Fantastic Animation Festival is a package film of animation segments, set mostly to music and released to theaters in 1977. It was one of the earliest of the sort of collections typified by Computer Animation Festival and

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(the co-founders of the latter, formerly known as Festival of Animation, send out flyers of ''Fantastic Animation Festival'').

Summary

Included in its original form of 16 segments were the first national appearance of

Will Vinton William Gale Vinton (November 17, 1947 – October 4, 2018) was an American animator and filmmaker. Vinton was best known for his Claymation work, alongside creating iconic characters such as The California Raisins. He won an Oscar for his wor ...

's Claymation (''Closed Mondays'' and ''Mountain Music''), ''Bambi Meets Godzilla'', Cat Stevens' animated promo for his song '' Moonshadow'' that was shown at his early concerts, and a previously seen

Max Fleischer Max Fleischer (born Majer Fleischer ; July 19, 1883 – September 25, 1972) was an American animator, inventor, film director and producer, and studio founder and owner. Born in Kraków, Fleischer immigrated to the United States where he became ...

Superman cartoon from the 1940s (''The Mechanical Monsters''). The original running time was 107 minutes, which was later edited down to 90 minutes, and then edited for television, to 80 minutes.

Segments

(The following are in running order.) *"Welcome to the world of animation" introduction; voice-over by

Paul Frees Solomon Hersh "Paul" Frees (June 22, 1920November 2, 1986) was an American actor, comedian, impressionist, and vaudevillian. He is known for his work on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Walter Lantz, Rankin/Bass, and Walt Disney theatrical cartoons during ...

who also narrated the trailer *''French Windows'';

rotoscope Rotoscoping is an animation technique that animators use to trace over motion picture footage, frame by frame, to produce realistic action. Originally, animators projected photographed live-action movie images onto a glass panel and traced o ...

animation to Pink Floyd's " One of These Days" by Ian Eames *''Icarus''; Romanian clay animation by Mihail Badica *''A Short History of the Wheel''; by Loren Bowie *''Cosmic Cartoon''; Animated and directed by Eric Ladd and Steven Lisberger *''The Last Cartoon Man''; by

Derek Lamb Derek Reginald Lamb (20 June 1936 – 5 November 2005) was a British animation filmmaker and producer. While serving as executive producer of the National Film Board of Canada's English Animation Studio from 1976 to 1982, he produced the Oscar-win ...

& Jeffrey Hale *''Au Bout Du Fil Cradle'' (''Cat's Cradle''); by Paul Driessen (

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

) *'' Moonshadow''; Cat Stevens' story of

Teaser and the Firecat ''Teaser and the Firecat'' is the fifth studio album by Cat Stevens, released in October 1971. At the Australian 1972 King of Pop Awards the album won Biggest Selling LP. Overview The album contains 10 songs, including the hits " Morning Has ...

, narrated by

Spike Milligan Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish actor, comedian, writer, musician, poet, and playwright. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British Colonial India, where he spent his ...

, by Charles Jenkins *''Oiseau de Nuit'' (''Nightbird''); by Bernard Palacios *''Room and Board''; by Randy Cartwright *''

Bambi Meets Godzilla ''Bambi Meets Godzilla'' is a 1969 black-and-white animated short student film created entirely by Marv Newland. Less than two minutes long, the film is a classic of animation; it was listed #38 in the book ''The 50 Greatest Cartoons'' (1994). ...

''; by

Marv Newland Marv Newland (March 9, 1947) is an American-Canadian filmmaker, specialized in animation. Career Newland began a career making animated motion pictures in Los Angeles with the creation of the short '' Bambi Meets Godzilla'' (1969). He then desig ...

*'' Mountain Music''; Claymation by

*''Light''; by Jordan Belson *''

The Mechanical Monsters ''The Mechanical Monsters'' (1941) is the second of seventeen animation, animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. Produced by Fleischer Studios, the story features Superman battling a mad scientist and his army ...

''; a public domain 1941 Fleischer Studios cartoon *''Stranger''; a 1971

Levi Strauss Levi Strauss (; born Löb Strauß ; February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902) was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) began in 1853 in San Francisc ...

Jeans commercial; by Snazelle Films, narrated by

Ken Nordine Ken Nordine (April 13, 1920 – February 16, 2019) was an American voice-over and recording artist, best known for his series of word jazz albums. His deep, resonant voice has also been featured in many commercial advertisements and movie traile ...

*''Uncola''; a 1975

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commercial; by Robert Abel and Associates *''Mirror People''; by Kathy Rose *''

Kick Me A practical joke, or prank, is a mischievous trick played on someone, generally causing the victim to experience embarrassment, perplexity, confusion, or discomfort.Marsh, Moira. 2015. ''Practically Joking''. Logan: Utah State University Press. ...

''; by Robert Swarthe, a 1975

Best Animated Short Film The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year ...

nominee *''

Closed Mondays ''Closed Mondays'' is an eight-minute clay animation film, created by Bob Gardiner and filmed by Will Vinton in 1974. It was produced by Lighthouse Productions, released by Pyramid Films in the United States, and won the Academy Award for Best ...

''; Claymation by Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner (1974 Academy Award Winner for

)

Notes

The 1941

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-nominated '' Superman (AKA The Mad Scientist)'' was featured on the TV version while the episode ended with ''Mirror People'' instead of ''Closed Mondays''.

Soundtrack

The fanfare music was done by Richard Audd.Concert Fanfare for Orchestra on YouTube
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References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0241436
''Fantastic Animation Festival''
on

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