Film Database Submission October 2011
Sexy Killer (1976)
Dir: Sun Chung
i think the title Sexy Killer is more popular than it’s IMDb display title, The Drug Connection
The Magnificent Swordsman (1968)
Dir: Yueh Feng & Ching Gong
The Knight of Knights (1966)
Dir: Sit Kwan
The Oath of Death (1971)
Dir: Pao Hsueh-Li
The Crimson Charm (1971)
Dir: Wong Fung
RUN
United States
2010
25 Min
Color
English
directed by Jonathan Jayasinghe
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The Raven (1935)
Dir. Lew Landers
Ronald Neame’s Take My Life (1947)
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Jang Aur Aman/War and Peace (2002)
Director: Anand Patwardhan
Country: India
130 minutes.
Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
Dir. Phil Karlson
The Animal Movie (Les Animaux en marche)
dirs. Grant Munro & Ron Tunis
1966
Canada
10 min
An animated cartoon to help children explore why and how animals move as they do. A little boy discovers that he cannot compete with a monkey, a snake or a horse by imitating the way they move. He can only outdistance them when he climbs into a vehicle that can travel in any environment, proving that while other animals are trapped by their environment, humans, the inventors, aren’t.
-National Film Board of Canada
Awards
First Prize
International Children’s Film Festival
July 7 to 16 1967, La Plata – Argentina
First Prize – CIDALC
International Children Film Festival
May 18 to 25 1967, Gottwaldov – Czech Republic
Second Prize – Plaque of the Lion of St. Marc
Exposition internationale du film pour enfants
July 21 to 30 1966, Venice – Italy
Ashes of Doom
dirs. Grant Munro & Don Arioli
1970
Canada
2 min
A “thriller” of the evils of cigarette smoking, set in a Gothic boudoir. A young woman lights up one cigarette after another. The clock strikes twelve, wind from the balcony door blows out the candles and a vampire stands in the doorway. As he approaches her, she still finds time to light up another cigarette. The vampire bends over the woman to find nourishment and, as he backs away, he gasps his last breath amidst a puff of smoke. A clever statement on an important problem.
-National Film Board of Canada
Awards
Award for Exceptional Merit
International Festival of Short Films
November 13 to 18 1971, Philadelphia – USA
Boo Hoo
dir. Grant Munro
1975
Canada
18 min
Sometimes sad, sometimes witty, often bizarre, the prolific anecdotes of a retired cemetery superintendent provide insight into an intriguing, off-beat character. Here, as he wanders nostalgically through the cemetery grounds in Saint John, New Brunswick, his uninhibited thoughts touch upon everything from mourners to monuments.
-National Film Board of Canada
Christmas Cracker (Caprice de Noël)
dirs. Grant Munro, Norman McLaren, Jeff Hale & Gerald Potterton
1963
Canada
9 min
A seasonal pleasantry consisting of three animation segments, employing tricks in movie magic by NFB artists and animators, and with specially arranged music. Three scenarios are presented: a rendition of Jingle Bells in which paper cut-out figures dance; a dime-store rodeo of tin toys; and a story of decorating the perfect Christmas tree. Film without words.
-National Film Board of Canada
Award of Exceptional Merit
International Festival of Short Films
May 18 1967, Philadelphia – USA
Silver Squirrel – Second Prize
Film Centrum Foundation Film Show
October 1 1966, Naarden – Netherlands
Grand Prize for Technique – Category: Films for Children
Cinematographic Survey of the Nuclear Fair
June 18 to 29 1965, Rome – Italy
Grand Prize for the Animation Technique
International Award of the Technical Cinema
June 18 to 29 1965, Rome – Italy
Award of Merit
Landers Associates Annual Awards
January 1 1965, Los Angeles – USA
First Prize – Best Animated Short Award
Golden Gate Awards Competition & International Film Festival
October 14 to 27 1964, San Francisco – USA
Three Blind Mice
dir. George Dunning
Animation- Grant Munro, George Dunning, Robert Verrall
1945
Canada
3 min
This animated film illustrates why industrial safety rules must be observed. The nursery rhyme favorites prove no less foolish in the factory than when they provoked reprisal from the farmer’s wife. They disobey all the safety rules with dire results.
-National Film Board of Canada
Toys (Jouets)
dir. Grant Munro
1966
Canada
8 min
It begins with the faces of children outside a toy store window at Christmas—but then the war toys appear and we realize that some games are played for keeps. This film has no commentary, but it is easy to see what it aims to show: war toys do not necessarily make warriors, but it is possible that they give a false glamor to the deadly pursuit. With toys that keep up with the times, this film creates a battle that is all too real and frightening.
-National Film Board of Canada
Honourable Mention – Silver Medal
International Children’s Film Festival
September 1 to 9 1968, La Plata – Argentina
Two Bagatelles
dirs. Grant Munro & Norman McLaren
1952
Canada
3 min
color
Two short Norman McLaren films in which animation technique is employed with live actors. In the first, entitled On the Lawn, a male dancer waltzes to synthetic music. The second is a fast march, In the Backyard, accompanied by an old-fashioned calliope.
-National Film Board of Canada
DC Showcase: The Spectre (2010)
Dir: Joaquim Dos Santos
DC Showcase: Jonah Hex (2010)
Dir: Joaquim Dos Santos
DC Showcase: Green Arrow (2010)
Dir: Joaquim Dos Santos
TropiCola (1997)
Dir: Steve Fagin
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
2010, Japan, Tatsuya Ishihara, Yasuhiro Takemoto
Dead but not buried (2011)
Dir: Phil Mulloy
THE HOBBIT : AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (2012)
Dir. Peter Jackson.
Bilbo Baggins lives his calm and peaceful life in a comfortable hole near the bustling hobbit village of Hobbiton, smoking a pipe, drinking good bear and looking for a meal. His life style and interests are typical for hobbits – small and chubby people about half the size of humans who usually dress in bright colors and wear no shoes, because their large feet grow thick brown hair, and feel great love to good food and drink. In the beginning of the story Bilbo has a very weak character; his main features are shyness and fear susceptibility. Like most of his kind, he is fond of gardening and doesn’t wish any excitement or adventure.
The storyteller of “The Hobbit” is Bilbo who narrates about the actions he takes part in, the thoughts he has and feelings he experiences. At the very beginning Bilbo appears as a weak and timid hobbit, but his personality develops getting over the difficulties he meets over a period of the journey, and at the end of the story we see a hero with the strongest character. He is not confused to express his own ideas and learns to overcome his fears. The author ( J.R.R. Tolkien) describes the changes in Bilbo’s character very carefully as much as to tell us: don’t let your fears be obstacles in your path.—http://www.lord-of-the-rings.org
Murder by the Clock (1931)
Dir. Edward Sloman
The Haunting of Julia (1977)
Dir. Richard Loncraine
Cani
Fassbinder In Hollywood (2002)
Robert Fischer