''Early Bloomer'' is a 2003 American

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short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

produced by

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. It was created and directed by Kevin J. Johnson. It was the studio's second short film after ''

The ChubbChubbs! ''The ChubbChubbs!'' is a 2002 American computer-animated short film by Sony Pictures Imageworks. It was directed by Eric Armstrong, produced by Jacquie Barnbrook, and written by Jeff Wolverton. ''The ChubbChubbs!'' won the Academy Award for Be ...

''.

Plot

The 3-minute film is following a tadpole who grows legs before the other tadpoles and is teased for it until the others unexpectedly grow legs too. He unexpectedly grows arms, which marks the end of the film.

Release

''Early Bloomer'' was theatrically released on May 9, 2003 along with ''

Daddy Day Care ''Daddy Day Care'' is a 2003 American Children's film, family comedy film starring Eddie Murphy in the lead role, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, and Anjelica Huston. Written by Geoff Rodkey and directed by Steve Carr, it marks Murphy and ...

''. On December 2, 2003, the short was also released as special feature on the ''Daddy Day Care'' DVD.

References

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* * 2003 short films 2003 films 2003 animated films 2003 computer-animated films Columbia Pictures short films Columbia Pictures animated short films Animated films about frogs Films scored by Mark Mancina Animated films without speech 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{short-animation-film-stub