Harvie Krumpet

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Harvie Krumpet is the biography of an ordinary man seemingly cursed with perpetual bad luck. From being born with Tourette's Syndrome, to getting struck by lightning; from having his testicle removed to developing Alzheimer's disease; Harvie's troubles seem unending! Yet, Harvie learns many lessons in life and enjoys its many fruits. He finds love, freedom, nudity and ultimately the true meaning of what it is to be human.

Customer Reviews:

Exagerated Prices At Used And New.......2007-05-11

This Film is fantastic. Very touching and very funny. I watched the film at the fantoche festival in switzerland and I loved it. I just recently bougt it at ebay for about 20$ (new). So I'm a bit shocked that it is offerd here for 80$ and more. Just wanted to point that out.
Anyway a fantastic movie I would recomend it to anyone.
(Exept the ones that hate all animated films)

Loved It.......2007-03-16

Claymation as its finest. Loved this short and all the others on the DVD.

VERY CLAYVER (Clever for those more dense).......2006-07-08

This is a wonderful, quirky look at a little clay man. I found parts to be a good laugh and some held poignant sadness too. What these people did with clay is just short of a miracle. BUY THIS, WATCH IT, LOVE IT!

living life forward.......2006-04-14

In one of Adam Elliot's shorts accompanying Harvie, a character says that life can only be understood looking backward but has to be lived forward. Harvie Krumpet is a film that lives forward and is quiet, funny, heartbreaking, exhilarating and all from minimal movement and maximum writing. Elliot is a writer who poetically puts stories together that are so close to the bone but so eccentric that one really doesn;t know what to feel while watching it. The end is always something that makes you want to sit and think for a while before speaking. His characters evoke Beckett in the 21st century with a wit and wryness that is Australia. Wonderful stuff that will stay with you for a long long time.

I love Harvie!.......2006-02-14

I can't stop crying, that was funny and beautiful. One up on Aardman Animation. An exceedingly moving and hilarious tale of man's constant tribulations from birth to senility. Fortified by his ever growing book of "fakts" and his gumption, Harvie learns to find joie de vivre, no matter what circumstances come his way, however annoying, disconcerting, depressing they appear. God, I'm still crying ...

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Harvie Krumpet [Region 2 Import]
Director: Adam Elliot
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Includes another 4 short films by Adam Elliot which trace the origin of Harvie
Director's Commentary
Storyboard Featurrette
Gallery of Character Model Shots

ASIN: B000Q6JKGI

Product Description

Using the style of animated clayman techniques popularised by Aardman Animation's acclaimed "Wallace & Gromit", director Adam Elliot has created an endearing, tragic and perpetually loveable hero in everyman Harvie Krumpet. His strangely life-affirming story is one cursed by random streaks of bad luck, questionable fortunes and being in the most bizarre places at the most inopportune times for the most hilarious and touching of eventualities. From a childhood in Eastern Europe, to adulthood as an immigrant Australian, Harvie's zest for living rarely dwindles and his capacity for collecting his precious 'fakts' of life never wavers. Dark and deliciously funny, the Oscar-winning Harvie remains a hero to us all.

Oscar Nominated Aussie Animation Box Set

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Oscar Nominated Aussie Animation Box Set
Starring: Harvie Krumpet , Birthday Boy , and Mysterious Geographic
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000N4SHQ2
Release Date: 2007-08-14

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Harvie Krumpet

ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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