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- Danish title: GrisenShorts International: Grisen (The Pig) 2008
- Released: 2008Shorts International: Grisen (The Pig) 2008
- Genre: Comedy, DramaAudience, Withoutabox: Grisen
- Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short FilmSan Jose Mercury News: Oscar's Favorite Shorts Screened at the Del Mar (February 6, 2009)
- Origin: DenmarkSan Jose Mercury News: Oscar's Favorite Shorts Screened at the Del Mar (February 6, 2009)
- Director: Dorthe Warnø HøghShorts International: Grisen (The Pig) 2008
- Screenwriters: Anders August, Dorthe Warnø HøghShorts International: Grisen (The Pig) 2008
- Producers: Johanne Stryhn Felding, Christian Potalivo
- Executive producer: Tivi Magnusson
- Based on a short story by Lars Saabye Christensen
- Running time: 22 minutes Shorts International: Grisen (The Pig) 2008
- Farshad Kholghi , who portrays Hammid, has been in two previous short films that have won an OscarSichlau Film: Grisen, the Pig and the Oscars (February 14, 2009)
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The Pig is an Academy Award nominated film that deals with the topic of religious tolerance.San Jose Mercury News: Oscar's Favorite Shorts Screened at the Del Mar (February 6, 2009) The film was nominated for a Short Live Action Oscar in 2009, but the Award went to director Jochen Alexander Freydank's Toyland.
Synopsis
Asbjørn Jensen, a hospital patient, described as older and obese, has a conflict with the family of his roommate, who is a Muslim, about a picture of a pig. Jensen has become attached to the picture, which features a smiling pig. As he waits to find out whether or not he has cancer, he comes to see the pig as his guardian angel. His roommate's family finds the picture offensive, and requests that it be removed from the room because of their religious beliefs.San Jose Mercury News: Oscar's Favorite Shorts Screened at the Del Mar (February 6, 2009) Shorts International: Grisen (The Pig) 2008 Audience, Withoutabox: GrisenDorthe Warnø Høgh
Dorthe Warnø Høgh, the director of The Pig is the daughter of a composer and an actress. She has written screenplays for Danish television and film, including Arven (2003) , Drabet (2005) , and Anna Pihl (2006-2008).The Oscar Site: Dorthe Warnø Høgh-
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Happy Thanksgiving - time for turkey with a side of pig skin. (via @josejorgeruiz) <-thats the spirit!!
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firefighters scrambled to find gasleak eventualy find the source; a flatulant pig http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26407128-421,00.html
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Wish the dude in the cinema would stop fucking snorting like a pig! Blow yer nose cunt
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Wishing the pilgrims had roasted a pig instead.....
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@webbnuts Pig flu? Hows the curly tail? No, on a more serious note..... how are the trotters? ha sorry Sam, poor taste! Hope ur ok! x
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