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Living Above the Mouse's Ear

Jan 1, 1985

0h 20m

★ 0.0

Overview

A short film created by Duane Palyka and Hank Grebe, artists and animators of the lab. It was a joint effort between the Computer Graphics Lab and the 2D animation studio, which was originally founded for the production of NYIT's 1975 film Tubby the Tuba. Animators a part of that team include John Gentilella and Francis Glebas. Mouse's Ear was mostly animated on paper before the drawings were scanned and lined, colored, and composited digitally. The film was originally presented to Vestron Video in 1985 or 1986 for possible distribution, however it was rejected and never saw a public release or screening.

Genres

Animation

Production Companies

New York Institute of Technology

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Cast

Eno / The Form / Mission Control (voice)

Hank Grebe

Glick (voice)

Annette Zacharia

Museum Guide (voice)

Rex Grignon

Rodney the Mouse / Monsters (voice)

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