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The Family That Dwelt Apart (S)

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Original title: The Family That Dwelt Apart
Year: 1973
Running time: 8 min.
Country: Canada
Director: Yvon Mallette
Screenwriter: E.B. White
Cast: Animation
Music: Eldon Rathburn
Cinematography: Animation
Producer: National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Genre: Animation. Comedy | Short Film (Animated)
Synopsis: A family of seven lives on a New England island with nobody else. One winter, they got stranded because the bay froze over. This didn't much matter to them, but someone on the mainland remembered them and launched an aerial rescue mission; an unfounded story that one boy had appendicitis results in a larger rescue mission, with the situation rapidly escalating into a major catastrophe all because of the rescue mission.

Awards: 1974: Oscar: Nominated for Best Animated Short Film

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The Family That Dwelt Apart (S)

1973

Yvon Mallette