Frank the Wrabbit

Frank the Wrabbit
Directed byJohn Weldon
Written byJohn Weldon
Produced byMarcy Page
David Verrall
Narrated byPaul Hecht
Music byChris Crilly
Animation byJohn Weldon
Production
company
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
9 minutes
CountryCanada

Frank the Wabbit is a 1998 Canadian animated short film by Academy Award-winning animator John Weldon.[1] The film centres on a highly intelligent rabbit with a philosophical worldview and a quick wit to survive and prosper even when the farmer's carrots disappeared.[1]

The film had its genesis in a bedtime story that Weldon made up for his young daughter.[1]

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 19th Genie Awards in 1999.[2]

In 1999, it was one of eight National Film Board of Canada projects criticized by Reform Party of Canada MP John Williams as a "waste of taxpayers' money".[3]

  1. ^ a b c Pam Swedko, "Wrabbit had genesis in bedtime story". Playback, December 14, 1998.
  2. ^ Craig MacInnis, "Genies genuflect for Red Violin". Montreal Gazette, December 8, 1998.
  3. ^ Rick Mofina, "MP calls eight NFB films `trash': Alberta Reformer details movie hit list in `waste report'". Ottawa Citizen, June 9, 1999.