Frank Film

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name = Frank Film


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director = Frank Mouris
producer = Caroline Mouris
writer = Frank Mouris
narrator = Frank Mouris
music = Tony Schwartz
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editing = Frank Mouris
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released = 1973
runtime = 9 mins
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language = English
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imdb_id = 0070071

"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".

References

* Olivier Cotte (2007) "Secrets of Oscar-winning animation: Behind the scenes of 13 classic short animations." (Making of "Frank Film") Focal Press. ISBN 978-0240520704