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1983 In Animation
Events in 1983 in animation. Events February * February 3: The first Dutch animated feature film ''Als Je Begrijpt Wat Ik Bedoel'' (''The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?)'') is first released. It is based on Marten Toonder's comics series ''Tom Poes'' and produced by Rob Houwer and Topcraft. March * March 11: ''Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore'' premieres, produced by the Walt Disney Company. * March 19: Tomoharu Katsumata's ''Final Yamato'', the longest animated feature film ever at 163 minutes, is first released. * March 31: '' Monty Python's Meaning of Life'' premieres which has animated opening credits and intermezzos by Terry Gilliam. April * April 4: The first episode of ''Mrs. Pepperpot'' is broadcast, based on the Norwegian children's book series of the same name by Alf Prøysen. * April 11: ''55th Academy Awards'': ''Tango'' by Zbigniew Rybczyński wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. * April 15: Clive A. Smith's '' Rock & Rule'' is first releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?)
'' The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?) '' ( nl, Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel, literally: ''If you know what I mean'') is a 1983 Dutch film written and directed by Harrie Geelen, Bjørn Frank Jensen and Bert Kroon. Based on the comic strip Tom Poes, created by Marten Toonder, this was the first animated feature produced in the Netherlands. Plot One stormy night, a servant dog named Yost (Joost) is reading a book saying that storms are caused by dragons. Starting to believe it to be true, he wakes up his employer, a bear named Oliver B. Bear (Oliver B. Bumble). When Ollie tries to convince Yost that dragons do not exist. Yost tries to convince Ollie otherwise by showing him a book he'd been reading during the storm. Ollie takes the book and reads a dragon-calling spell from it and the wind blows the curtains in their faces, and Ollie does not notice a dragon walking by the window. After the storm dies down, they see dragon tracks on the ground, and Yost goes searching for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |