War Story (1989 film)

War Story
Directed by	Peter Lord
Produced by	Melanie Cole Alan Gardner Sara Mullock
Cinematography	Andy MacCormack Tristan Oliver David Sproxton
Edited by	Helen Garrard
Production company	Aardman Animations^[1]
Release dates	September 27, 1989
Running time	5 min
Country	UK
Language	English

War Story is a 1989 short film created by Aardman Animations.

Production

The film was commissioned by Channel 4 as part of a 5-part series of Aardman animations called "Lip Synch". The five films in the series were Creature Comforts (1989), Going Equipped (1990), Ident (1990), Next (1990) and War Story (1989).^[2] The all used vox pop interviews as their source material. This one is with a genuine British World War II vet.^[3]

Plot

Imdb explains: "This short animated piece uses a real interview as its soundtrack. Bill Perry relates stories about his youth, his tilted house, and adventures during WWII in Bristol, England during the blitz."^[4]

Cast

Bill Perry - Himself (voice)
Peter Lawrence - Interviewer (voice)

Critical reception

War Story received a rating of 6.3/10 from 172 users on imdb.^[5]

Awards and nominations

This is a list of awards and nominations of War Story.

Year	Nominee/work	Award	Result
1990	Sara Mullock and Peter Lord	BAFTA Film Award for Best Animated Film	Nominated^[6]
1990	Peter Lord	Ottawa International Animation Festival Craft Prize for Best Animation	Won^[7]
1990	Peter Lord	Ottawa International Animation Festival OIAF Award for Best Film Under 10 Minutes	Won^[8]

References

Aardman Animations

Peter Lord Nick Park David Sproxton

Short films	Animated Conversations: Down and Out (1977) Animated Conversations: Confessions of a Foyer Girl (1978) Conversation Pieces: On Probation (1983) Conversation Pieces: Sales Pitch (1983) Conversation Pieces: Palmy Days (1983) Conversation Pieces: Early Bird (1983) Conversation Pieces: Late Edition (1983) Sweet Disaster: Babylon (1986) Sledgehammer music video (1986) My Baby Just Cares for Me music video (1987) Barefootin' music video (1987) Lip Synch: Going Equipped (1987) Lip Synch: Creature Comforts (1989) Lip Synch: War Story (1989) Lip Synch: Ident (1989) Lip Synch: Next (1989) Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out (1989) Adam (1991) Rex the Runt: North by North Pole (1993) Loves Me, Loves Me Not (1993) Not Without My Handbag (1993) Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993) Pib and Pog (1993) Pop (1993) Wat's Pig (1993) Rex the Runt: How the Dinosaurs Became Extinct (1993) The Morph Files (1995) Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave (1995) Owzat (1997) Stage Fright (1997) Humdrum (1998) Al Dente (1998) Viva Forever music video (1998) Minotaur and Little Nerkin (1999) Angry Kid (1999) The Non-Voters - BBC Election coverage (2004) The Pearce Sisters (2007) Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008) Dot (2010) Gulp (2011) The Itch of The Golden Nit (2011) Under the Oak Tree ad (2011) Wallace & Gromit's Jubilee Bunt-a-thon (2012) A Pig's Tail ad (2012) The Pirates!: So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012) Darkside trailer (2013) Sphere (2013) Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas (2015)

Television series / series of shorts	Animated Conversations (1977–8) The Amazing Adventures of Morph (1980–1) Conversation Pieces (1983–4) Lip Synch (1989) The Artbox Bunch (1995–6) Rex the Runt (1998–01) Angry Kid (1999–present) Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions (2002–3) Creature Comforts (2003–07) episodes The Presentators (2003–4) Planet Sketch (2005) Purple and Brown (2005–08) Pib and Pog (2006) Shaun the Sheep (2007–) "episodes" Chop Socky Chooks (2008) Timmy Time (2009–12) episodes Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention (2010) DC Nation Shorts: DC's World's Funnest (2012–14)

Feature films	Chicken Run (2000) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) Flushed Away (2006) Arthur Christmas (2011) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012) Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) Early Man (2018)

Franchises	Morph (1977–present) Creature Comforts (1989–2008) Wallace and Gromit (1989–present) Rex the Runt (1989–2001) Shaun the Sheep (2007–present)

Associated studios	DreamWorks Animation Sony Pictures Animation StudioCanal and Lionsgate

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