Harvie Krumpet

Harvie Krumpet

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them
.....and then there are others"

Winner of the 2004 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, Harvie Krumpet is the biography of an ordinary man seemingly cursed with bad luck. From being born with Tourette Syndrome to getting struck by lightning; from having his testicle removed to developing Alzheimer's disease; Harvie's troubles seem unending ! Yet, Harvie learns many lessons about life and enjoys its many fruits. He finds love, freedom, nudity and ultimately the true meaning of what it is to be human.

Produced by Melodrama Pictures with the support of SBS Independent, Film Victoria and the Australian Film Commission, the picture features the voices of Geoffrey Rush (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN), Kamahl (NED KELLY), Julie Forsyth (BABE) and John Flaus (THE DISH), and was written, directed and animated by Adam Elliot, produced by Melanie Coombs, edited by Bill Murphy and sound by Peter Walker and the team at Soundwaves.

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[BestaHansen]

I was laughing of stereotypes about Poland (or Middle Europe generally): winter, cottage, a woman working in mines and a man dressed like Cossacks or Jews in "Fiddler on the Roof"! In 1:17 you can hear the only Polish word in the whole movie. :-DDD

If someone would like to hear G. Rush (the narrator) speaking Polish, here you are:

watch?v=QupzG_4RaAQ

Stereotypical again, just like in Kieślowski's movies. ;-)

[TheMushroomSlayer]

@MgrPawlik You are saying something retarded and meaningless. The director didn't just decide to pick on a particular race. Maybe Australians are offended by this film too?

Grow up, you fucking moron.

[Metaljerks2]

He is Polish, but that's not the point!

[imthefly]

@MgrPawlik For example?

[TheFerchojimenez]

@MgrPawlik. Why do you say Polish are offended by this film?

[YouAreAllMaggots]

@MrPeguin666 And plenty of the people who thought the earth was round believed in half-man half-cow beings, and all other sorts of nonsense. Your argument is now irrelevant.

[MrPeguin666]

i always use "the bible was written by the same people who thought the earth was flat" in my anti-religious debates now

[sunshinepower84]

Auch mir ist aufgefallen ,dass es sich bei der Einführungsmelodie um Pachelbels Kanon in D-dur handelt,aber diese kleinigkeit ist ja wohl mit abstand ,der uninteressanteste Aspekt des Films.

[NeoGeo0001]

@Frostblock Pachelbel's Canon, also known as Canon in D major (Kanon und Gigue für 3 Violinen mit Generalbaß in German) (PWC 37, T. 337, PC 358), is the most famous piece of music by German Baroque composer Johann Pachelbel.

[MgrPawlik]

I found this film very disgusting and offensive... In addition I am Polish and I am proud of it. Your knowledge about Poland, Polish history and culture must be very little and first of all wrong.