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Geri's Game is a 1997 American animated short film produced by Pixar and written and directed by Jan Pinkava. The film, which shows an elderly man named Geri who competes with himself in a game of chess , was Pixar's first film to feature a human being as its main character; Geri later made a cameo appearance in Toy Story 2 as "The Cleaner ...
Dec 22, 2023 · Geri’s Game is Pixar’s First Solo Effort. Geri’s Game marked the first time Pixar released a short film that was solely produced in-house by the studio. It demonstrated Pixar’s ability to tell a compelling story in a condensed format.
Geri's Game: Directed by Jan Pinkava. With Bob Peterson. Geri sets up a chess game to play his greatest opponent - himself.
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- Animation, Short, Comedy
- Jan Pinkava
- 1997-11-25
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is an animated short film made by Pixar in 1997. It was written and directed by Jan Pinkava. It was the first Pixar short created after Toy Story, the previous short being Knick Knack. The film premiered on November 24, 1997 at Laemmle's Monica Theater in Santa Monica, California. It then was released in US theaters on November 25, 1998 with A Bug'...
An elderly man named Geri plays a game of chess in the park against himself. He starts off playing as white, but then hoists himself up, and lumbers over to play as the black opponent. He quickly dominates the game as the black side, although he is his own opponent. As the game progresses, it looks like there are two people playing. But when the ga...
•1997 Academy Award® Winner for Best Animated Short Film
•When Geri first puts the box of chess pieces down, you can see the old Pixar logo on the top-left on a torn label.
•Geri's chess box reads "Point Richmond PIXAR SHORTS". This is because Pixar's old headquarters were originally located in Point Richmond.
•Geri appeared in Toy Story 2 as The Cleaner who fixed Woody. When The Cleaner opens his drawers in Toy Story 2, some chess pieces can be seen, in reference to the short.
•After pretending to have a heart attack, Geri knocks down the chess box. When the camera zooms out at the end of the film, if you look to the ground, the chess box is not there. This was discussed in Jan Pinkava's audio commentary of this short. When he was asked about this question, he simply replied, "We just forgot to put it in."
•As the game/short goes on, the lighting changes. This is to make it seem like the game has been going on for the whole day.
•In one scene, both of Geri's personas can be seen. In the shorts commentary, Jan Pinkava states that it was an intentional joke.
1.Question: Where Can You Get a Glimpse of the Future of Animation?; Answer: At an Exclusive Screening - From the Makers of 'Toy Story' - Tonight!, The Free Library, November 24, 1997.
Geri's Game is a 1997 American computer-animated short film written and directed by Jan Pinkava and produced by Pixar. It was released 8 years after the release of the 1989 short, Knick Knack, made as a part of an effort to reignite the studio's series of short films, which was put on standby in...
Geri's Game is a 1997 American computer-animated short film written and directed by Jan Pinkava and produced by Pixar. The short, which follows an old man who competes with himself in a game of chess, was Pixar's first film to feature a human being as its main character.
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