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Hot Stuff (1971 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Hot Stuff' is a 1971 animated short directed and animated by Zlatko Grgic
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by Zlatko Grgic-Animation Show of Shows and written by Don Arioli. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for the Dominion Fire Commission, a department of Public Works Canada, the nine-minute short on fire safety offers a humorous look [https://archive.org/details/hotstuff_201609 Internet Archive] at the origins, benefits and dangers of fire. The film garnered seven international awards, including Best Educational Film Award at the World Festival of Animated Films in Croatia and a Canadian Film Award for Arioli for best non-feature screenplay.
Production
Grgic was recruited by for the NFB by producers Robert Verrall and Wolf Koenig after they saw his film 'Scabies'. Much of 'Hot Stuff's humour had been initially improvised-Gerald Budner, who was himself an animator, ad-libbed voices for two of the characters, a snake and a cat. Arioli had been annoyed with Budner's banter, but Koenig insisted on retaining these asides. Grgic was also given freedom to improvise by the producers.
Release
'Hot Stuff' was one of seven NFB animated shorts acquired by the American Broadcasting Company, marking the first time NFB films had been sold to a major American television network. It aired on ABC in the fall of 1971 as part of the children's television show 'Curiosity Shop', executive produced by Chuck Jones. It also aired (minus the opening & closing credits) on 'The Great Space Coaster' in the 1980s.
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