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Apple Wins Oscar for 'The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse'
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No, the acquired the production. Meaning they funded, managed production, and approved the finished product for release. Not the same as acquiring a canned film for release.
Your minds will be blown when you find out what production companies actually do.
"Charlie! Hey wake up Charlie! We won the Oscars Charlie!"
It is funny that some of the guys on here do not realize that Apple has its own full fledged Movie & TV Studio. Apple Music is practically a Music Production company and Apple also has the Halftime show for the Super Bowl for the foreseeable future! Even more Apple is even getting into its own Sports Network with its own live streamed Major League Baseball (MLB) and other professional sports like Major League Soccer (MLS). Apple does not just make iPhones anymore guys!
That’s exactly what the source material is that’s why. It’s a book of nice illustrations with feel good one liners. (I’m not suggesting that would work for a film, I’ve also not seen the film).
Quality is so bad across the board that awards are meaningless.
I wanted My Year of Dicks to win. That one was hilarious. But this Apple film was cute.
Apple: *buys already completed film, distributes it* "OMG! ALL OUR HARD WORK PAID OFF!"
Uh....no.
Uh....no.
LOST is a pretty terrible example, because ABC FUNDED IT & PROMOTED IT LIKE CRAZY. An exec got fired for giving them the money for the fuselage in the very first episode. Wouldn't have been possible without them. Apple here did noting but buy a finished movie off the shelf.
Big difference between buying something that was already completed, and funding something as it goes.
That's not what they did here though. Better analogy for this situation: "Oh man, that's beautiful house...let's buy it and act like we made it"
'Exposure' - do you even hear yourself?
Well, this also happens with other areas too...
Microsoft didn't create Visio. They bought it, and did end up treating it as one of their own.
Siri was originally to be slated for Android, iOS, and Blackberry OS, until Apple bought them up and only let it be for iOS.
... furthermore, people know who the leaders were behind products, but aren't actually aware of all of the details behind the products, like who designed your iPhone? Who made your iPhone? Where did the parts come from? Who was the person who designed the software interface? Etc.
Huh. Somebody got triggered over ...everything.
You didn't like the content, You didn't like the comments. You didn't like the mistaken idea that Apple took the credit. For the record, they did not, as they praised the BBC, the author, the artists, the production, if you bother to read more than this article.
I hope your day goes better. After all, this means nothing in the scheme of things.
The Academy, Apple, and the production crew got it right. Stop your bitching and moaning and watch this beautiful story. The animation alone is worth the effort. Chuck full of life truisms we can all learn from. Who cares about Apple's motives and how they came upon backing this story. It might of interest to you that Jon Ivy was one of the executive producers. I am 78 and I enjoyed every minute of it, going to recommend iot for my great grandson!
Good grief. Go do something to change how everything happens in the arts then, instead of sitting around complaining about how commerce works simply for the sake of complaining.
I hated this film so much. The animation was fine but unspectacular, while the script was terrible. People were laughing out loud in the theater at how hokey some of the lines were.
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" "Kind."
Ugh.
I was pulling for "My Year of Dicks," which was a good film whose title did it no favors.
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" "Kind."
Ugh.
I was pulling for "My Year of Dicks," which was a good film whose title did it no favors.
No, you're wrong. They bought the film in October, after it was already finished by the BBC. All Apple did was buy the international distribution rights outside of the UK.
Apple bought the international distribution rights in October, well after completion on the film. They had nothing to do with the production or the finished product. Don't cite Wikipedia.
Variety Article
"People were laughing out loud in the theater at how hokey some of the lines were."
I don't think this short was distributed in cinema/theatre, it was "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse was released in the United Kingdom through BBC One and BBC iPlayer on December 24, 2022 and in other countries on Apple TV+ on December 25, 2022". (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy,_the_Mole,_the_Fox_and_the_Horse_(film)).
Oh, and we really loved it; animation and story 😀
Sad to read all this nonsense. Producing anything in 'entertainment' is an expensive venture. Apple TV + like the BBC were major investors if you know how to read credits. Watch it again and read those credits again.......it is fascinating.......the 'Freud' name....do a search. Jony Ive producer credit.....I am sure one or two or you have heard of him. Watch it. Or don't. The decision is yours.
It really wasn’t that good. My youngest daughter was intrigued for a while watching it, but it just rambled on and the ending was pretty poor.
I expected more. Much more.
I expected more. Much more.
"People were laughing out loud in the theater at how hokey some of the lines were."
I don't think this short was distributed in cinema/theatre, it was "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse was released in the United Kingdom through BBC One and BBC iPlayer on December 24, 2022 and in other countries on Apple TV+ on December 25, 2022". (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy,_the_Mole,_the_Fox_and_the_Horse_(film)).
Oh, and we really loved it; animation and story 😀
It was distributed in theaters when they exhibit all of the best animated shorts together as a package. Nice try catching a lie. Glad you enjoyed cliched garbage. 👍
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I watched it with my grandchildren this past weekend and I thought very highly of it. There wasn't a lot of dialog, but what was said was pithy. The messages were positive and edifying. There's an awful lot of things being said in the world today, and I think a film like this has something to offer. If nothing else, I applaud the intent.
Watched it last night, and I agree the script wasn't at the level of the drawings and animation and felt a bit stitched. I still think it had its moments and the platitudes wasn't empty even if we've heard them all before. I think it brings up topics that are good to be reminded of every now and then.
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