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Writer:
Tim Burton (written by)
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Release Date:
1 October 1982 (USA) more
Plot:
Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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(15 articles)
User Comments:
Beautiful, creepy, haunting, sad. A masterpiece. more (72 total)

Cast

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Vincent Price ... Narrator (voice)
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Runtime:
6 min
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Trivia:
When Vincent Price was asked what he thought of the short, he said that it was "the most gratifying thing that ever happened. It was immortality - better than a star on Hollywood Boulevard." more
Quotes:
Narrator: Vincent Malloy is seven years old, / He's always polite and does what he's told. / For a boy his age he's considerate and nice, / But he wants to be just like Vincent Price. / He doesn't mind living with his sister, dog and cat, / Though he'd rather share a home with spiders and bats... more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Beetle Juice (1988) more

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20 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Beautiful, creepy, haunting, sad. A masterpiece., 5 February 2002
9/10
Author: Francisco Huerta (fjhuerta@hotmail.com) from Mexico City

A six minute classic of a movie. So powerful in its detail, so intensely autobiographic, so deliciously expressionist. On par with the best German silent movie classics.

It'd be hard to describe this movie without giving it away. Suffice to say, it's Burton's most powerful, shortest, and (maybe) best movie ever. I watched it with no expectations whatsoever, and came away very impressed.

I gave it a "10" because it truly shows the power and magic of the movies. It's message and medium beauty all rolled into one. Superb.

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