- The Selfish Giant (film)
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show_name = The Selfish Giant
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genre =Animation
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director =Peter Sander
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narrated =Paul Hecht Charles Aznavour (French version)
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country = CAN
language = English
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producer =Gerald Potterton Murray Shostak
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runtime = 26 minutes
network = CTV (Canada)
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first_run =28 November 1972 (CTV) [cite news | publisher="The Globe and Mail " | date=28 November 1972 | page=15 | title=Today's Television 7:30pm,CFTO-TV ]
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imdb_id = 0067731
tv_com_id ="The Selfish Giant" is an animated short film adaptation of the short story by
Oscar Wilde . The film was produced in 1971 by the Canadian-based Potterton Productions and by Pyramid Films. It earned a 44th Academy Award nomination in the animated Short Subject category. One of the film's animators wasMicheline Lanctôt . [http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=38&navid=46]The film first aired on Canadian television in November 1972 on CTV.
Plot
The story's namesake giant erects a wall to keep children out of his garden, reaping the consequences of a continuous winter.
ee also
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The Happy Prince and Other Tales References
External links
* [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/342861 BFI (UK): "The Selfish Giant"]
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