Grasshoppers(Movie, 1990)

Name: Grasshoppers
Genre: Comedy, Animation
Released: 1990
Duration: T00:9:00
Rating: 3.6

Original title: "Cavallette" (English/EN)

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 11 votes)

Grasshoppers (Cavallette) is an Italian animated short by Bruno Bozzetto which condenses the whole of human civilization into 9 minutes, focusing primarily on the human race's predilection for warfare and the vanity of war. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1990, but lost to Aardman's Creature Comforts. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Grasshoppers

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

About Grasshoppers

An animated short by Bruno Bozzetto which condenses the whole of human civilization into 9 minutes, focusing primarily on the human race's predilection for warfare and the vanity of war. It was an Oscar Nominee for Best Animated Short in 1991. Each piece of history is presented as a simple vignette, usually depicting a few simply-drawn characters arguing and making war, over and over again. Generally, a single figure is meant to stand in for an entire group (i.e., a single Caesar-like caricature for the entire line of Roman Emperors). There is very little spoken dialogue; instead, most of the cartoon is accompanied by a bouncy piano-driven score, which frequently changes style to suit the particular historical era. However, the score is all based around a single simple theme, to which it frequently returns in between vignettes.

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Additional Information

Production country: Italy

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: Italian (IT)

Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), Italian (IT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 05/01/1990

Director: Bruno Bozzetto

Producer: Bruno Bozzetto

Screenwriter: Bruno Bozzetto

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Saltamontes"

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