Kick Me (film)
Kick Me is a 1975 animated short film[1] made by Robert Swarthe.[2][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.
It was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1975 -". cartoonresearch.com.
- ^ Cartoon Brew
- ^ 11TH INTERNATIONAL TOURNEE OF ANIMATION - Cleveland Film Festival
- ^ Kick Me on Internet Archive
- ^ REVISITING CINEFEX (11): ET AND ROBERT SWARTHE
- ^ Short Film Winners: 1976 Oscars
- ^ 1976|Oscars.org
- ^ Kick Me Preserved Projects
External links[]
- Kick Me at IMDb
- [1] on Cartoon Brew
Categories:
- 1975 films
- 1975 animated films
- American avant-garde and experimental films
- Self-reflexive films
- Drawn-on-film animated films
- American animated short films
- American films
- 1970s rediscovered films
- Rediscovered American films