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is a computer-animated short film made by Pixar in 1997. It was written and directed by Jan Pinkava, and the first Pixar Short created after Toy Story. It was released in theaters on November 25, 1998 with A Bug's Life, and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film that year.
An elderly man named Geri plays a game of chess in the park against himself. He starts off playing as white (while displaying a calm and docile personality), but then hoists himself up and lumbers over to play as the black opponent (while displaying a snarky and cocky attitude). He quickly dominates the game as the black side, although he is his ow...
•1998 Academy Award Winner for Best Animated Short Film
•When Geri first puts the box of chess pieces down, the old Pixar logo can be seen on the top-left corner.
•Geri's chess box reads "Point Richmond PIXAR SHORTS." This is because Pixar's old headquarters was originally located in Point Richmond.
•Geri appeared in Toy Story 2 as the Cleaner who fixed Woody. When the Cleaner opens one of the drawers in his case, his chess pieces can be seen, in reference to the short.
•After pretending to have a heart attack, Geri knocks down the chess box while spinning the board around. When the camera zooms out at the end of the short, if you look to the ground, the chess box is not there. This was discussed in Jan Pinkava's audio commentary for the 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 short's commentary, Jan Pinkava states that it was an intentional joke.
A fun real life adaption from the opening sequence of 'Ger's game, enjoy!
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November 24th marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Jan Pinkava’s Oscar-winning Pixar short Geri’s Game. The short, which would on to play before A Bug’s Life in cinemas, was ...
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November 25, 1998. (1998-11-25) (with A Bug's Life) Running time. 5 minutes. Country. United States. Geri's Game is a 1997 American animated short film produced by Pixar and written and directed by Jan Pinkava. The film was Pixar's first film to feature a human as its main character; Geri later made a cameo appearance in Toy Story 2 as "The ...
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Apr 13, 2024 · If Geri's Game came out in 1997, then, by Pinkava's statement, production would have begun in 1996, a year after Toy Story's release. Jan Pinkava went on to animate for 1998's A Bug's Life , and received story/writing credits for 1999's Toy Story 2 , 2001's Monsters, Inc. , and 2007's Ratatouille .
