Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar!

Trudeau, Pierre M., (film director.). Bertrand, Marc, (film producer.). Descary, Thřs̈e, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: This charming and amusing animated short for young children offers a timely lesson about the joys of fatherly love. Mr. Edgar's life runs like clockwork - which is not surprising since he's a cuckoo in a cuckoo clock. Not only is he very punctual, he is also compulsively neat and tidy. But one stormy evening, his little world is turned upside down. A branch hit by lightning falls to the ground, dislodging a nest, and three eggs plop uninvited into Mr. Edgar's living room. In no time at all, they hatch into a trio of rambunctious baby birds. It's a crash course in fatherhood for our confirmed bachelor. The hungry little birds take up all his time and attention... but eventually worm their way into his affections.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (13 min., 09 sec.) : sound
remote
access
Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2010.
Copyright: ♭1999

Content descriptions

General Note:	Technical note:.3-D Animation. Agency - French program:.Animation/Youth Studio.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Conception, Pierre M. Trudeau ; animation, Pierre M. Trudeau ; director, Pierre M. Trudeau ; script, Pierre M. Trudeau, Pierre-Michel Tremblay ; picture editing, Jos ̌Heppell ; text, Denys St-Denis ; original music, Louis Gagn ̌; sound recording, Geoffrey Mitchell, Patrick Viegas ; sound design, Claude Langlois ; foley, Stp̌hane Cadotte, Ariane Picher, Ren ̌Lussier ; re-recording, Serge Boivin, Jean Paul Vialard ; associate producer, Marc Bertrand ; producer, Thřs̈e Descary.
Participant or Performer Note:	Voice, A.J. Henderson.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1999.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Best Film for Children Award given by the public of Sao Paulo, 2000 Best Film for Children Award given by the public of Rio de Janeiro, 2000 Second Place - Animated Computer 3D Short, 2001 Best Short Animated Film Award by the Children's Jury, 2000 Special Jury Award, 2000 Bronze Plaque Award - Category: Children and Youth, 2000 Grand Prize - Youth, 2004
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).