Animated Shorts

11 Films by Dan McLaughlin is an interactive DVD featuring eleven short films by filmmaker Dan McLaughlin, head of the world-renowned UCLA Animation Workshop. Dan made personal films, mostly...

11 Films by Dan McLaughlin is an interactive DVD featuring eleven short films by filmmaker Dan McLaughlin, head of the world-renowned UCLA Animation Workshop. Dan made personal films, mostly experimental, for over forty years, and is a winner of the Winsor McCay Award for outstanding contribution to animation. His films have been honored in over one hundred film festivals world-wide and in recent years have been the focus of several prominent retrospectives. The films collected on this...

American Folklore Legends: Three Animated Films from the Heartland of America is a collection of three shorts on a single DVD. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (13 minutes) A classic American folktale...

American Folklore Legends: Three Animated Films from the Heartland of America is a collection of three shorts on a single DVD. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (13 minutes) A classic American folktale explodes into life as the lanky figure of Ichabod Crane clatters into view. Spiced with humor and tension, this animated film provides an exciting vision of the spectral spirits and twilight superstitions that haunt the drowsy Dutch town of Sleepy Hollow. Story by Joseph C. Cavella, based on a short...

Every Christmas, so goes the legend, an "angel returns to listen to the carols which are to him the continuing echoes of His message." A friendly young man, passing through a country village one...

Every Christmas, so goes the legend, an "angel returns to listen to the carols which are to him the continuing echoes of His message." A friendly young man, passing through a country village one snowy Christmas eve, pauses to listen to the singing of its carolers. The stranger (playedby Richard Chamberlain) is joined by a young boy with whom he shares the folklore behind the Christmas carols, as the two stroll together. The Christmas Messenger, part live-action, part animation, delivers a...

Will Vinton and his merry troupe of animators take you inside their studio for a whimsical, imaginative demonstration of their Oscar-winning clay animation technique. You'll see them mixing colors,...

Will Vinton and his merry troupe of animators take you inside their studio for a whimsical, imaginative demonstration of their Oscar-winning clay animation technique. You'll see them mixing colors, molding movable characters, composing and recording music, and producing the live-action film which serves as an animation guide. Using scenes from CLOSED MONDAYS, MOUNTAIN MUSIC and MARTIN THE COBBLER, this fast-paced, energetic film illustrates the intricate processes of clay sculpture and the...

Here's a delightful introduction to dinosaurs, the 'terrible lizards' who roamed the earth 200 million years ago. Through the magic of Clay-animation, produced by Pyramid and the Vinton Studios,...

Here's a delightful introduction to dinosaurs, the 'terrible lizards' who roamed the earth 200 million years ago. Through the magic of Clay-animation, produced by Pyramid and the Vinton Studios, you'll enter a vivid prehistoric world, entirely formed from brightly colored clay. Your guide is a studious fifth grader who earns the respect of his unruly classmates with his knowledge of pre-history. The story of how these amazing creatures flourished in their primitive environment is told with...

This lavishly animated film based on the best-selling book of the same title introduces us to some of folklore's most fascinating creatures. It tells the story of a woodland Gnome's wedding, a...

This lavishly animated film based on the best-selling book of the same title introduces us to some of folklore's most fascinating creatures. It tells the story of a woodland Gnome's wedding, a festive occasion disrupted by an attacking band of wicked Trolls. Since the Gnomes make up of their lack of height with superior brain power, they overcome their enemies and merrily celebrate both wedding and victory.

A colorful, animated rendering of Oscar Wilde's classic fairy tale in which a statue, adorned with precious jewels, and an ordinary swallow sacrifice themselves for the good of the town's poor. The...

A colorful, animated rendering of Oscar Wilde's classic fairy tale in which a statue, adorned with precious jewels, and an ordinary swallow sacrifice themselves for the good of the town's poor. The voices of Christopher Plummer as the prince and Glynis Johns as the swallow are used.

Every Christmas, so goes the legend, an "angel returns to listen to the carols which are to him the continuing echoes of His message." A friendly young man, passing through a country village one...

Every Christmas, so goes the legend, an "angel returns to listen to the carols which are to him the continuing echoes of His message." A friendly young man, passing through a country village one snowy Christmas eve, pauses to listen to the singing of its carolers. The stranger (played by Richard Chamberlain) is joined by a young boy with whom he shares the folklore behind the Christmas carols, as the two stroll together. The Christmas Messenger, part live-action, part animation, delivers a...

Rich, colorful animation distinguishes this interpretation of Oscar Wilde's fairy tale. A giant who builds a wall around his garden to keep out the neighboring children soon finds himself living in...

Rich, colorful animation distinguishes this interpretation of Oscar Wilde's fairy tale. A giant who builds a wall around his garden to keep out the neighboring children soon finds himself living in perpetual winter. When the children return to the garden through a gap in the wall, they bring spring with them, teaching the giant an important lesson about loving and sharing.