Le Joueur d'échecs

Original title: Geri's Game

1997
G
5m

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Computer Animation Quirky Comedy Animation Comedy Family Short

Geri sets up a chess game to play his greatest opponent - himself.Geri sets up a chess game to play his greatest opponent - himself.Geri sets up a chess game to play his greatest opponent - himself.

Director
- Jan Pinkava
Writer
- Jan Pinkava
Star
- Bob Peterson

See production info at IMDbPro

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7.8/10

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Director
- Jan Pinkava
Writer
- Jan Pinkava
Star
- Bob Peterson

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Oscar
- 9 wins & 1 nomination total

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Bob Peterson

Geri
(voice)

Director
- Jan Pinkava
Writer
- Jan Pinkava
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Trivia
Geri, the chess playing character, resurfaced in Toy Story 2 (1999) as the expert toy cleaner.

Goofs
The box holding the chess pieces falls to the ground but disappears in the closing shot.

Quotes
[only line in the film]
Geri: Ah-ha!

Crazy credits
On the VHS release of this Short, we hear Geri laughing after the end credits

Connections
Featured in Pixar's 20th Anniversary Special (2006)

Soundtracks
Flambée Montalbanaise
(uncredited)
Music by Gus Viseur
Performed by Gus Viseur
Courtesy of Fremeaux & Associes, S.A.

Old GERI'S GAME of chess is played with great flair and passion, against a most worthy opponent and for a very special prize.

Full of small surprises & great imagination, this is a wonderful little film from the folks at Pixar. Besides the basic entertainment factor - watching the old geezer play chess is a joy - the boundaries have been pushed again in computer animation's ability to depict the human body & the natural world. Fascinating on every level.

Geri would return in a cameo in Disney/Pixar's TOY STORY 2 (1999) as The Cleaner, voiced by Jonathan Harris.

Winner of the 1997 Oscar for Best Animated Short.