Great Oscar Nominated Short about Undertakers - THIS WAY UP

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The oscar nominated animated short, This Way Up, tells the story of two undertakers who try to deliver a body to a graveyard. Of course, everything that can possibly go wrong does.  

The film was produced by Nexus and directed by Smith & Foulkes, and it's very entertaining. It was nominated for an Oscar back in 2008, but recently popped up online for everyone to watch. You can no see for yourself why it was nominated for the prestigious award.

Laying the dead to rest has never been so much trouble. 

The animated caper is a series of emotional and literal pitfalls for the pall-bearing team, as their journey and relationship unravel on an epic scale culminating in the pair joining the old lady in a trip through the underworld.

I love everything about this short. It's extremely funny and morbid. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks to io9 for the tip!

Laying the dead to rest has never been so much trouble. This Oscar Nominated short is directed by Smith & Foulkes and written by Foulkes, Smith, and Christopher O’Reilly, and produced at Nexus by Charlotte Bavasso and Christopher O’Reilly, the film follows two dour unfortunates as they battle a series of misadventures while trying to deliver a coffin to the graveyard. The animated caper is a series of emotional and literal pitfalls for the pall-bearing team, as their journey and relationship unravel on an epic scale culminating in the pair joining the old lady in a trip through the underworld. ‘This Way Up’, was nominated for an Oscar® for best animated short at the 81st annual Academy Awards. Before its Oscar win, “This Way Up” won numerous awards at film festivals around the world, including an Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival, the Public Prize for Best Short Film at the 2008 Ottawa Animation Festival, the Audience Award for Animated Short at both the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the Mundos Digitales in Spain. Full Credits Below: Directed by Smith & Foulkes Written by Smith & Foulkes and Christopher O’Reilly Produced by Charlotte Bavasso and Christopher O’Reilly Co-producer Christine Ponzevera Production Company Nexus Productions Ltd 3D Animatic and Layout Nicolas Domerego (Supervisor) Ben Cowell Simon Landrein Stuart Doig Antoine Bourruel 3D Modelling & Texturing Darren Price (Supervisor) Michael Greenwood Vincent Fiere Ben Bigiel Alison Bond Nicolas Domerego Simon Landrein Kuba Gryglicki Benjamin Devaux Guillaume Julien Character Set-up and Rigging Luis San Juan Pallares (Supervisor) Miguel Garcia Lluch Michael Greenwood Rudi Hammad Background Digital Painting Adam Willis (Supervisor) Florian Mounié Justin Atkinson Pipeline TD Luis San Juan Pallares Storyboard artist James Husbands Technical Director Mark Davies CG Animators Reece Millidge Stuart Doig Steve Brown Antoine Bourruel Mélanie Climent James Wilson Mark Davies Roly Edwards Dominic Griffiths Boris Lowinger Lighting and Rendering Nicolas Domerego Simon Landrein Maelys Faget Florian Mounié Jerome Haupert Ludovik Boden Guillaume Cassuto Darren Rolmanis Visual Effects and Compositing Fletcher Moules (Supervisor) Sheldon Gardner Jerome Haupert Dylan White Navid Bagherzadeh Clayton McDermott Kwok Fung Lam Cloth simulations Lora Jensen Render assistant Jens Blank Sound designer Andre Jacquemin at Redwood Studios Re-recording Mixer Craig Irving at Twickenham Film Studios Voice over artists Marc Silk (Son, Granny, Red demon) Chris Grant (Dad) Original music by John Greswell and Christopher Taylor for MPM London Arrangement by Andy Mellon Music Consultant Jonny Trunk Existing music Song ‘Happy Weekend’ Sung by Ray Merrell Composed and written by Jack Fishman and Roy Budd Published by JHP & Mood Media Head of Productions Julia Parfitt Studio Manager Theano Kazagli Production Manager Jo Bierton Head of 3D Ben Cowell Nexus Productions support Denise Abraham Matt Archibold Tim Dillon Ben Hunt Ian Mansel-Thomas Thana Shanmugam Matt Shepherd Alice Wigley Special thanks to Mike Judge, Don Hertzfeldt, Rebecca Moline, Nicolas Schmerkin A Nexus Productions Made with the support of BBC Films, BBC Comedy & BBC Film Network for BBC Film Network Executive Producers Claire Cook and Gerard O’Malley Creative Head, BBC Comedy Kenton Allen for BBC Films Executive Producer Beth Richards Production Executive Matthew Vizard with the support of The Animation Show Co-production : Arcadi (Action régionale pour la création artistique et la diffusion en Ile de France)