Brad Bird’s Family Dog

Posted by Ajit on July 17, 2007. 6 Comments 

Brad Bird’s Family Dog

From the director who brought you The Incredibles and Ratatouille comes Family Dog. A short film that Bird directed early in his career. It is an absolute gem. One of my all time favorite animated shorts. You can find many traces of Ratatouille in this film.

Every element of the animation is expressive, from the rug to the character’s pants, to the nose to the hair. All these elements hide the weak story. It almost feels like a Shrek sequel where we move from one joke to another instead of one plot point to the next.

This short was originally created for Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories, an 80′s television show.

Watch it – via Coudal

(thanks Fiona! thanks aj!)

Filed Under Action, Animation - Pixney, Cute, Sweet & even Cheesy, Disney Family, Friendship, Geeky curiosity, Journey of a hero, Laugh out funny, Old School, Pathetic Losers, Shorts, Television Shows, Trying Really Hard

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6 Responses to “Brad Bird’s Family Dog”

  1. Nancy Nemeth on March 28th, 2008 9:55 am

    Can I purchase this short film through a video or DVD? My family has been talking about this film and no one seems to have ever heard of it other than our family. Please advise.

    thank you!

  2. Ajit on March 28th, 2008 10:09 am

    The family dog was part of Amazing Stories, the television show. The short appeared in season 2 which can be found on DVD here:

    http://www.tvdvdworld.tv/movie/action/Amazing_Stories.html

    Good luck.

  3. Fiona on June 29th, 2008 3:34 pm

    Great short film !The link doesn’t word, here’s a good one

    Edited your comment: the long URL could possibly corrupt the impagination

    DeK

  4. aj on January 19th, 2009 7:23 pm

    I know, I’ve been looking for this short for years! I didn’t know it was written by Brad Bird. Makes sense. He’s so talented. :) The Incredibles has the same sort of wry attention to detail.

    You can find it on YouTube
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbdS5jN2d-0

    Enjoy!

  5. DeK on January 20th, 2009 5:08 am

    Thanks, reupdated the post.

  6. SpinDog on December 6th, 2009 4:28 am

    YouTube :This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.

    Family Dog short can be viewed here:

    http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=32420480

    Complete with Amazing Stories intro.
    Enjoy!

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