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''Grand Canyon'' is a 1958 American
short
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documentary film
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directed by
James Algar
James Algar (June 11, 1912 – February 26, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked at Walt Disney Productions for 43 years and received the Disney Legends award in 1998. He was born in Modesto, California ...
and produced by
Walt Disney Productions
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. The film producer was Ernst Heiniger, assisted by his wife Jeanne. It was shown as a supplement during ''
Sleeping Beauty's'' initial run. The short won an
Oscar
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at the
31st Academy Awards
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in 1959 for
Best Short Subject (Live Action).
It is also included as a bonus feature on the 1997 laserdisc, 2003 DVD, and 2008 DVD & Blu-ray releases of ''Sleeping Beauty''.
According to the opening credits, ''Grand Canyon'' is "a pictorial interpretation of
Ferde Grofé's ''
Grand Canyon Suite
The ''Grand Canyon Suite'' is a suite for orchestra by Ferde Grofé, composed between 1929 and 1931. It was initially titled ''Five Pictures of the Grand Canyon''.
It consists of five movements, each an evocation in tone of a particular scene t ...
''", much as the animated segments in ''
Fantasia
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'' are pictorial representations of music, and the film is strongly related to its soundtrack. ''Grand Canyon'' is one of Walt Disney's more unconventional and experimental works, as it has musical accompaniment, but no dialogue or narration.
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1958 films
1958 documentary films
1950s short documentary films
American short documentary films
Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners
Disney documentary films
Short films directed by James Algar
Films produced by Walt Disney
Works about the Grand Canyon
Films without speech
Films set in Arizona
Disney short films
Documentary films about Arizona
CinemaScope films
1950s English-language films
1950s American films