Harvie Krumpet

THIS is my favourite film of all time. I watch it over and over again.

To be quite frank, I expected Destino to win the Oscar and was surprised and a bit disappointed on hearing that another short had won instead. Until I finally saw Harvie Krumpet the other day.

As odd as this film is, I can't wait to watch it again. To take one of the "others" and tell his life story, is a reach.

Adam Elliot's Oscar-winning "Harvie Krumpet" focuses on a man who suffers repeated misfortunes but persists no matter what. Half look at those on the fringes of society, half reminder to never give up (and also contains a fair amount of fun facts).

Harvie Krumpet is an Oscar winning short animated movie that was directed by Adam Elliot who made the brilliaint " Mary and Max" . Although this film was made 5 years earlier than M&M it is unmistakably the same in its animation and Humour.

This is a 22-minute short film, set in the 20th century, written and directed by Adam Elliot, who made the critically applauded "Mary and Max" a couple years later, but sadly has not worked on a new film since 2009. With "Harvie Krumpet" he won an Academy Award in the animated short film category against a Pixar entry and some other strong competition.

The trouble with nude dancing is that not everything stops when the music does.

I came upon this film by accident--the Australian production company approached my company to license music for "Harvie Krumpet", and after looking at Adam's earlier films we agreed. When I received a VHS tape of Harvie, I was thrilled, not just because of our music, (we got paid whether it was good or not) but because I felt a sense of discovery for a very unique talent and world view.

I have been a big fan of Adam Elliot ever since I saw his short animation 'Brother' at the Australian Film Institute screenings back in 2000. I knew that 'Harvie Krumpet' would be just as good, and I can report that after seeing it in late 2003 at the AFI screenings, I was not disappointed.