The Old Lady and the Pigeons (1996)
La vieille dame et les pigeons (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 25min
- Animation, Short
- 27 May 1998 (France)
- Short
In seductive central Paris, an undernourished gendarme willing to go to great lengths to feed himself hatches a desperate, yet utterly cunning plan.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 2 nominations.
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| James Pidgeon | ... |
(voice)
(as Jim Pidgeon)
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Michoue Sylvain | ... |
(voice)
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Andrea Usher-Jones | ... |
(voice)
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Directed by
| Sylvain Chomet | ||
Written by
| Sylvain Chomet | ... | (scenario) |
| David Freedman | ... | (dialogue) |
| Alan Gilbey | ... | (dialogue) |
Produced by
| Pascal Blais | ... | associate producer |
| Didier Brunner | ... | executive producer: Europe / producer |
| Michel Dutheil | ... | executive producer: Europe |
| Bernard Lajoie | ... | executive producer: Canada / producer |
| Jean-Yves Martel | ... | executive producer: Canada |
| Colin Rose | ... | executive producer: BBC |
Music by
| Jean Corti | ||
Editing by
| Chantal Colibert | ||
| Hélène Girard | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Denis Roy | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Sylvain Chomet | ... | storyboard artist |
| Nicolas de Crécy | ... | background artist |
| Evgeni Tomov | ... | assistant background artist |
Sound Department
| Michel B. Bordeleau | ... | supervising sound editor |
| Gavin Fernandes | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Sid Lieberman | ... | foley artist |
| Sylvie Masse | ... | sound editor |
| Sylvain Richard | ... | assistant sound editor |
Visual Effects by
| Eric Bolté | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Denis Roy | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Animation Department
| Michel Bernard | ... | inbetween artist |
| Michel Carbonneau | ... | animator (as Carbo) |
| Mario Carmel | ... | assistant animator |
| Sylvain Chomet | ... | animation director / animator |
| Serge Cicerone | ... | animator |
| Nicolas de Crécy | ... | background artist |
| Paul Desmarais | ... | inbetween artist |
| Christian Dion | ... | inbetween artist |
| Alain Dumais | ... | computer animator |
| Simon Dupuis | ... | assistant animator |
| Marisol Gagnon | ... | inbetween artist |
| Gérard T. Goulet | ... | animator |
| Jens Hahn | ... | animator |
| Daniel LaCroix | ... | assistant animator (as Daniel J. Lacroix) |
| Yat Chi Lau | ... | inbetween artist (as Yatchi-Lau) |
| Félix Lavallée | ... | inbetween artist |
| Pénélope Paicheler | ... | assistant animator |
| James Pidgeon | ... | inbetween artist (as Jim Pidgeon) |
| Kirk S. Sandiford | ... | inbetween artist |
| Joseph Siddiqi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Marc Simard | ... | inbetween artist |
| Somboun Souannhaphanh | ... | animator |
| Michel Therrien | ... | inbetween artist |
Additional Crew
| Claire Dame | ... | production coordinator |
Production Companies
- Les Productions Pascal Blais
- Les Armateurs
- Club d'Investissement Média
- Productions Django
- Odec Kid Cartoons
- Trans Europe Film
- Téléfilm Canada (with the financial participation of)
- Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC) (with the financial participation of)
- Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit (with the financial participation of)
- Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) (with the financial participation of)
- Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) (with the financial participation of)
- BBC Worldwide (with the financial participation of)
- BBC Bristol (with the financial participation of)
Distributors
- Les Grands Films Classiques (GFC) (1998) (France) (theatrical)
- GKIDS (United States) (Blu-ray) (Coming Soon)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
In seductive central Paris, amidst American noisy tourists, an undernourished gendarme unexpectedly stumbles across a sweet elderly woman feeding flocks of pigeons in the park with out-of-the-ordinary table scraps. As a result, it won't take long before the emaciated and starving officer hatches a desperate, yet utterly cunning plan to trick the merciful unsuspecting lady into letting him take part in the feasts, willing to go to great lengths to get himself fed. But where does the need for survival end, and where does greed begin? As the lucky police officer gets fatter by the day, soon, he will realise that moderation is golden. Written by Nick Riganas |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The Policeman has a cameo on Chomet's later film, The Illusionist (2010). See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Bienvenidos a Belleville (2012). See more » |