The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare

The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare
Directed by	Ray Harryhausen
Based on	The Tortoise and the Hare by Aesop
Produced by	Ray Harryhausen Mark Caballero Seamus Walsh
Narrated by	Gary Owens
Production company	Screen Novelties
Release date	2002
Running time	12 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare is a 2002 stop motion short film directed and animated by Ray Harryhausen. It is based on the Aesop fable The Tortoise and the Hare.

Production

Harryhausen began making the film in 1952, but abandoned it soon after, with only about 4 minutes of film completed. Around 50 years later, Seamus Walsh and Mark Caballero, two young fans of Harryhausen's work, learned about the unfinished film and asked Harryhausen if they could finish it with him. He said yes and the short was finally completed in 2002, 50 whole years since Harryhausen had started the production. With the exception of the tortoise, all of the original models were reused due to their survival through the years. Gary Owens narrated the film.

Accolades

Award	Category	Recipient	Result
Annie Awards	Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Short Subject	Ray Harryhausen	Won

See also

• 2002 in film
• List of rediscovered films
• List of films with longest production time

External links

• The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare at IMDb