The Cat Came Back

1988 · 8 min · Animation, Comedy · Directed by Cordell Barker

Built on the old folk song, Barker follows a man whose increasingly baroque attempts to dispose of a yellow cat rebound on him with cartoon physics and escalating personal cost. Frantic, elastic, and much darker than the premise suggests.

Awards

• Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film — Academy Awards, 1989 (Nominated)

Credits

• Studio: National Film Board of Canada

Genres

• Animation
• Comedy

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