Hot Stuff (1971 film) explained
Hot Stuff |
Director: | Zlatko Grgic |
Producer: | Wolf Koenig Robert Verrall |
Screenplay: | Don Arioli |
Starring: | Don Arioli (voice) Gerald Budner (voice) John Howe (voice) |
Music: | Bill Brooks |
Cinematography: | Simon LeBlanc (animation camera) |
Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
Runtime: | 9 minutes, 9 seconds |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | English, French |
Hot Stuff is a 1971 animated short directed and animated by Zlatko Grgic [1] and written by Don Arioli. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Dominion Fire Commission, a department of Public Works Canada, the nine-minute short on fire safety offers a humorous look[2] at the origins, benefits and dangers of fire.[3]
Production
Grgic was recruited by for the NFB by producers Robert Verrall and Wolf Koenig after they saw his film Scabies. Much of Hot Stuffs humour had been initially improvised; Gerald Budner, who was himself an animator, ad-libbed voices for two of the characters, a snake and a cat. Arioli had been annoyed with Budner's banter, but Koenig insisted on retaining these asides. Grgic was also given freedom to improvise by the producers.[4]
Release
Hot Stuff was one of seven NFB animated shorts acquired by the American Broadcasting Company, marking the first time NFB films had been sold to a major American television network. It aired on ABC in the fall of 1971 as part of the children's television show Curiosity Shop, executive produced by Chuck Jones.[5] It also aired (minus the opening & closing credits) on The Great Space Coaster in the 1980s.
Awards
- International Animation Film Festival, New York: Grand Prix - Silver Praxinoscope, Educational, 1972[6]
- World Festival of Animated Films, Zagreb: Best Educational Film, 1972
- Atlanta Film Festival: Gold Medal, Safety, 1972
- Melbourne Film Festival, Melbourne: Diploma of Merit, 1972
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany: Diploma of the International Council of Graphic Design Associations, 1972
- National Committee on Films for Safety, Chicago: Bronze Plaque, 1972
- 23rd Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Best Screenplay, Fiction, Don Arioli, 1971, for both Hot Stuff and Propaganda Message[7] [8]
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.animationshowofshows.com/collections/films/products/hot-stuff-by-zlatko-grgic
- https://archive.org/details/hotstuff_201609 Internet Archive
- Book: Evans, Gary. In the national interest: a chronicle of the National Film Board of Canada from 1949 to 1989. University of Toronto Press. 978-0-8020-6833-0. 15 December 2011. 199. 30 September 1991.
- Book: Mazurkewich, Karen. Cartoon Capers: The Adventures of Canadian Animators. 1999. McArthur & Co.. 978-1-55278-093-0. 15 December 2011. 57. Excerpted in Canadian Animation Resources.
- Web site: What on Earth: Science fiction satire at its funniest . National Film Board of Canada . NFB.ca Blog . June 8, 2012 . June 8, 2012 . Ohayon, Albert.
- https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sault-star/128110179/ "Film board wins awards"
- Web site: Hot Stuff. 1971. Collection. National Film Board of Canada. 2009-10-09.
- Encyclopedia: Don Arioli. Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Film Reference Library. 2009-10-09. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090226212833/http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46. 2009-02-26.