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No Time for Nuts (2006)

No Time for Nuts poster
Directed by
Chris Renaud, Mike Thurmeier
Genre
science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rated
G
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 216 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A prehistoric squirrel named Scrat chases his acorn through time after it gets frozen inside a time machine. He visits various historical periods in a frantic effort to get it back.

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What happens

No Time for Nuts is a 2006 American animated short film from Blue Sky Studios, starring Scrat from Ice Age. Directed by Chris Renaud and Mike Thurmeier, it was debuted on November 21, 2006, on the DVD and Blu-ray release of Ice Age: The Meltdown. It follows Scrat on a pursuit after his acorn, which accidentally sends forward in time by a frozen time machine. No Time for Nuts was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, and also won an Annie Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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