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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.
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The Selfish Giant can refer to: One of the five stories in the collection The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) by Oscar Wilde. The Selfish Giant, Canadian animated film adaptation; The Selfish Giant, British film "The Selfish Giant" (song), by Damon Albarn from the album Everyday Robots
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (or Stories) is a collection of bedtime stories for children by Oscar Wilde, first published in May 1888.It contains five stories that are highly popular among children and frequently read in schools: "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket."
Stanley Walker Hollingsworth (August 27, 1924, Berkeley, California – October 29, 2003, Rocklin, California) [1] was an American composer and teacher. He was a student of composer Darius Milhaud from 1944–46, and of Gian Carlo Menotti from 1948–50.
The Selfish Giant is a 2013 British coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Clio Barnard. Inspired by Oscar Wilde 's short story of the same name , it stars Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas as two teenage boys who get caught up in the world of copper theft.
Barnard grew up in the town of Otley in Yorkshire. Her father was a university lecturer and her mother was an artist who later became a jazz singer. [3] She graduated from Newcastle Polytechnic [4] (now Northumbria University), with a First Class B.A. (Hons) with distinction in fine art and received a Post-Graduate Diploma in Electronic Imaging at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
The Selfish Giant is a folk opera composed and adapted by English songwriter Guy Chambers, based on the short story by Oscar Wilde (as part of The Happy Prince and Other Tales). Production [ edit ]