Frank Film
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Frank Film | |
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Directed by | Frank Mouris |
Produced by | Caroline Mouris |
Written by | Frank Mouris |
Narrated by | Frank Mouris |
Music by | Tony Schwartz |
Editing by | Frank Mouris |
Release date(s) | 1973 |
Running time | 9 mins |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
Frank Film is a 1973 animated short film. Co-creator Frank Mouris reads a list of words starting with the letter "f". This sound track is interwoven with the sound of his reading his autobiography. The visual is an animated collage of photos collected from magazines. Frank made the film with Caroline Mouris. The soundtrack was created by Tony Schwartz.
The movie won the 1974 Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Animated Films. In 1996, Frank Film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film is also featured in the 1985 movie entitled Explorers.