Stick Man

Stick Man is a 2015 short computer-animated television film based on the 2008 picture book of the same name written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Directed by Jeroen Jaspaert and Daniel Snaddon, the film was produced by Martin Pope and Michael Rose of Magic Light Pictures in London, and in association with Orange Eyes Limited and Triggerfish Animation Studios. The film is narrated by Jennifer Saunders, and features Martin Freeman as the voice of the titular characters, along with Rob Brydon, Russell Tovey, Sally Hawkins, and Hugh Bonneville providing additional voice roles.
Stick Man was released on DVD in the United Kingdom and Ireland on February 1, 2016 by Entertainment One, and in the United States on November 8, 2016 by PBS Home Entertainment. It was later re-released on DVD in the former two territories on February 11, 2019 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Entertainment One.
== Images ==
File:Stick Man 2015 UK DVD cover V1.jpeg|UK/Ireland DVD cover (2016, front)
File:Stick Man 2015 UK DVD cover V2.jpeg|UK/Ireland DVD cover (2016, spine)
File:Stick Man 2015 UK DVD cover V3.png|UK/Ireland DVD cover (2016, back)
File:Stick Man 2015 UK DVD disc label.png|UK/Ireland DVD disc label
File:Stick Man 2015 US DVD cover.png|US DVD cover
File:Stick Man 2015 UK DVD cover V4.jpeg|UK/Ireland DVD cover (2019, front)
File:Stick Man 2015 UK DVD cover V5.png|UK/Ireland DVD cover (2019, spine)
== Storyline ==
=== Plot ===
Stick Man, an anthropomorphic wooden stick, lives with his Stick Lady Love and their children in the family tree. Out one day for a jog, he meets a little boy who throws him for his dog to fetch, some children who play Pooh-sticks with him and a swan who uses him to build a nest before being washed out to sea and onto the beach far from home. After several other humiliating encounters throughout the year, he has an unexpected saviour in the form of Santa Claus, who helps him to get home for Christmas with his family.
=== Genres ===
* Animation
* Adventure
* Family
* Short
=== Home Media Rating ===
* G (Ireland)
* U (UK)
== Details ==
=== Country of origin ===
* United Kingdom
=== Category Number ===
* E051966D (UK / Ireland) (DVD, 2016)
* U078140DSP01 (UK / Ireland) (DVD, 2019)
=== Home Media Release Dates ===
* February 1, 2016 (UK) (DVD)
* February 1, 2016 (Ireland) (DVD)
* November 8, 2016 (US) (DVD)
* February 11, 2019 (UK) (DVD re-release)
* February 11, 2019 (Ireland) (DVD re-release)
== Company Credits ==
=== Production Companies ===
* BBC Worldwide
* BBC One
* Magic Light Pictures
* Orange Eyes Limited
*Triggerfish Animation Studios
=== Distributors ===
* Entertainment One (2016) (UK) (DVD)
* Entertainment One (2016) (Ireland) (DVD)
* PBS Home Entertainment (2016) (US) (DVD)
* Entertainment One (2019) (UK) (DVD) (through 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
* Entertainment One (2019) (Ireland) (DVD) (through 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2019) (UK) (DVD) (through)
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2019) (Ireland) (DVD) (through)
== Technical Specs ==
=== Aspect Ratio ===
* 16:9
== Trivia ==
* This is the first Magic Light Pictures animated short film to be released on DVD in the United States by PBS Home Entertainment.
* This is the first Magic Light Pictures animated short film to not be released on DVD in the United States by NCircle Entertainment.
* This is the last Magic Light Pictures animated short film, as well as their last animated film overall, to be initially released on DVD in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Entertainment One as an independent home media distributor in those territories, since starting in July 2016 and ending in June 2019, eOne's home media titles in those territories were distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
*This is the first Magic Light Pictures animated short film, as well as their first animated film overall, to have its animation be produced by Triggerfish Animation Studios, who was previously known for producing animated films such as Adventures in Zambezia (2012) and Khumba (2013), and would later go onto to provide the animation for some of Magic Light's future animated films.
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