The Dot and the Line
Studio: MGM Release Date : 1965 Series: MGM Cartoon

Cumulative rating:
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Synopsis

A straight line is in love with a dot, but she'd rather hangout with an unkempt squiggle. In order to win the dot's affection, the line has to learn to bend a little and discover what he's truly capable of.

Credits

Director

Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones

Animator

Ken Harris
Ben Washam
Richard "Dick" Thompson
Thomas "Tom" Ray
Philip "Phil" Roman

Camera

Buf Nerbovig

Story

Norton Juster

Music

Eugene Poddany

Backgrounds

Philip "Phil" de Guard
Don Morgan

Narration

Robert Morley

Producer

Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones
Les Goldman

Co-Director

Maurice Noble

Production Design

Maurice Noble

Supervising Animator

Don Towsley

Typographics

Don Foster

Screenplay

Norton Juster


Awards

Won the 1965 Academy Award (Oscar): Best Animated Short Film

Broadcasters

MeTV

Distributor(s)

MGM

DVD

United States

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15 Winners, 26 Nominees
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BluRay Disc

United States

LooneyTunes Platinum Collection - Volume 1 (Blu-Ray)
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Technical Specifications

Running Time: 10:04
MPAA No.: 21111
Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Cinematographic Format: Spherical
Color Type: Metrocolor
Negative Type: 35mm
Original Country: United States
Original Language: English
Print Type: 35mm
Sound Type: Mono: Westrex Recording System

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