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The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare is a 2002 stop motion short film directed and animated by Ray Harryhausen. It is based on the Aesop fable The Tortoise and the Hare.

Production

Harryhausen began making the film in 1952, but abandoned it soon after, with only about 4 minutes of film completed. Around 50 years later, Seamus Walsh and Mark Caballero, two young fans of Harryhausen's work, learned about the unfinished film and asked Harryhausen if they could finish it with him. He said yes and the short was finally completed in 2002, 50 whole years since Harryhausen had started the production. With the exception of the tortoise, all of the original models were reused due to their survival through the years. Gary Owens narrated the film.

Accolades

See also

• 2002 in film
• List of rediscovered films
• List of films with longest production time

References

1. ^ "At Sundance: Ray Harryhausen's The Tortoise and the Hare". IGN. 2003-01-14. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24.
2. The Digital Bits
3. Bcdb.com
4. "Ray Harryhausen's story of "The Tortoise and the Hare" (2002) part 1". YouTube. 10 October 2011.
5. Overview for Ray Harryhausen|TCM.com
6. Ray Harryhausen: Career in pictures - Los Angeles Times

External links

• The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare at IMDb

• 2002 films
• 2002 animated short films
• 2000s American animated films
• 2000s English-language films
• 2000s rediscovered films
• 2000s stop-motion animated films
• American animated short films
• Animated films about rabbits and hares
• Best Animated Short Subject Annie Award winners
• English-language short films
• Films about turtles
• Films based on the Tortoise and the Hare
• Films directed by Ray Harryhausen
• Rediscovered American films