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Blowhard (film)
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'Blowhard' is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Brad Caslor and Christopher Hinton for the National Film Board of Canada in 1978.Wyndham Wise, [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/christopher-hinton "Christopher Hinton"]. 'The Canadian Encyclopedia', December 15, 2011. A satire of capitalism, the film centres on a businessman who moves to Blowhard, a town populated by dragons but without electrical power, and formulates a plan to profit and become rich by exploiting the dragons as a power source.William Beard and Jerry White, 'North of Everything: English-Canadian Cinema Since 1980'. University of Alberta Press, 2002. . p. 76.
The film was made for the NFB's 'Renewable Society' series. It also served as a subtle comment on Western Canadian alienation, as businessman J. B. Edwards was "from the East" and the town of Blowhard was "in the West". It was narrated by Maara Haas, and also featured Wayne Finucan as the voice of J. B. Edwards.
The film received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 29th Canadian Film Awards in 1978Jay Scott, "Four films nominated for Etrogs". 'The Globe and Mail', August 24, 1978. and it won a Golden Sheaf Award for Best Animation at the Yorkton Film Festival.
It was later broadcast in the United States on Cartoon Network's 'O Canada' anthology series of NFB animated shorts.
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