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Special Delivery

1978 animated short film directed by John Weldon
Movie short_film Q727523
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Special Delivery

Summary

Special Delivery is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Special Delivery received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].
  • Special Delivery's instance of is recorded as short film[4].
  • Special Delivery's director is recorded as John Weldon[5].
  • Special Delivery's director is recorded as Eunice Macaulay[6].
  • Special Delivery's screenwriter is recorded as Eunice Macaulay[7].
  • Special Delivery's screenwriter is recorded as John Weldon[8].
  • Special Delivery's composer is recorded as Karl Duplessis[9].
  • Special Delivery's producer is recorded as Derek Lamb[10].
  • Special Delivery's production company is recorded as National Film Board of Canada[11].
  • Special Delivery's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0206312[12].
  • Special Delivery's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[13].
  • Special Delivery's color is recorded as color[14].
  • Special Delivery's country of origin is recorded as Canada[15].
  • Special Delivery's publication date is recorded as +1978-01-01T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Special Delivery's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pwmfh[17].
  • Special Delivery's official website is recorded as http://www.nfb.ca/film/special_delivery/[18].
  • Special Delivery's nominated for is recorded as Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[19].
  • Special Delivery's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Special Delivery'}[20].
  • Special Delivery's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+7'}[21].
  • Special Delivery's narrator is recorded as Jean Marchand[22].
  • Special Delivery's ČSFD film ID is recorded as 225564[23].
  • Special Delivery's Kinopoisk film ID is recorded as 166167[24].
  • Special Delivery's OFDb film ID is recorded as 55362[25].
  • Special Delivery's Cinémathèque québécoise work ID is recorded as 31902[26].
  • Special Delivery's LUMIERE film ID is recorded as 185352[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Special Delivery's producer is recorded as Derek Lamb[10]. Directors include John Weldon[5] and Eunice Macaulay[6]. Screenwriters include Eunice Macaulay[7] and John Weldon[8].

Publication

Special Delivery's publication date is recorded as +1978-01-01T00:00:00Z[16]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[13].

Reception

Special Delivery received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].

Why It Matters

Special Delivery ranks in the top 6% of short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14 views/month).[2]

FAQs

What awards did Special Delivery receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].

Related Entities

Canada

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Kinopoisk. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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