Creature Comforts

Creature Comforts is a 1990 animated short film about how animals feel about living in a zoo, a series of commercials for "Heat Electric", and a 2003 television series in the same style.

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1990 - Animated - Short film - Animal - Zoo - 2003 - Television

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The original film's dialogue was created by interviewing residents of a housing development. Claymation animation was then created that attributed the answers to zoo animals.

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Creature Comforts won an Academy Award for Animated Short. It was conceived and directed by Nick Park, and produced by Aardman Animations as part of a series called "Lip Synch" for Channel 4.

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Academy Award - Nick Park - Aardman Animations - Channel 4

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This soon led to a series of British television commercials for the Electricity Board which were made in the same style, featuring a closing voice-over by Johnny Morris.

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Television commercial - Electricity Board - Johnny Morris

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In 2003 a further series of Creature Comforts films was made for the British television network ITV by Aardman, with episodes directed by Richard Goleszowski. These are currently aired as re-runs on Comedy Central, usually late at night.

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2003 - ITV - Richard Goleszowski - Comedy Central

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