Animated by peter kleinow, the bookends show the familiar art clokey characters gumby and pokey the horse filming a movie. It was released that summer by expanded entertainment, and in the years since has been released on home video in all formats, including a deluxe bluray with even more puppetoons as extras. The puppetoon movie academy award winning genius george pal created a series of stop motion animated shorts in the 1930s and 1940s called puppetoons. Late in the eighties, bernd ogrodnik received his first large assignment for the screen, when he was asked to design, build and control the in iceland legendary paper peter.
In september, image released the documentary the fantasy film worlds of. The puppetoon movie had its premiere at the inaugural afi film festival in 1987. Long before assembling such dynamite feature films as the war of the worlds, tom thumb and the time machine, pal was top man in the field of stopmotion photography. The puppetoon movie 1987 feature length theatrical. Grant ellis presents puppet movie puppet movie was my first student film. It was a labor of love written and directed by arnold leibovit and was born out of the highest regard for george pals marvelous puppetoons from the 30s and 40s. Long before assembling such dynamite feature films as, tom thumb and, pal was top man in. George pal and puppetoons this week on tcm animation scoop. If you want to contact them, you can add this item to your shop.
Gumby, pokey and arnie the dinosaur host 12 of pals milestone shorts from 19341947 that have inspired animation and special effects filmmakers ever since. Puppetoon movie, the 1987 movie clip im sorry, gumby. The survey of george pal animation includes clips, 10 shorts from 193747, and gumby and pokey. The puppetoon movie by arnold leibovit, george pal arnold. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services.
They are being digitally restored in 2k high definition, will be uncut, and are guaranteed to be a visual feast for the eyes. When george pal stopped producing his stop motion puppetoon short subjects in 1947, he kept his pioneering replacement animation technique alive in various feature films he made throughout the. George pals puppetoons also originally named madcap models were a series of animated puppet films made in europe in the 1930s and in the u. The puppetoon movie 1987 montage sequence on vimeo. With hip jazz tunes from charlie barnet and louis armstrong, and as many as 5, 000 individually carved puppets per short, the. Brilliant even by todays standards, they are visual feasts that need to be seen to be believed. Released in 1987 and directed by arnold leibovit, the puppetoon movie is an entertaining stopmotion extravaganza. The static menus offer the choice to watch the film, select scenes, adjust the setup and check out the special features. It was bound to happen, the puppetoons meet gumby in arnold leibovits 1987 tribute to directoranimator george pal. Salute to the revolutionary oscar winning stop motion animated puppetoons created by scifi fantasy film legend george pal. The first presentation on the dvd is the puppetoon movie that leibovit wrote and produced some years ago,which comes in around 80 minutes. The innovative short films eventually totaled more than 40 in number and included rhythm in the ranks 1941, dr. Rent the puppetoon movie 1987 on dvd and bluray dvd.
The puppetoon movie is a 1987 animated film written, produced, and directed by arnold leibovit. You may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime. Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. Pal received seven academy award nominations for the films, and. Arnold leibovits the puppetoon movie 1987 is essentially a string of original pal puppetoons in excellent condition, bookended by a new animated prologue and epilogue. The puppetoon movie is a tribute to the genius of specialeffects maven george pal.
Users who are looking for this item will then automatically receive an email notification about your offer unless they have disabled the notification function in my profile. Hosted by gumby, pokey, and new pal arnie the dinosaur, the puppetoon movie features classic characters like tubby the tuba, jasper in a jam, and speedy alkaseltzer. This article is within the scope of wikiproject animation, a collaborative effort to build an encyclopedic guide to animation on wikipedia. The puppetoon movie arrives in a two bluray set, which are packed in a standardwidth, dualhubbed bluray keepcase with a sixpage booklet. In 1986, film producerdirectorarchivist arnold leibovit, a friend of george pal, collected several puppetoons and released them theatrically and to video as the puppetoon movie reintroducing them to contemporary audiences. The puppetoon movie 1987 directed by arnold leibovit.
The familiar little green fellow leads off the puppetoon movie, introducing this collection of nine films by george pal. The second segment of this dvd includes more puppetoon shorts,some from the movie which didnt have all the credits included and. Gumby, pokey and arnie the dinosaur host 12 of pals milestone shorts from 19341947 stars voices of paul frees narrator, voice arnie the dinosaur, dal mckennon voice gumby, art clokey voice pokey, dick. Shop puppetoon movie dvd 1987 region 1 us import ntsc. The puppetoon movie the puppetoon movie 1987 feature length theatrical animated film. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. Unlike other stop motion shorts, pal would create unique figures for each frame of. Enter a world of animated movie magic from eight time academy award winner george pal. It is an adaptation off of cartoon networks home movies episode bad influences it. Celebrate george pal and his puppetoons with new dvd set. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. The compellation of pals best puppetoons was put together by arnold leibovit in 1987.
Please help support bcdb with a donation or a subscription to the website. Puppetoon animation is a type of replacement animation, which is itself a type of stopmotion animation. You can view the movie in toto or view each puppetoon in the movie seperately. In these films, the individual wooden figures were billed as the puppetoons. George pals puppetoons stop by on dvd animation world.
Introducing the puppetoon tyrranosaur arnie voice by paul frees threatening a doe named barbara, then gumby voice by dal mckennon, from the tv show and pokey gumby creator art clokeys voice, in the tribute documentary about animation pioneer george pal, the puppetoon movie, 1987. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Arnold leibovit george pals pioneering shorts of the 1930s and 40s influenced legions of stopmotion animators, so its only fitting that art clokeys gumby serves as host to this loving tribute to the master, including several of pals oscarnominated puppetoons in their entirety. It collected many of george pals famous shorts together for the first time with some new wraparound segments featuring many familiar faces from the stopmotion world. In 1987, the puppetoon movie was released, with gumby hosting a collection of both european and american puppetoons. Puppetoons theatrical series george pal big cartoon. The dvd features trailers, bonus puppetoons and a new dolby digital 5. Disney says it is coming separately solo too in the new packagingjust not tomorrow. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, help out with the open tasks, or contribute to the discussion. In traditional stopmotion, the puppets are made with movable parts which are repositioned between frames to create the illusion of motion when the frames are played in rapid sequence. In the 1930s and 40s, animator george pal created what he called puppetoons, a form of stop motion animation. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. Surprisingly, this was originally mixed for 4track stereo and has been remixed for dtsma 4. On november 14, 2000, image entertainment released the anthology film the puppetoon movie on dvd.
He sometimes used the term puppetoon in connection with his work in special effects, but it bore only scant resemblance to the real puppetoons. Produced and directed by arnold leibovit salute to the the academy award winning stop motion animated puppetoons by scifi fantasy pioneer george pal. The puppetoon movie the puppetoon movie 1987 trailer. The film features 11 of the shorts pal made between 1933 and 1948, some of. This month for obscure animation rachel and stanford are together and we are talking about the package film of stop motion animator george pal. Movie movie 1978 was the sole standout of the decade for donen an amusing sendup of genre pictures from the 1930s by larry gelbart, the films twomoviesinone structure offered some terrific comic turns from the likes of george c. Rent the puppetoon movie 1987 starring george pal on dvd and bluray. Focusing on theater in the following years he returned to the movies in 2003, as the puppet master for the epic marionettemovie strings. The puppetoon movie 1987 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The puppetoon movie 2003 gumby, pokey and arnie the dinosaur host 10 of oscarwinner george pals animated shorts from the 30s and 40s. With paul frees, dal mckennon, art clokey, dick beals. It is based on the puppetoon characters created by george pal in the 1930s and 1940s, and features gumby, pokey and arnie the dinosaur, who host the framing story.