The Selfish Giant (1972 film)
| The Selfish Giant | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animation |
| Directed by | Peter Sander |
| Voices of | The King's Singers |
| Narrated by | Paul Hecht Charles Aznavour (French version) |
| Theme music composer | Ron Goodwin |
| Composer | Ron Goodwin |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Gerald Potterton Murray Shostak |
| Running time | 26 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CTV |
| Release | 1972 |
| Related | |
| The Happy Prince | |
The Selfish Giant is an animated short film adaptation of the short story by Oscar Wilde. The story has symbolic religious themes and may be considered a work of allegory in Christian literature. The film was produced in 1971 by the Canadian-based Potterton Productions and by Pyramid Films. It earned a 44th Academy Award nomination in the Animated Short Subject category. One of the film's animators was Micheline Lanctôt. The King's Singers provided the vocals after having formed only a few years before.
The film first aired on Canadian television in November 1972 on CTV. It aired in the United States on CBS on March 28, 1973.