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Special Delivery

1978 animated short film directed by John Weldon
Movie short_film Q727523
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Summary

Special Delivery is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3]
  • Director: John Weldon[4], Eunice Macaulay[5]
  • Screenwriter: Eunice Macaulay[6], John Weldon[7]
  • Composer: Karl Duplessis[8]
  • Producer: Derek Lamb[9]
  • Production company: National Film Board of Canada[10]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[11]
  • Color: color[12]
  • Country of origin: Canada[13]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1978[14]
  • Official website: http://www.nfb.ca/film/special_delivery/[15]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[16]
  • Title: Special Delivery[17]
  • Duration: 7 minutes[18]
  • Narrator: Jean Marchand[19]
  • P14449: 168072[20]
  • P14462: amzn1.dv.gti.62b16a70-0d6d-99b4-f38c-4cbb952a749f[21]

Why It Matters

Special Delivery is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

FAQs

What awards did Special Delivery receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].

Related Entities

Canada

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 7
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'de', 'en', 'gl', 'ko', 'pt', 'ur']
    Ampas collections film id → W068315
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  2. 15w ago · Reubot · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14462 → amzn1.dv.gti.62b16a70-0d6d-99b4-f38c-4cbb952a749f
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
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    P14449 → 168072
    Producer → Derek Lamb
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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