The Family That Dwelt Apart is a 1973 Canadian animated short by Yvon Malette.
| The Family That Dwelt Apart | |
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| Directed by | Yvon Malette |
| Produced by | Wolf Koenig, Yvon Malette & Robert Verrall [1] |
| Narrated by | E. B. White |
| Music by | Eldon Rathburn |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada (NFB) |
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Running time | 7 minutes 55 seconds |
| Country | Canada |
Based on the 1937 short story "Preposterous Parables; III The Family Which Dwelt Apart" by E. B. White, about the misadventures of a family of seven who live in happy isolation on a small island in Barnetuck Bay, until word gets out that they are in distress.
The film is directed by Yvon Mallette, narrated by E.B. White, and produced by Wolf Koenig for the National Film Board of Canada.[2]
The Family That Dwelt Apart received the Canadian Film Award for best animation.[3] It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 47th Academy Awards, losing to the US Claymation short Closed Mondays.[4]