''The Magic Machines'' is a 1969 American
short documentary film
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directed by Bob Curtis about kinetic artist Robert Gilbert. It won an
Oscar
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at the
42nd Academy Awards
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in 1970 for
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
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and was nominated for
Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).
Cast
* Robert Gilbert
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References
External links
*
''The Magic Machines'' on YouTubeHomepage of Robert Gilbert
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1969 films
1969 independent films
1969 short films
1969 documentary films
American short documentary films
American independent films
1960s short documentary films
Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
English-language documentary films