Special Delivery (1978 film)
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Music director Karl du Plessis Country Canada | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Short, Comedy, Animation Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Eunice Macaulay
John Weldon Release date November 6, 1978 Writer John Weldon (story), Eunice Macaulay (story) Directors John Weldon, Eunice Macaulay Cast Jean Marchand, Sandy Sanderson Story by John Weldon, Eunice Macaulay Similar movies Eunice Macaulay directed Special Delivery and produced George and Rosemary Tagline A man tries to hide the body of the mail carrier that died due to an icy front walk. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Similar Movies
Eunice Macaulay directed Special Delivery and produced George and Rosemary. Getting Started (1979). John Weldon directed Special Delivery and The Hungry Squid. The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin (1981). Strange Invaders (2002).
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Special Delivery (French: Livraison spéciale) is a 1978 animated short film made at the National Film Board of Canada which won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film as well as first prize at Animafest Zagreb. It was directed by Eunice Macaulay and John Weldon. An English and a French-language version were released.
Plot
After Ralph dismisses his wife's orders to clear the snow from the front walk before he went out for the day, he finds his regular mailman dead on his front stairs, having slipped on the ice and broken his neck. Fearing police investigations and potential wrongful death lawsuits from the letter carriers' union amongst other things, Ralph must go to great lengths to cover up the mailman's death while his wife comes to terms with her past.
References
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