The House That Jack Built (1967)
- Original title
- La maison de Jean-Jacques
- Directed by
- Ron Tunis
- Genre
- animation
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man named Jack is stuck in a boring office job. He trades his car for magic beans to escape, like in a fairy tale.
whimsicalplayfulfast-pacedquirkybittersweetabsurdanimatednostalgic
What happens
The House That Jack Built is a 1967 National Film Board of Canada animated short based on the nursery rhyme "This Is the House That Jack Built". Directed by Ron Tunis, written by Don Arioli and produced by Wolf Koenig, the eight-minute film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, losing to Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day at the 41st Academy Awards. Jack is desperate to escape his nine-to-five life. Mirroring the fairy tale, he trades his car for a handful of beans. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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