''Boundin'' is a 2003 American animated short film, which was shown in theaters before the feature-length superhero film ''

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''. The short is a musically narrated story about a dancing lamb, who loses his confidence after being sheared. The film was written, directed, narrated and featured the musical composition and performance of

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animator Bud Luckey.

Plot

In the American North Desert, a lamb’s elegant dancing is popular with the other animals. One day lamb-shearers arrive and shear him for wool. The other animals mock his skinny, bare state and he becomes shy and loses the confidence to dance. As the lamb mourns, a benevolent

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comes across him, and teaches him the merits of "bounding", not just dancing (that is, getting up whenever one falls down). The lamb is converted and his joy in life is restored. The lamb's wool eventually grows back in the winter, only for it to be cut again, but his confidence is now completely unshaken and he continues to "bound."

Voice cast

* Bud Luckey as Lamb, Jackalope and Narrator

Production

Writer-director Bud Luckey designed and voiced all the characters, composed the music and wrote the story. According to the director's commentary for ''The Incredibles'',

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wanted to introduce the animated short by having Rick Dicker, (the superhero relocator from ''The Incredibles'', also voiced by Luckey) enter a room, sit down, and pull out a bottle of " booze" and a banjo. This is the first Pixar short with a theatrical release that included vocal performances with words (

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did an acapella song for '' Knick Knack''). All prior films included only music and sound effects. The ''

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'' DVD contains a version of ''Boundin with Mater as the jackalope, Lightning McQueen as the lamb, and

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as the gophers as an

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Theatrical and home media release

To qualify for the

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, Pixar debuted in December 2003 special screenings of the short at the Laemmle Theatres in

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. ''Boundin was released on March 15, 2005, on ''

'' two-disc

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collector's release, including commentary from Bud Luckey and the short clip titled ''Who is Bud Luckey?''. The film was also released as part of ''

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'' in 2007.

Awards

* 2004:

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— Best Animated Short Subject (Won) * 2004:

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— Best Animated Short Film (Nominated)

Notes

References

External links

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