Harvie Krumpet

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Harvie Krumpet
Poster for Harvie Krumpet
Directed by	Adam Elliot
Produced by	Melanie Coombs
Written by	Adam Elliot
Starring	Geoffrey Rush Julie Forsyth Kamahl John Flaus
Studio	Australian Film Commission SBS Independent Film Victoria
Distributed by	Melodrama Pictures (Australia) Monster Distributes (Ireland) Atom Films (USA)
Release dates	June 2003 (2003-06) (Annecy Festival)
Running time	22 minutes and 7 seconds
Country	Australia
Language	English

Harvie Krumpet is an Australian clay animation made in Melbourne written, directed and animated by Adam Elliot and produced by Melanie Coombs. This short (22 min and 7 sec) film won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 2003, in addition to numerous festival awards and the 2004 Australian Film Institute Best Short Animation award. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.

Synopsis

The story revolves around the life of Harvek Milos Krumpetzki, born in Poland in 1922. At the outbreak of World War II he comes to Spotswood in Australia as a refugee and changes his name to Harvie Krumpet. Despite a life filled with bad luck (such as having Tourette syndrome, being struck by lightning and losing one of his testicles), Harvie remains ever optimistic, living out his own eccentric way of life, marrying a nurse he meets in hospital and raising an adoptive daughter, who is a Thalidomide baby. Throughout his disaster-ridden life, people around him come and go, but right to the end Harvie delights in the simple pleasure of life. In one of the pivotal episodes of his life, Harvie sits in the park next to a statue of Horace while he hears the instructional Carpe diem, which inspires him to make many changes in his life, such as embracing the naturist ways and embarking on daring rescue missions for animal rights.

The film ends with one of Harvie's many "fakts", which he had been collecting throughout the film. "Fakt 1034: Life is like a cigarette, smoke it to the butt".

Soundtrack

Canon in D Major by Johann Pachebel
Dies Irae written by Giuseppe Verdi
God is Better than Football by Keith Binns
Ancient Airs and Dances by Ottorino Respighi

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v t e AACTA Award for Best Short Animation (1990–2009)

Picture Start (1990) Union Street (1991) Shelf Life (1992) The Darra Dogs (1993) Gorgeous (1994) Small Treasures (1995) Blood on the Chandelier (1996) Uncle (1997) Vengeance (1998) Cousin (1999) Brother (2000) Living With Happiness (2001) Shh... (2002) Harvie Krumpet (2003) Birthday Boy (2004) The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005) Gargoyles (2006) The Girl Who Swallowed Bees (2007) Dog With Electric Collar (2008) The Cat Piano (2009)

Complete list (1979–1989) (1990–2009) (2010–present)

v t e Academy Award for Animated Short Film

1932–1940	Flowers and Trees (1932) Three Little Pigs (1933) The Tortoise and the Hare (1934) Three Orphan Kittens (1935) The Country Cousin (1936) The Old Mill (1937) Ferdinand the Bull (1938) The Ugly Duckling (1939) The Milky Way (1940)

1941–1960	Lend a Paw (1941) Der Fuehrer's Face (1942) The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943) Mouse Trouble (1944) Quiet Please! (1945) The Cat Concerto (1946) Tweetie Pie (1947) The Little Orphan (1948) For Scent-imental Reasons (1949) Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950) The Two Mouseketeers (1951) Johann Mouse (1952) Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953) When Magoo Flew (1954) Speedy Gonzales (1955) Magoo's Puddle Jumper (1956) Birds Anonymous (1957) Knighty Knight Bugs (1958) Moonbird (1959) Munro (1960)

1961–1980	Ersatz (The Substitute) (1961) The Hole (1962) The Critic (1963) The Pink Phink (1964) The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965) A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature (1966) The Box (1967) Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) It's Tough to Be a Bird (1969) Is It Always Right to Be Right? (1970) The Crunch Bird (1971) A Christmas Carol (1972) Frank Film (1973) Closed Mondays (1974) Great (1975) Leisure (1976) The Sand Castle (1977) Special Delivery (1978) Every Child (1979) The Fly (1980)

1981–2000	Crac (1981) Tango (1982) Sundae in New York (1983) Charade (1984) Anna & Bella (1985) A Greek Tragedy (1986) The Man Who Planted Trees (1987) Tin Toy (1988) Balance (1989) Creature Comforts (1990) Manipulation (1991) Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992) The Wrong Trousers (1993) Bob's Birthday (1994) A Close Shave (1995) Quest (1996) Geri's Game (1997) Bunny (1998) The Old Man and the Sea (1999) Father and Daughter (2000)

2001–present	For the Birds (2001) The ChubbChubbs! (2002) Harvie Krumpet (2003) Ryan (2004) The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation (2005) The Danish Poet (2006) Peter and the Wolf (2007) La Maison en Petits Cubes (2008) Logorama (2009) The Lost Thing (2010) The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011) Paperman (2012)

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Harvie Krumpet

Synopsis

Soundtrack

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