Taking Flight is a short film inspired by the life and heritage of Antonio Pasin, inventor of the Radio Flyer wagon. In this fictional tribute to Pasin's legacy, what begins as a small boy's over-scheduled, over supervised, boring day with Grandpa turns into a larger-than-life journey, narrowly escaping wild monkeys and battling aliens to save the universe. Through the power of imagination and epic adventure, a boy learns to be a kid, a father learns to be a dad, a grandpa reminds all of us what childhood is all about.
Direction
Oldenburg's kinetic visual storytelling packs feature-film ambition into six minutes.
Director
Brandon Oldenburg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Antonio Pasin founded Radio Flyer in 1917; the 'little red wagon' became an American childhood staple, with over 100 million sold.
Director Brandon Oldenburg won an Oscar for the similarly whimsical short 'The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore' (2011).
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