Partly Cloudy
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 Original Poster |
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| Directed by | Peter Sohn |
| Produced by | Kevin Reher |
| Written by | Pete Sohn |
| Starring | Tony Fucile (voice) Lori Richardson (voice) |
| Music by | Michael Giacchino |
| Studio | Pixar |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
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| Running time | 5:45[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Partly Cloudy is a Pixar CGI animated short film directed by Peter Sohn[2] and produced by Kevin Reher.[3] It was shown in theaters before Pixar's feature film Up and is a special feature on its DVD and Blu-ray release. It was included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2009. In a CGSociety article, Sohn says his idea for the film came from watching Dumbo as a child. In the movie, a stork delivers Dumbo. This made him wonder where the bird gets the babies from. He decided the babies came from clouds and so that is why birds have to deliver them.
Plot
All day long, cheerful cloud people in the sky make cute and cuddly babies, such as human boys and girls, kittens, puppies, and other creatures, and give them to storks for delivery to the expectant parents. However, one lonely gray cloud named Gus has the task of creating animals who are cute, but not so cuddly. His delivery stork named Peck gets the worst of it, being bitten by a crocodile, butted by a Bighorn Sheep, and pricked by a porcupine. When Peck sees that his next delivery is to be a baby shark, he grows more than a little fearful, and flies away. Feeling rejected, despondent, and angry, Gus unleashes a brief thunderstorm, then begins to cry with rain pouring from below him. Peck soon returns with a football helmet and shoulder pads, created for him by another cloud to keep him safe, proving that he was never going to abandon the gray cloud. Gus instantly cheers up and gives Peck an electric eel to deliver, which shocks him despite the protective equipment; this time, though, Peck remains in good (but slightly frazzled) spirits.
References
- ^ "Pixar Projection - Home". http://projection.pixar.com/. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ "Official supplement to David Smith's book, Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia.". http://adisney.go.com/vault/supplement.pdf. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "First Look: Pixar’s Partly Cloudy". http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/03/11/first-look-pixars-partly-cloudy/. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
External links
- Partly Cloudy at the Internet Movie Database
- Partly Cloudy at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Official Pixar page
| Preceded by BURN-E |
Pixar Animation Studios short films 2009 |
Succeeded by Dug's Special Mission |
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