Editing Boundin'

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Boundin'
| image          = Boundin' poster.jpg
| caption        = Poster for ''Boundin'''
| alt            = Poster for Boundin'
| director       = [[Bud Luckey]]
| producer       = [[Osnat Shurer]]
| writer         = Bud Luckey
| starring       = Bud Luckey
| narrator       = Bud Luckey
| music          = Bud Luckey
| cinematography = Jesse Hollander
| editing        = Steve Bloom
| studio         = [[Pixar Animation Studios]]
| distributor    = [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]{{efn|name=Disney|Distributed by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]] through the [[Walt Disney Pictures]] banner.}}
| released       = {{Film date|2003|05|7||2004|11|5|with ''[[The Incredibles]]''}}
| runtime        = 5 minutes<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dellamorte|first1=Andre|title=THE INCREDIBLES Blu-ray Review|url=http://collider.com/the-incredibles-blu-ray-review/|publisher=Collider|access-date=January 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209014220/http://collider.com/the-incredibles-blu-ray-review/|archive-date=February 9, 2013|date=April 30, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         =
| gross          =
}}
'''''Boundin{{'}}''''' is a 2003 American animated short film, which was shown in theaters before the feature-length superhero film ''[[The Incredibles]]''.<ref name=Release>{{cite news|title=Smash Box-Office Success Comes Home March 15!|url=http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/press_box/news/20050120-153323.htm|access-date=May 10, 2012|newspaper=Pixar|date=January 18, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428164149/http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/press_box/news/20050120-153323.htm|archive-date=April 28, 2012}}</ref> The short is a musically narrated story about a dancing lamb, who loses his confidence after being sheared. The film was written, directed, narrated and featured the musical composition and performance of [[Pixar]] animator [[Bud Luckey]].

==Plot==
In the American North Desert, a lamb’s elegant dancing is popular with the other animals. One day lamb-shearers arrive and shear him for wool. The other animals mock his skinny, bare state and he becomes shy and loses the confidence to dance. As the lamb mourns, a benevolent [[jackalope]] comes across him, and teaches him the merits of "bounding", not just dancing (that is, getting up whenever one falls down). The lamb is converted and his joy in life is restored. The lamb's wool eventually grows back in the winter, only for it to be cut again, but his confidence is now completely unshaken and he continues to "bound."

==Voice cast==
*[[Bud Luckey]] as Lamb, Jackalope and Narrator

==Production==
[[File:Pixar jackalope.png|thumb|A screenshot of one of the short film's characters, the jackalope]]
Writer-director [[Bud Luckey]] designed and voiced all the characters, composed the music and wrote the story. According to the director's commentary for ''The Incredibles'', [[Brad Bird]] wanted to introduce the animated short by having Rick Dicker, (the superhero relocator from ''The Incredibles'', also voiced by Luckey) enter a room, sit down, and pull out a bottle of "[[alcoholic beverage|booze]]" and a banjo.

This is the first Pixar short with a theatrical release that included vocal performances with words ([[Bobby McFerrin]] did an acapella song for ''[[Knick Knack]]''). All prior films included only music and sound effects.

The ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' DVD contains a version of ''Boundin''' with [[Mater (Cars)|Mater]] as the jackalope, [[Lightning McQueen]] as the lamb, and [[Guido (Cars)|Guido]] as the gophers as an [[Easter egg (media)|Easter egg]].

==Theatrical and home media release==
To qualify for the [[76th Academy Awards]], Pixar debuted in December 2003 special screenings of the short at the [[Laemmle Theatres]] in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name=VarietyPremiere>{{cite news|last=Wolff|first=Ellen|title=Animated shorts discover fest route is not only road to Oscar|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/awards/animated-shorts-discover-fest-route-is-not-only-road-to-oscar-1117896895/|access-date=April 21, 2013|newspaper=Variety|date=December 9, 2003}}</ref>

''Boundin''' was released on March 15, 2005, on ''[[The Incredibles]]'' two-disc [[DVD]] collector's release, including commentary from [[Bud Luckey]] and the short clip titled ''Who is Bud Luckey?''.<ref name=Release /> The film was also released as part of ''[[Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1]]'' in 2007.

==Awards==
* 2004: [[Annie Award]]&nbsp;— [[Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject|Best Animated Short Subject]] (Won)<ref>{{cite web |title=31st Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2003) |url=http://annieawards.org/31st-annie-awards |publisher=The Annie Awards |access-date=May 10, 2012}}</ref>
* 2004: [[Academy Award]]&nbsp;— [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Best Animated Short Film]] (Nominated)<ref>{{cite web|title=The 76th Academy Awards (2004) Nominees and Winners |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/76th-winners.html |publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=May 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929190645/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/76th-winners.html |archive-date=September 29, 2012 }}</ref>

== Notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.pixar.com/boundin#boundin-1}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0395479|title=Boundin'}}

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