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The Family That Dwelt Apart / directed by: Yvon Mallette ; produced by: Wolf Koenig, Robert Verrall ; production agency: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal).

Mallette, Yvon, (film director.). Koenig, Wolf, (film producer.). Verrall, Robert, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary:

Cartoon animation of a story by E.B. White, first published in the New Yorker magazine. This is a tall Yankee tale about a family of seven fisherfolk who are living quite happily as the sole inhabitants of a small island in Barnetuck Bay until word somehow gets to the mainland that they are in distress. What happens when rescue attempts are launched makes an amusing story, illustrated with wit and verve by the film animation.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video (7 min., 55 sec.) : sound
  • Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2009.

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:
No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director, Yvon Mallette ; design, Yvon Mallette ; animation, Yvon Mallette ; producer, Wolf Koenig ; executive producer, Robert Verrall ; animation camera, Richard Moras, Simon Leblanc, Pierre Provost ; sound, Gřard Sňčal, Ron Alexander ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel ; music, Eldon Rathburn.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrator, E. B. White.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded 1973.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:
Etrog for Best Animation Film, 1973
Silver Hugo, 1973
Source of Description Note:
Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).
Subject: Family.
Tall tales.
Social isolation.
Genre:
Topic Heading: National Film Board > National Film Board Collection


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