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Abel's Island (film)

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Abel's Island
Directed byMichael Sporn
Written byWilliam Steig
Maxine Fisher
Michael Sporn
Based onAbel's Island
by William Steig
Produced byGiuliana Nicodemi
Michael Sporn
StarringTim Curry
Lionel Jeffries
Heidi Stallings
Narrated byTim Curry
CinematographyGary Becker
Wolf Ferro
Edited byGregory Perler
Music byArthur Custer
Distributed byRandom House
Release date
  • June 2, 1988 (1988-06-02)
Running time
30 minutes
CountriesSwitzerland
United States
LanguageEnglish

Abel's Island is a 1988 Swiss-American[1] short animated film directed by Michael Sporn.[2] It is based on the children's novel Abel's Island by William Steig.[3]

Cast

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Crew

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  • Book - William Steig
  • Director/Screenplay/Producer - Michael Sporn
  • Screenplay - Maxine Fisher
  • Executive Producer - Giuliana Nicodemi
  • Assistant Producer - Kit Hawkins
  • Music - Arthur Custer
  • Camera - Gary Becker and Wolf Ferro
  • Film Editing - Gregory Perler
  • Art Direction - Bridget Thorn
  • Assistant Director - Robert Marianetti

Rendering Artists

  • Ray Kosarin
  • Sono Kuwayama
  • Stephen MacQuignon[4]
  • Betsy Bauer
  • Laura Bryson
  • George McClements
  • Christine O'Neill
  • Theresa Smythe
  • Michael Wisniewski

Animators

Conductor

  • Arthur Custer

Assistant Animators

  • George McClements
  • Ray Kosarin
  • Michael Wisniewski

Background Artists

  • Bridget Thorn

Animatic

  • Thomas Repasky

Pencil Test

  • Daniel Estermen

Accolades

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It was nominated for an Emmy Award[5] in 1989 for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.

References

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  1. ^ BFI
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 215. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ Cartoons of a Different Kind|Current|The Criterion Channel
  4. ^ Stephen MacQuignon - IMDb
  5. ^ What Makes 'Abel's Island' an East Coast Classic|Animation Obsessive
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