Theatrical Release Date: May 29, 2009
Running Time: 5 minutes 45 seconds

Cast
Gus (The Cloud), Peck (The Stork) and a collection of babies

Credits

Music by: Michael Giacchino
Executive Produced By: John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton
Produced By: Kevin Reher
Written By: Peter Sohn
Directed by: Peter Sohn

Tidbits

• This is the directorial debut for Peter Sohn. Peter was also the voice and inspiration for Emile (Ratatouille) and Russell (Up).

• In a great interview with Animation World Magazine, Peter talks about the pitch: “There’s the world of storks that deliver babies, but where do they get these babies from? And my answer was obviously the clouds. And I had done some drawings of these cloud characters — taking some photos and Photoshopping eyes and a nose in and then having some birds all flocking up to the skies. I pitched this story of a smaller gray cloud that [lived below and] made some of the dangerous babies. And I showed John [Lasseter]these images and he touched on one of them and said let’s start developing this one. And that was close to a year-and-a-half ago and it’s been a really interesting learning experience for me. Obviously, this is my first [short]. It really is like raising a baby. I felt very much like Gus during this thing — making something and wanting people to like it.”