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The Octopus That Nearly Broke Pixar
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The Octopus That Nearly Broke Pixar

2016-11-15 · 9 min · ★ 7.0

Documentary

A short documentary on creating Hank the octopus and the difficulties in bringing him to the screen.

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Tony Kaplan
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Pixar
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United States of America
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