Wild Life
2011 | 14m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby |
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| Writer: | Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby |
| Staring: |
| An English dreamer experiences both the beauty and harshness of nature when he relocates to the Canadian prairie. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 10, 2011 |
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| Director: | Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby |
| Writer: | Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby |
| Genres: | Animation, Fantasy, Western |
| Keywords | homesickness, canada, ranch, comet, loneliness, wild west, cattle ranch, alberta canada, woman director, pioneers, 1910s, prairies, hand drawn animation, 1900s, short film, prairie madness, 20th century, rancher, english colonist, canadian wilderness |
| Production Companies | ONF | NFB |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Adam Blackwood | (voice) |
| Luba Goy | (voice) |
| Anthony Bekenn | (voice) |
| Keith Dinicol | (voice) |
| Colin Fox | (voice) |
| Nonnie Griffin | (voice) |
| Ben Carlson | (voice) |
| Amy Rutherford | (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Amanda Forbis | Writer, Director |
| Wendy Tilby | Writer, Director |
| Gail Carr | Casting |
| Judith Gruber-Stitzer | Original Music Composer |
| Patrick Butler | Sound Supervisor, Editor, Sound Editor |
| Brent Planiden | Sound Editor |
| Andy Malcolm | Foley |
| Deborah Tilby | Painter |
| Corinne Dickson | Painter |
| Val Nelson | Painter |
| Stephen McCallum | Animation |
| Olivier Masson | Animation |
| Brandon Blommaert | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Fred Casia | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Randall Finnerty | Consulting Editor |
| Pierre Plouffe | Consulting Editor |
| Yannick Carrier | Online Editor |
| Gisèle Guilbault | Administration |
| Darin Clausen | Administration |
| Marie-Christine Nadon | Production Coordinator |
| Elaine Largie | Production Coordinator |
| Lysanne Fortier | Production Coordinator |
| Steve Hallé | Technical Supervisor |
| Julie Laperriere | Technical Supervisor |
| Elizabeth Klinck | Clearances Coordinator, Researcher |
| Sylvia Mezei | Clearances Coordinator, Researcher |
| Russell De Carle | Vocals |
| Jean-Paul Vialard | Sound Mixer |
| J. David Taylor | Foley Recordist |
| Ron Mellegers | Sound Recordist |
| Jonathan Cook | Sound Recordist |
| Ryan Aktari | Sound Recordist |
| Geoffrey Mitchell | Music Sound Design and Processing |
| Mathieu Leroux | Music Sound Design and Processing |
| Don Murnaghan | Music Sound Design and Processing |
| Gaspard Gaudreau | Title Designer |
| Susan Gourley | Consulting Editor |
| Luigi Allemano | Thanks |
| Jean Bureau | Thanks |
| Ian D. Clark | Thanks |
| Andrew Gillies | Thanks |
| Sarah Marchand | Thanks |
| Donald McWilliams | Thanks |
| Jason Smalridge | Thanks |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| David Verrall | Executive Producer |
| Marcy Page | Producer |
| Bonnie Thompson | Producer |
| David Christensen | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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I liked the brush-stroke style of animation here as we follow a rather naive young Englishman as he leaves the comforts of his upper-class existence and emigrates to Calgary. Now in 1909, that was little more than an hamlet but he has plenty of (parental) cash, so secures a 90-acre spread equipped w ... ith a pond and a shack. He's happy enough - though perhaps not as adventurous as he declares to his folks in his letters. With the harsh winter approaching, though, loneliness begins to set in and then... Simultaneously, we have a sequence of inter titles that describe to us something of the life of a comet. It's time near the brightness of the sun before it's journey takes it beyond the orbit of Pluto. Analogous? The narrative pokes a little fun at all things English (even the Scots get their dig in) and is quite amiable. I've only ever been into the north of Canada once - to a British Army Arctic training facility. The bitter cold and the darkness of the winter months is almost claustrophobic - and that was with double glazing and central heating. Brrr!