''Frank Film'' is a 1973 American animated short film by

Frank Mouris Francis Peter "Frank" Mouris (born September 6, 1944) is an American animator. He is best known for his film '' Frank Film'' (1973), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Career Other films he made alongside wife Caroli ...

. The film won an

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and was inducted into the

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in 1996.

Summary

It is a compilation of images co-creator

had collected from magazines interwoven with two narrations, one giving a mostly linear autobiography and the other stating words having to do with the images, the story the first voice is relating, or neither. Frank made the film with Caroline Mouris. The soundtrack was conceived and created by Tony Schwartz.

Reception

The movie won the 1974

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for Best Short Subject, Animated Films and the Annecy Cristal at the

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alongside praise by film critic

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as the best American film at the

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and "a nine minute evocation of America's exhilarating everythingness". ''Vulture'' ranked the film #82 on their list of Oscar-winning animated shorts.

Legacy

In 1996, ''Frank Film'' was selected for the United States

by the

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as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film is also featured in the 1985 movie titled '' Explorers''. The film was preserved by the

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in 2019. ''Frank Film'' is included on the 2007 DVD ''five by two: five animated shorts by frank & caroline mouris''.Frank Film (1973) Theatrical Cartoon-BCDB
/ref> It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.

Notes

References

Olivier Cotte Olivier Cotte (born 20 June 1963) is a French writer, graphic novel scriptwriter, animation historian, illustrator, and a director. Biography Born into a family of artists, Olivier Cotte studied piano, classical dance and fine arts in paralle ...

(2007) ''Secrets of Oscar-winning animation: Behind the scenes of 13 classic short animations.'' (Making of ''Frank Film'') Focal Press.

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