	3-D animation programmer
John Lasseter	....	character design and animation
Eben Ostby	....	3-D animation programmer

Other crew
Craig Good	....	computer logistics

Production Companies

• Pixar Animation Studios
• Lucasfilm

Distributors

• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2007) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Home Entertainment (2007) (worldwide) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Cray Research Inc.  use of the Cray X-MP/48
• Digital Equipment Corporation  VAX 11/750s
• Sprocket Systems  sound design

Runtime:

2 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Certification:

Australia:G

Company:

Pixar Animation Studios

Trivia:

The modeling program used at the time could only produce simple geometric designs (cones, cubes, spheres). John Lasseter wanted a flexible pear shape for the characters' bodies, as is found in most cartoon characters. Eventually a teardrop shape was achieved by stretching the point of a sphere to infinity.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "South Park: The New Terrance & Phillip Movie Trailer (#6.5)" (2002)

Not bad, just not a great deal here.

This is a short from Pixar, their first, I believe. It looks it, too. The animation is good, but there's not much here to speak of and it looks more like test footage than a full, coherent cartoon-a dry run, if you will. They did much better work with later efforts. Not bad, but nothing special here either. Worth seeing.