The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011)

[hopefull1000]

Amazing

[HuDido85]

Es encantador! No podia ser mejor!

[thefavuses]

FANTÁSTICO!!!!

[Stoatsrealm]

What a beautifully executed animation; charming.



[diced0tofu]

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOWWW­WWWWWWWWW <3

[Mana1620]

Un muy buen mensaje, se merecía el Oscar. PD: Amo leer! ♥

[KathyUrro]

La lectura nos da vida y la escritura es el legado del futuro. Buen corto!

[joanogiff]

I KNEW this extraordinary animated short film would win the Oscar...and it DID! This has touched so many people all over the world. I recommend it to all teachers and parents. A sheer JOY to watch!~

[MenamiM]

all what I can say is "this video is the real creativity' the feelings are comming out of this video

I just dont know what to say,,,

I love the last part of this movie ^__^

was touching..

[babi0318]

ozil?lolx

[culeLucy]

Something to remember every february 29. :')

[ilmangaka666]

è molto bello e riguardo al tema che il cartaceo sta sparendo è molto appropriato, comunque si capisce poco l' inizio.

l' uovo del libro è anche quello che c'è nel film "il gatto con gli stivali"

[corlene1]

oh I cried and cried when I saw this........ reminded me of my late father who was an avid reader. What a brilliant short film. Phenomenal.

[YukizuSama]

Perfeito!



[Nomjy]

Simply amazing! Love love love!!!

[sergioajaimes]

why would someone NOT like this? My god... not a single spoken word... this is true art, true soulful art... thanks for posting stuff like this, that make youtube worth again, not all that stupid crap that´s usually seen here...

[wikiacc]

excelente lo veo lo veo y sigo con ganas de verlo,el maravilloso mundo de los libros

[TajanaLOTR]

beautifully spent 15 minutes of my life :)

[reynpalese]

oscar winner !!!!

[dangerouscoffee]

I'm a librarian... this touched me emotionally.

[SimpleLifeHighThink]

I love this (T^T)~

[VanitasxAura]

Watching this, I believe it deserved the Academy Award it won. Not a word was said, but you can feel what the books are feeling just through the music and animation. That is powerful and masterful.

[brenck]

86 people are probably blind

[hrishikeshac]

the best spent 15 mins of my life!

[Mirtohid]

Wonderful...

[aphorrocks14]

Wonderful....just watched it again with my daughter.

[Whiteoverblue]

At the very end of the book, it says "In Memory Of... Whom the jealous fate took too soon." That's probably the most powerful line I have ever read from an animated short!

[Biblioaprenent100]

marvellous ¡

[LadyGamerN64]

This needs more views! Absolutely brilliant! Worth the win and will never fail to make me cry =')

[infrafenix]

Excelente corto! Mucho contenido, que provocan sensaciones tan variadas que verdaderamente es una pequeña obra de arte, dentro de la animación. Felicitaciones!

[naninho2012]

Fantático!!!!!!!!!!

[Carson878]

1 Book 1 Story~ & They Share To Everybody~

(Please Share I fU Watch This Short Movie:~ )

[NAKED3700]

este corto es una obra de arte

[SerenadeBest]

beautiful 

[scottcpfeiffer]

and there is a reason this won the oscar . so touching and with a message (books enrich us and make our lives whole; and we keep books and imagine "alive" by reading them and taking care of them) . wonderful film !

[jane19840126]

奧斯卡最佳動畫短片~莫里斯．萊斯莫的神奇飛書

[marcialheredia]

Muy bueno Sheyla!, precioso en realidad. Gracias por compartirlo.

Amanda

[SuperAlexorellana]

la neta la neta muuuuyy bueno :)

[JUI22Hotel]

una maravilla de corto... es precioso!!!

enhorabuena por el oscar.. merecido 100%

[rosslynchluvya1]

Mrs. Parker's second period class loves this! Trinity Prep, Winter Park Florida

[katashi13]

I came here to find some music and I ended up here. So touching and meaningful story!

[janetwith0617]

Lovely story : )

Books can change someone's life.

[dyMichka]

Just THANKS

[TheJDeaux]

My god. So wonderfully beautiful. This was a well deserved Oscar, for certain sure!

[maiale]

Amazing. Wonderful. Extraordinary. Beautiful.

[RedRockFilmFestival]

What a powerhouse of emotions from start to finish.

[vigil4ntre4per]

This is beautiful, just magnificient. No words needed.

[ANIOLATORV]

i cant believe this... things like this isnt as popular as the bullshit 90-120minute crap hollywood throw up every year

[spiritaway5177]

Thank you so much for sharing this, very beautiful...

[sapoiz]

beautiful story

[AbhishekZambre]

absolute brilliant...

[shukiraz]

The windows of the house didn't look the same from the outside and from the inside. From the outside they looked really tall, like 2 stories high, from within the house they looked "normal".

Credit should have been given to Angel Cabral for the musical part copied from "Que nadie sepa mi sufrir" (or "La foule" as it became known via Edith Piaf).

All the text pages on the right handside of the Humpty Dumpty book looked the same. Nevertheless nice movie

[TheJDeaux]

@shukiraz Uh, do people point out every tiny thing you do wrong in your job? They already won the Oscar, making negative posts at this point is, well, POINTLESS!

[mlad5741]

It literally made me tear up... it was the most powerful, beautiful animated short I've ever seen with the beginning representing katrina and then the gray people afterwards being the survivors and there struggles afterwards and his love for books and the happiness he brought everyone else afterwards and then him moving on to heaven and the other girl coming just magnificent! It deserved the oscar!

[TheJDeaux]

@mlad5741 I got the same thing out of it! I sobbed, and I don't do that often. It was incredible!

[annacherrym]

This is just perfect, beautiful.

[pop07corn]

that was lovely... congrats on the Oscar!

[MrCarlosBetancurt]

this is the reason because is the oscar winner

[kovallmi]

i just lost my book today, i feel so horrible now!! :'(

[oniffaiks]

I love it!

[jesus1290]

Simplemente, increíble. Es lo más bello que vi hasta ahora! Me encantó y me llegó profundamente!

[CaptainPeregrine]

This is so beautiful. No wonder it won an Oscar.

[Terrifebuary]

Absolutely WONDERFUL! Not a surprise that it won an Academy Award!

[elipandaman]

Stunning...

[leocdc7]

This is not just brilliant film-making, it's a beautiful, emotional and deep remembering about the power of books in the lifes of the ones who embrace them. Tears of joy and awe were shed. I applaud you for this amazing short.

Thanks!

[Ireku25]

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!! Books are one of the greatest gifts we can have :)

[starpunzel]

Amazing!

[TheEllaki]

i just saw my life in that video.. cant control the tears... thank you...

[daguerras1]

Muchas felicidades por este trabajo gracias por aportar tan importante mensaje para la gente latina principalmente ya que sabemos que en Europa no hay tanta decadencia de lectura gracias, muchas gracias

[aparthurp567]

Very nice

[vitochka711]

Books bring color and meaning to life. Without them it would be an empty and topsy turvy world. Let us hope we shall never see the day the world is devoid of books and people who love them.

[TurboCute3000]

Everyone takes what they've learned and loved with them, but we all have the chance to leave behind one special something that might make a difference. Whether it's a promise, or a legend, or even a simple book, we'll all leave a fingerprint on someone else's life somehow.

[whotheledbeatle]

This is beautiful, absolutely loved it.

[Divinehearts]

This was completely worth letting my curry burn on the stove!! Thank you Moonbot studios!

[jini1871]

A beautiful film which deserves all the accolades it has received.

[mtfnmtfn]

Superb!!!

[Theknopf]

MY LIFE ANIMATED i`m in tears thank you!

[anyel631]

Excelente!!!

[gilaesther1]

Well deserved award.  Absolutely touching! Thank you!

[WendyClaunch]

Lovely. Anyone else notice the resemblance to Buster Keaton?

[kevin6667]

@WendyClaunch Given the absolute resemblance to Buster Keaton I found it strange there was no acknowledgement or credit given.

[ktuluesp]

Everyone has a life story. It maybe happy, it maybe sad. But it's a story nonetheless.

[mizzo1is]

Stupendo

[ktuluesp]

Excuse me, but there seems to be some sort of liquid coming out of my eyes....

[walasiteodito]

@ktuluesp it must be ninja's cutting onions.

[Uachintom]

@ktuluesp I cummed in it.

[georgeandpoop]

it's beautiful things like this film that make life worth living for...

[mattstieffel]

Bravo. Beautiful and moving video. Congrats on the Oscar!

[videlle182]

D'une très grande sensibilité et d'une créativité remarquable =D

[capacle]

"If life is enjoyed, does it have to make sense?" That line says it all.

[starryskiesforever]

@capacle No. it does not have to make sense......

[Uachintom]

@capacle Because if not, the society give you as crazy and toos you inside an asylum. Sad thruth.

[1992andii]

I feel les stupid just by watching this.

[ullombrospictures]

I see why this got the Oscar :)

[SuperAmbar13]

waaaaaaooo q belleza, me hizo llorar!!

[degarrido07]

Amei, muito, muito obrigada!

[pattyneta7]

Es increible que alguien pueda describir de una manera tan bella lo que los libros nos pueden hacer sentir, un Oscar bien ganado

[ThePianoTester]

Uma grande filme.

[NwalSmart]

great channel named: 3nzehwalo6aret :) join it

[skullomania9999]

Bellissimo!!!

Mi ha anche commosso, facendomi scendere qualche lacrimuccia!

[CaptainHypersock]

This is just crazy. I cried so much. Such a great short film, surely worthy of an Oscar.

[BopNiblets]

12:25 - Bookman Begins... :D

[serenityncc880]

Its really awesome to see the comments to this short film being in so many varying languages. the power of film!

[sonrisadelcarmen]

Mi corazón se sensibilizó con este corto...amo los libros...

[lissecunha]

Um vídeo especial para leitores. Confiram!!!

[123rickypeterson]

touching heart

[elfedeus]

BEAUTIFUL WORK MAN...

[yurirbm]

Mesut Özil is a great actor.

[zharitop]

:') love it! The reason why it deserves an Oscar.

[19HarajukuGirl90]

I'm crying my eyes out! This is so beautiful and inspirational, this has been the best way of spending 15 minutes of my life! I feel like reading my books again and again, and loving them even more, beacuse they're truly my best friends! :')

[sonny29505]

Que belleza....

[dirtandrock]

What a beautiful film

[Rawrgoaway]

=( =[ X( SAD! how the hell am i gonna cheer up after that?

[RLSESTRELA]

Ahhhhh !!!! é muito fofo, gostei muito desse longa, com certeza mereceu o oscar !!

[1gottafly]

What an exquisite piece of film. Thank you.

[dillonc]

So the books kidnap him and keep him imprisoned, then at the end they give him false hope of being young again, then they kill him and turn him into a book. And then they kidnap a little girl.

[warlleylucas]

@dillonc Maaaannn, I went all the away no youtube just to say the exact same thing, and your comment was the first on this page!! what are the odds?! Thumbs up them...

[kokolizito]

@dillonc sí?

[donaldo81]

SUPERB !!!!!

[TheMilleniumChannel]

Best animation I've seen in a very long time!

T'was very emotional yet a very well told story.The music and vivid animation glowed seamlessly!Awesome!

[Ghareebful]

بعد هذا المقطع :

لكل إنسان [ كائنا من كان ] هل عرفتم ما هي خطيئتكم ؟!

[Ghareebful]

أقبل على الكتب والمعارف بصدق سوف تطير وتحلق في عالمٍ مليء بالصادقين .

[Ghareebful]

القارئ لا يشيبُ !

[Ghareebful]

إذا كنتَ في مكتبة ملئية بالكتب من حولك فاعلم بأنك لستَ وحيداً !

بل قد يكون الكتابُ من دونك وحيداً .

[shargyify]

this captivate me !!

[huskar4]

Excelente animación aunque el final es triste.

[ahsb67]

Absolutely lovely !



[vloggingveltron]

oi mate over here --> /watch?v=7__j05CczpQ

[lindomarbenvenuti]

Muitas sensações em 14 minutos.. há tempos que não via algo tão emocionante, simples e reflexivo. dá vontade de sair lendo... Fantástico...

[FacundoDebat]

se vale llorar ?

[psilv2001]

Brilhante!!!

[icgcapdevielle]

Hermoso e impresionante... me hizo llorar. ¡Un Oscar bien merecido!

[clammatus]

76 had never read a book on their life

[BeMecius]

Creo que no soy el único k lloró / I think I´m not the only one who cried

[MikeRiddle25]

"El analfabeto no es el que no sabe leer,sino es el que sabe pero no lo hace"

[MikeRiddle25]

is not illiterate who can not read, is illiterate who can read and not it does

[stokerbunny]

What has happened to my eyes? They're leaking profusely and yet I feel uplifted.

[starryskiesforever]

@stokerbunny It's wonderful!!!

[zerdda]

@stokerbunny ditto.

[kathuntress15]

BRILLIANT <3 A very deserved Oscar for such Masterpiece

[Cate961]

@kathuntress15 it won a BAFTA

[runfar2010]

Several people commented that it reminded them of The Wizard of Oz which was based on a tornado. I agree that the setting looks like New Orleans with him sitting on a balcony of a building with ironwork, but the storm looks like wind & a funnel cloud vs. a hurricane. There are several comments that think it represents the tragic Hurricane Katrina? I am from North Louisiana & we saw how so many people were affected. Just curious, what kind of storm do you think it is?

[ThatYuotubeShow]

@runfar2010 this was made by a studio in Shreveport. I know the people who made it, and they said it was based in New Orleans and that the storm is Hurricane Katrina. They took a few artistic liberties, but they made a very moving, very powerful story.

[penyuwan]

Beautiful..had me in tears by the end.

[LandoLinares19]

BIEN MERECIDO TIENE EL PREMIO A MEJOR CORTO ANIMADO ... me dejo sin palabras .. muy inspirador (nn,)

[runfar2010]

I think this film is about the character WRITING his story vs. READING ??

What do you think?

[Complejobibliolp]

perdón olvidé decir que lo llevo a mi muro!! gracias por publicarlo

[Complejobibliolp]

los libros por siempre!! Es grande la emoción!!

La escritura y lectura no importa el soporte desde las tablillas de arcilla, pasando por las cuevas, troncos, piedras, rollos de papiro, hasta el bellísimo libro de papel!!

Felicitaciones a sus creadores!!

[MikeRiddle25]

Lo ví hace como 2 semanas,no había ni he visto ninguna otra de las que estaban nominadas solamente leí las sinopsis pues no encontré otro corto completo en Youtube,La primera vez que la ví me asombró,La exelente historia,perfecta música,fantástica animación sabía que nadie podía contra esta,Felicidades William y Brandon y a Moonbot Studios

[jambiee]

Yup, I'm going to turn off this computer now and read a book. Books are a special treat, I often forget that.

[SycrosD4]

Yeah, I just got off the phone with Pixar.

They want their awesome back. This explains Cars 2...

[Kharnash]

The best short in years, wonderfull

[horizonmillau]

Superbe, à diffuser

[75070daisy]

This is tremendously beautiful and has motivated me to finally publish the hidden treasure I have been wanting to publish. Thank you sincere. A N'awlins native.

[kittydarcy]

i love it

[grschurman]

Great job cousin John!

[pGFTuv]

now i miss my books... :'((

[MarbeneBueno]

Sensacional, incrível, tocante, comovente...

[pouczyc]

Super, gratulacje dla twórców, widać że ktoś pokochał te książki.

[gsilvaf]

¡HERMOSO!

[Produccionesyc]

Sencillamente precioso y sin idioma ni fronteras. Muy merecido el Oscar.

[KatalinDomo]

Best short I may have ever seen!!!

Thank you!!!

[runfar2010]

@shaileshkadhikari I think the quote from the character's book shows the growing christian testimony of his life: "My further investigations have turned many of my long held opinions into mush! The many varied points of view I have encountered do not confuse, but enrich. I laugh. I cry. I seldom understand things but it is..." While watching the film pause on the page he is writing. :) I pray you smile as you investigate your opinions & encounter others' point of view of Christian life! :)

[YadinSanchez]

Amazing!!! books the color of life :)

[ClaricePetriw]

simply, in love ♥. Thank you.

[Penpen447]

¡¡Hermoso!! Amaré más a mis libros luego de ver esto...

[mamadalgas]

Thank you! I hope to be one of those who pass on the beauty and the goodness of books.

[Jigsawlacrimosa]

it's so beautiful... =,)

[amt253]

Saw this at the Athens International Film and Video Festival nearly a year ago. Figured I'd never see it again when suddenly it got the Oscar nod. And then it won! How terrific to be able to return to it now. Buster Keaton and Elmer Bernstein would both be proud.

[EXPLORADORDELARED]

de aburrimiento,si les gusta es que ya estan viejos o chochos