Olaf's Frozen Adventure - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Olaf's Frozen Adventure or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Olaf's Frozen Adventure

[ruby]

When Olaf is given a sauna and a towel from Oaken, its implied that he and his family are the first nudist family in Disney history (given that Oaken walks back into his shop so casually without a towel).

[javier]

(At 15:08) when Elsa and Anna figure out what Sven is acting out that Olaf is in trouble and Kristoff doesn't, it foreshadows the game of Charades they will all perform in "Frozen II" ( at 12:40 in that film)

[wallace]

Right from the beginning, directors Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers, producer Roy Conli, and executive producer John Lasseter envisioned Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017) to be as a setup for the upcoming film, Frozen II (2019), where the actions and decisions made by the characters in the short film will set the stage for what's to come in the second film.

[francisco]

Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017) is the first Walt Disney Pictures production that either takes place during Christmastime or have Christmas themes to be theatrically released since A Christmas Carol (2009).

[linda]

In this "Frozen" short, Olaf treats his coal buttons like clothes. At several scenes where he knocks on the villagers' doors, most notably the candy cane house, he adjusts his top and middle coal buttons like a tie.

[lonnie]

The film was originally announced as a television special that was to be aired on ABC. It wasn't until halfway through production when the filmmakers and the Disney executives deemed the project "too cinematic" for television, so they decided to release it in theaters worldwide. Impressed with its eye-popping animation and emphasis on family and tradition, the Disney executives decided to release the short film with the theatrical release of Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios' Coco (2017), as they believed it would be a perfect opener to Coco, which embraces similar thematic territory during Día de los Muertos.

[sandra]

The short was released in October 27 in México previous to the screening of Coco (2017) as the mini film deals with traditions as the tie that bonds people of many nations.

[ray]

During the song, "That Time of Year", Olaf references bits and pieces of words from lyrics of many traditional Christmas carols from "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas". At one point, he sings "Melekaliki" (Hawaiian for "Merry Christmas"), a cultural nod to the Pacific culture in Disney's "Moana". The song "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" was famously featured in another Christmas special, "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer", which featured a singing snowman.

[sandra]

Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017) is the second non-Pixar animated short film to be theatrically released in front of a full-length Pixar animated film after 1990's Roger Rabbit short film Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990) (which was theatrically reissued in front of Toy Story (1995) back in 1995 that took the place of a fourth Roger Rabbit short entitled Hare In my Soup which got canceled during pre production).

[nina]

Shown in theaters in front of Disney Pixar's film Coco (2017).

[alyssa]

This is the first Frozen film to be shot in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio, unlike the other Frozen films which were produced in 2.24:1.

[frederick]

Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017) is Walt Disney Pictures' first half-hour featurette to be theatrically released since the 1990 Mickey Mouse short film The Prince and the Pauper (1990).

[charlie]

Small figurines depicting characters from 'Prep and Landing' and 'The Ballad of Nessie' (the directors' previous films) are visible throughout the film. Nessie, for example, is one of the many trinkets Olaf collects.

[kristen]

This is the 4th short of Disney's CGI Animated Musical Universe franchise.

[javier]

Released theatrically as a short accompanying Pixar's Coco (2017).