Kick Me (film) explained
| Kick Me |
| Director: | Robert Swarthe |
| Production Companies: | --> |
| Distributor: | Little Red Filmhouse |
| Runtime: | 8 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
Kick Me is a 1975 American independent[1] animated short film[2] made by Robert Swarthe.[3]
Summary
The film is about a pair of red legs and its misadventures on celluloid film involving a giant baseball and spiders.[4]
Production
The animation was produced by drawing pictures directly onto frames of film stock, instead of by inking/painting and photographing cels as in traditional animation techniques of the era.[5]
Reception and legacy
It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[6] [7] and was featured on Fantastic Animation Festival.
Kick Me was named to the ALA Notable Children's Videos list in 1976.[8]
It was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.[9]
References
- https://www.animationforadults.com/2017/11/the-academy-presents-restored-animated.html THE ACADEMY PRESENTS 'RESTORED ANIMATED RARITIES'|AFA: Animation for Adults
- Web site: Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1975 -. cartoonresearch.com.
- Web site: 11TH INTERNATIONAL TOURNEE OF ANIMATION - Cleveland Film Festival . 2022-01-21 . 2022-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220121144632/https://www.clevelandfilm.org/films/1977/11th-international-tournee-of-animation . dead .
- https://archive.org/details/kickme_20170601 Kick Me on Internet Archive
- https://graham-edwards.com/2011/11/16/revisiting-cinefex-11-et-and-robert-swarthe/ REVISITING CINEFEX (11): ET AND ROBERT SWARTHE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of6juB-EurQ Short Film Winners: 1976 Oscars
- https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976 1976|Oscars.org
- Book: ALA. 978-0-8389-3342-8. Notable children's films and videos, filmstrips, and recordings, 1973-1986. Chicago. 2024-02-15. 1987.
- http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=Kick+Me&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All Kick Me
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