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Moonbird (1959)

| Animation, Comedy, Short | 29 January 1959 (USA)
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Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird.

Director:

John Hubley

Stars:

Mark Hubley, Ray Hubley
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Complete credited cast:
Mark Hubley Mark Hubley ... Mark (voice)
Ray Hubley Ray Hubley ... Hampy (voice) (as Hampy Hubley)
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Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird.

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Good use of limited-animation, but the dialogue becomes tedious after a while.
8 August 2001 | by llltdesq – See all my reviews

This cartoon deservedly won an Oscar for Animated Short in 1959. It came about in an intriguing way-John and Faith Hubley taped their two sons at play and structured the animation around the conversation between the two. Fascinating though this is (and the animation is excellent), toward the lattr part of the short, the dialogue starte to become tedious and distracting, at least to me. This technique would be used again to quite good effect in later shorts. Still an excellent short and most recommended.
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