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Two soldiers, voiced by Dizzy Gillespie and Dudley Moore, patrol the border between their countries. One of them drops his hat, and a dialogue (and an improvised jazz duet) about the possibility of peace through world law ensues.
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The spirits of life and death go for a drive in this darkly humorous fantasia featuring an original score by Quincy Jones.
- Comedy
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Set in the present day, Native American protesters confront the crew of an oil pipeline project, just down the hill from the land of their ancestors. The grandfather evokes the ancient tale of their Creation myth, reminding all of us that the challenges facing humanity are universal, and that we need to find our place in the great circle of creatures.
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- Adventure
- Fantasy
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Pillow talk takes a surreal turn in a shape-shifting blend of live action and animation.
- Drama
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Faith and John Hubley visualize the spirit of childhood imagination in this slice-of-life short set to recordings of their daughters Emily and Georgia at play.
- Family
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Our narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one for joking and the like, Johnno starts to change for the worse after he announced that his father has died.
- Drama
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One of Lotte Reiniger’s final films is an animated retelling of the biblical parable of the prodigal son.
- Drama
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A sly political satire realized through charming hand-drawn animation, BON VOYAGE SIM features one of director Moustapha Alassane’s many beloved cartoon frogs as Monsieur Sim, the president of the Republic of Toads, who faces a crisis when he returns home from a “diplomatic” trip abroad.
- Drama
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The classic story of a poor young tailor who comes into possession of a lamp containing a wish-granting genie is brought to life through Lotte Reiniger’s enchanting silhouette animation.
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Adventure
- Family
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The caliph of Baghdad is transformed into a stork by his wicked uncle in this adaptation of a tale by Wilhelm Hauff.
- Drama
- Fantasy
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Widely believed to be the very first animated feature film, Lotte Reiniger’s astonishing 1926 adaptation of tales from “One Thousand and One Nights” uses striking silhouette cutouts and gorgeous color tinting to bring to life the story of an Arabian prince who is whisked away on a flying horse to an enchanted land where he tangles with an evil sorcerer, rescues a princess, and joins forces with none other than Aladdin. Painstakingly composed frame by frame by Reiniger over the course of three years, this landmark work is both an enchanting storybook saga and a retina-delighting triumph of visual imagination.
- Drama
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2123. Faced with diminishing resources, the human race can only survive through a trade-off: at the age of 50, every citizen isgradually turned into a tree. When Stefan discovers that his beloved wife Nora has voluntarily signed up for donating her own body before her time, he sets out on an adventurous journey to save her at all costs.
- Drama
- Sci-Fi
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he vulgar, adults-only satire peppered with social critiques and references to prevailing politics, made in the same outspoken, provocative tone as South Park and Beavis and Butt-Head, is a humorous and authentic report card of the backward, post-millennium political and social apparatus of Eastern Europe as seen from the point of view of straight-talking children, that is, from the grassroots.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental
- Crimi
