Gone Nutty

"The acorn of despair."

2002 0h 5m EN

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 226

AnimationAdventureComedyFamily

Synopsis

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Scrat tries to finish his rather large collection of acorns when things start going nutty.

“The acorn of despair.”

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Cast

Chris Wedge
Scrat (voice)

Credits

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Director: Carlos Saldanha
Writers: William H. Frake III, Dan Shefelman, Moroni Taylor
Languages: No Language
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 5-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael A. Levine. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Tim Nordquist shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The acorn of despair.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0342965 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Carlos Saldanha directs. Michael A. Levine scores. Tim Nordquist cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

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1Tight 5-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 24 years ago.
3Original score by Michael A. Levine. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Tim Nordquist shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Marketing tagline: "The acorn of despair.".
6IMDB entry: tt0342965 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Michael A. Levine
Editing: Tim Nordquist
Sound: Sean Garnhart
Runtime: 5 min · 0h 5m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Gone Nutty (2002)

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CinemaSerf2026-07-05
★ 6/10
This is one of these short features that you might see in the cinema ahead of a main feature that can't quite make it to ninety minutes - and it's fine. "Scrat" is preparing for the bitter "Ice Age" winter by hoarding his collection of nuts in the stump of a dead tree. About to complete his collection, the last one steadfastly refuses to take it's place in the middle of his store. Try as he will, it keeps popping out until in frustration he ends up upsetting the entire supply - and this tree is perched perilously close to the edge of a precipice! Now on the acorn of a dilemma, what is our hapless rodent to do? Perhaps this wants to serve as a warning to us about the dangers of being too greedy, but in any case it provides the lads at Pixar with a chance to experiment, dialogue-free, with an amiable character whose bug-eyes do most of his talking for him - and here they do it entertainingly as he struggles to keep control of his carefully assembled but now tumbling fuel supply. This pretty much hits the ground running and watch the tail - it has a life of it's own.

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