Running Time 5 minutes (approx.)

Synopsis

Lorenzo, a cat who is overly proud of his high-life and his overly fluffy tail is suddenly challenged when a spell is cast on his tail which give it a life of it's own.

Characters

Lorenzo

Molly

Credits

Directed by Mike Gabriel

Produced by Baker Bloodworth

Associate Producer: Jean-Luc Florinda

Executive Producers

Roy E. Disney

Don Hahn

Animation

Georges Abolin

Pierre Alary

Marco Allard

Jean-Luc Ballester

David Berthier-Duverneuil

Bolhem Bouchiba

Borja Montoro Cavero

Patrick Delage

Eric Delbecq

Marc Eoche-Duval

Thierry Goulard

Juanjo Guarnido

Zoltan Maros

Catherine Poulain

Stéphane Sainte-Foi

Kristoff Vergne

Written by Mike Gabriel

Based on a story by Joe Grant

Edited by Jessica Ambinder-Rojas

Music by Juan José Mosalini and his Big Tango Orchestra

Song "Doreoneo y 900" by Osvaldo Ruggiero

Music Arrangers

Juan José Mosalini

Julián Plaza

Osvaldo Ruggiero

Design: Mike Gabriel

Storyboards: Mike Gabriel

Backgrounds: Mike Gabriel

Digital Effects Supervisor: John Murrah

Artistic Coordinator, Visual Effects Supervisor: Dave Bossert

Software Expert (Sable Author): Dan Teece

Production Managers

Connie Nartonis Thompson

Timothy Jason Smith

Assistant Production Manager: Fred Herrman

Post-Production Supervisor: Valerie Flueger

Layout

Edward L. Ghertner

Lam Hoang

Kee Nam Suong

Caps Supervisor (Scene Planning): Mark Henley

Avid Technical Support: Darrian M. James

Assistant Technical Director (Character Finaling): Sheldon Ramones

Awards

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film, Animated in 2005

Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Marketing

Comments

From Animation World News :

As Disney enters the Oscar home stretch with the acclaimed "Destino", the studio will soon unveil its next animated short, "Lorenzo", at Florida Film Festival 2004 in Orlando. This five-minute black comedy about a fat and sassy cat terrorized by its own tail into a fit of ballroom dancing will have its world premiere March 6 at 12:00 noon at the Enzian Theater. "Lorenzo" will screen again on March 10 at 7:00 pm and March 12 at 9:15 pm.

Based on an original idea by 95-year-old legend Joe Grant, "Lorenzo" was written, designed and directed by Mike Gabriel ("Pocahontas" and "The Rescuers Down Under"). Roy Disney and Baker Bloodworth, who collaborated on "Destino", once again serve as exec producer and producer, with veteran Don Hahn ("The Lion King") joining as exec producer.

Gifted artist Gabriel hand painted all of the backgrounds for this 2D/3D hybrid in a bold color pallet, according to Bloodworth, using Tempera paints on black construction paper. He was aided by Sable, a painterly renderer for expressive 3D brush strokes, created by Daniel Teece.

Traditional animation and cleanup was performed at Walt Disney Feature Animation Paris, which has since been shuttered, while all painting, digital technology and post were done at Walt Disney Feature Animation Burbank.

From Ryan R. : My wife and I saw Lorenzo when it played in front of the movie, Raising Helen. Prior to this I had never heard of Lorenzo so I had absolutely no clue what to expect.

The short is funny in a very dark way, and the accompanying tango music is captivating. It's too bad that this short got such a limited release and so few people have been able to see it.

From Brad Bethel : I actually saw this cartoon back in the summer of 2004, when it was released in front of Raising Helen (I skipped the actual movie).

Seeing as how it was originally intended to be part of a third Fantasia, this demonstrates the creativity that can still be exercised with hand-drawn animation.

What also helps was that the concept was started by Disney legend Joe Grant. Amazing he was around for both Fantasias.

The cartoon was worth seeing, and its Oscar nomination was well-earned. Maybe in the near future, when Disney gets back on track and revives their hand-drawn animation services, we'll be seeing more stand-alone films like this, and possibly that third Fantasia.

From Mario Toro : I would love to watch Lorenzo again. It is the most fascinating short story I ever had seen, the music, the colors, the animation.

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