Red's Dream (1987)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

John Lasseter

Writer:

John Lasseter (writer)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Family

Plot:

With a sale tag hanging from his seat, propped up in the corner of a bicycle store on a rainy night, Red the unicycle dreams about a better place.

Plot Keywords:

Unicycle | Pixar Animated Film | Price Tag | Clown | Anthropomorphic Toy

Directed by
John Lasseter

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Lasseter		writer

Original Music by
David Slusser

Sound Department
Gary Rydstrom	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Don Conway	....	laser scanning
Eben Ostby	....	modeling and animation software
William Reeves	....	modeling and animation software

Animation Department
John Lasseter	....	animator

Editorial Department
Craig Good	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Forrest Patten	....	musical research

Other crew
Anthony A. Apodaca	....	chapreyes
Bill Carson	....	computer supporter
Susan Anderson Catmull	....	production coordinator
Robert L. Cook	....	reyes/miracle tilt
David Fong	....	computer supporter
Ralph Guggenheim	....	production coordinator
Charlie Gunn	....	chapreyes
Eben Ostby	....	technical director
William Reeves	....	technical director
H.B. Siegel	....	technical director

Production Companies

• Pixar Animation Studios

Distributors

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

Other Companies

• Kaleidosound  music research
• Sprocket Systems  sound recording

Runtime:

4 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:G

Company:

Pixar Animation Studios

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Pixar Story (2007)

Well... it has a unicycle as protagonist...

One of the Pixar shorts from the eighties, this one is directed and written by 'Mr. Pixar' (and director of the upcoming 'Cars' (of which the first teaser sucked heavily, but nevermind)) John Lasseter. It tells the story of the dream of a lonely unicycle, who desperately wants to be in the circus entertaining the people. The constant rain and sad jazzy music help to make this a moody one.

Nice short animation picture, but hard to judge on it's own. But knowing how shorts like this and Knick Knack would eventually turn into brilliant pictures like Toy Story and Finding Nemo (haven't watched The Incredibles yet), this sure was a good sign of even better things to come.

6/10.