The Cat Came Back (1988 film)
- The Cat Came Back (1988 film)
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director = Cordell Barker
producer = Richard Condie
Cordell Barker
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distributor = National Film Board of Canada
released = 1988
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country = Canada
language = English
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"The Cat Came Back" is a 1988 animated film by Canadian director Cordell Barker, produced by fellow award-winning Winnipeg animator Richard Condie. Based on the children's song "And the Cat Came Back", it concerns the increasingly desperate Mr. Johnson, an old man who attempts to rid himself of a small, yet extremely destructive, yellow cat that will not leave his home.
Produced in Winnipeg by the National Film Board of Canada, the film garnered over 15 awards, including a Genie Award for Best Animated Short, [cite web
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title = The Cat Came Back
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publisher = National Film Board of Canada
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url = http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=17537#ff-prix
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accessdate = 2007-10-22] as well as an Academy Award nomination. [cite encyclopedia
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first = Pamela
encyclopedia = Canadian Film Encyclopedia
title = Cordell Barker
url = http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=5&navid=46
accessdate = 2007-10-22
year = 2003
publisher = The Film Reference Library] It was also chosen for inclusion in animation historian Jerry Beck's "50 Greatest Cartoons", placing at #32. [cite book
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first = Jerry
authorlink = Jerry Beck
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title = The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals
publisher = Turner Publishing
date = 1994
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url = http://home.nc.rr.com/tuco/looney/50greatest.html#50greatest
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isbn = 1-878685-49-X]
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*imdb title|id=0094847|title=The Cat Came Back
* [http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/films/film.php?sort=director&director=Barker%2C+Cordell&id=17537 Watch "The Cat Came Back" online at NFB site]
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