Knick Knack (1989)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

John Lasseter

Writer:

John Lasseter (writer)

Release Date:

4 July 2003 (Mexico)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Family

Plot:

A snowglobe snowman wants to join the other travel souvenirs in a hot party, but the glass dome that surrounds him gets in his way...

Plot Keywords:

Souvenir | Snowman | Fall From Height | Anthropomorphic Toy | Anthropomorphic

Awards:

1 win

Directed by
John Lasseter

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Lasseter		writer

Original Music by
Bobby McFerrin

Sound Department
Gary Rydstrom	....	sound

Thanks
Steve Jobs	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Pixar Animation Studios

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2007) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Der KurzFilmVerleih (Austria)
• Der KurzFilmVerleih (Germany)
• Der KurzFilmVerleih (Switzerland)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Walt Disney Home Entertainment (2007) (worldwide) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Sprocket Systems  sound recording

Also Known As:

Knickknack (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

4 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Hebrew

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

West Germany:o.Al. | South Korea:All | Sweden:Btl | USA:G | Australia:G | UK:U

Company:

Pixar Animation Studios

Trivia:

Originally shown in 3-D at the 1988 SIGGRAPH Animation Show.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Toy Story 2 (1999)

Nice early Pixar short

'Knick Knack' starts with a couple of souvenirs taken from vacation in Florida. We see some palm trees dancing and a beach bunny dancing on a nice little tune. Then we take a look at the other end of the table. A souvenir from Alaska, a snowman in a glass dome, wants to join the hot party and especially the hot girl. He tries to break the glass of the dome in any way possible.

This animated short directed John Lasseter ('Toy Story', 'A Bug's Life') is a pretty impressive early film from the Pixar studio. It looks great and is inventive. The ending gives us the biggest laugh, but before that there are quite some funny moments.