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Kick Me (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Kick Me' is a 1975 animated short film
made by Robert Swarthe.[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/help-me-id-this-cartoon-for-christy-karacas-52506.html Cartoon Brew][https://www.clevelandfilm.org/films/1977/11th-international-tournee-of-animation 11TH INTERNATIONAL TOURNEE OF ANIMATION - Cleveland Film Festival]
Summary
The film is about a pair of red legs and its misadventures on celluloid film involving a giant baseball and spiders.[https://archive.org/details/kickme_20170601 Kick Me on Internet Archive]
Production
The animation was produced by drawing pictures directly onto frames of film stock, instead of by inking/painting and photographing cels as in traditional animation techniques of the era.[https://graham-edwards.com/2011/11/16/revisiting-cinefex-11-et-and-robert-swarthe/ REVISITING CINEFEX (11): ET AND ROBERT SWARTHE]
Reception and legacy
It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of6juB-EurQ Short Film Winners: 1976 Oscars][https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976 1976|Oscars.org] and was featured on Fantastic Animation Festival.
It was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.[http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=Kick+Me&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All Kick Me] Preserved Projects
References
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