''La Salla'' is a 1996

computer animated Computer animation is the process used for digitally generating animations. The more general term computer-generated imagery (CGI) encompasses both static scenes (still images) and dynamic images (moving images), while computer animation refer ...

short by

Richard Condie Richard Condie, (born 1942) is a Canadian animator, filmmaker, musician and voice actor. Condie is best known for his 1985 animated short '' The Big Snit'' at the National Film Board of Canada and has won six international awards for ''Getting ...

, produced in

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by the

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. The film is a farcical

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, with a

libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major li ...

written by Condie and translated into Italian, then recorded by Jay Brazeau. The film was nominated for an

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at the

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. It also won the award for best animation film at the

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Credits

* A Film by:

* Music & Sound Editing:

Patrick Godfrey Patrick Lindesay Archibald Godfrey (born 13 February 1933) is an English actor of film, television and stage. Life and career Godfrey was born in Finsbury, London to Rev. Frederick Godfrey and Lois Mary Gladys (née Turner). In 1956 Godfrey ...

* Baritone: Jay Brazeau * Technical Coordinator: Scott Collins * Studio Administrator: Cyndi Forcand * Re-recording: Paul Sharpe * Special Thanks To: Daniel Langlois and

John Lasseter John Alan Lasseter (; born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor, and the head of animation at Skydance Animation. He was previously the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios ...

* NFB Digital Imaging Services: Julie Dutrisac, Susan Gourley, Doris Kochanek * Producers: Ches Yetman and Richard Condie * Executive Producer: Ches Yetman * La Salla - A National Film Board Of Canada Production * Dolby Stereo® In Selected Theaters * Dolby Surround™ Stereo On Videocassette * © 1996

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References

External links

Watch ''La Salla'' at NFB.ca
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