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The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965)

APPROVED 10 min  -  Animation | Short | Comedy  -   31 December 1965 (USA)
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A simple line attempts to woo his true love, a dot, away from the unkempt squiggle she prefers. But he'll have to learn to bend before she'll notice him.

Directors:

Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble

Writer:

Norton Juster (original story and screenplay)

Stars:

Robert Morley
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Cast

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Storyline

A simple line attempts to woo his true love, a dot, away from the unkempt squiggle she prefers. But he'll have to learn to bend before she'll notice him. Written by Kathy Li  

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Plot Keywords:

Line | Dot | Squiggle | Surrealism | Geometry  | See more »

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Animation | Short | Comedy | Family | Romance

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

The Dot and the Line See more »

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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Color (Technicolor)
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To give the squiggle an unkempt appearance, the animation drawings were inked on rice paper. The ink bled, creating a textured line that was then Xeroxed onto cel. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: Once upon a time there was a sensible, straight line, who was hopelessly in love, with a dot.
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Connections

Featured in "Great Performances: Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (#29.2)" (2000) See more »