Adam (1992 film) explained

Adam
Director:Peter Lord
Producer:Christopher Moll
Starring:Nick Upton
Music:Stuart Gordon
Cinematography:David Sproxton
Editing:Nigel Bell
Studio:Aardman Animations
Distributor:Aardman Animations
Alta Films (Spain)
Der KurzFilmVerleih (Austria, Germany, Switzerland)
Runtime:6 minutes [1]
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English

Adam is a 1992 British stop-motion clay animated short film written, animated and directed by Peter Lord of Aardman Animations. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short[2] and the BAFTA Film Award for Short Animation in 1992, and won two awards at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 1993.[3] The film, which was distributed by Aardman, is based on the beginning of the Book of Genesis.

Premise

The film is a "spoof of the creation of life".[4] Adam is a man who is created by the Hand of God and is put on this lonely planet. He does silly acts and does all sorts of strange things. When God realises that Adam is lonely, he makes Adam a friend. Adam, expecting it to be Eve, gets himself ready as if for a date only to find out his new friend is a penguin.

Cast

Availability

The film was released on DVD in 2000 as part of a Creature Comforts collection alongside Wat's Pig (Nominated for the same category at the 1996 Academy Awards) and Not Without My Handbag.[5]

Preservation

Adam was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.[6]

Awards and nominations

This is a list of awards and nominations of Adam:|-| 1992| Christopher Moll and Peter Lord| BAFTA Film Award for Short Animation| [7] |-| 1992| Peter Lord (director)| Chicago International Film Festival Silver Plaque for Best Short Film| [8] |-| 1993| Peter Lord| Annecy International Animated Film Festival Audience Award| [3] |-| 1993| Peter Lord| Annecy International Animated Film Festival Special Distinction for Humour| [3] |-| 1993| Peter Lord| Academy Award for Best Short Film, Animated| [9] |-|}

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annecy - À propos - Archives - 1993 - Sélection officielle > Fiche film. CITIA. annecy.org. 2019-03-19.
  2. Web site: An Interview With Aardman's Peter Lord . awn.com. 2019-03-19.
  3. Web site: About - Archives - Award winners. CITIA. annecy.org. 2019-03-19.
  4. Web site: Adam - Aardman Animations — Stop Motion Planet. stopmotionplanet.com. 2014-01-31.
  5. Web site: Amazon.com: Creature Comforts: Julie Sedgewick, Andy MacCormack, Dave Alex Riddett, David Sproxton, Fred Reed, Nick Park, William Ennals, Alan Gardner, Sara Mullock: Movies & TV . amazon.com. 2019-03-19.
  6. Web site: Preserved Projects. Academy Film Archive.
  7. Web site: BAFTA Awards Database . bafta.org. 2019-08-28.
  8. Web site: Adam (1991). MUBI. 2019-03-19.
  9. Web site: Short Film Winners: 1993 Oscars. YouTube. 2019-03-19.