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Stalk of the Celery Monster (S)

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Original title: Stalk of the Celery Monster
Year: 1979
Running time: 2 min.
Country: United States
Director: Tim Burton
Screenwriter: Tim Burton
Cast: Animation
Cinematography: Animation
Producer: CalArts (California Institute of the Arts). Producer: Tim Burton
Genre: Animation. Comedy | Short Film (Animated)
Synopsis: Stalk of the Celery Monster is a 1979 short animated film written, directed and animated entirely in pencil by Tim Burton during his time as a student with the California Institute of the Arts. It was shot on 8 mm film and for much time it was considered to be lost, until fragments of it were shown in 2006 on Spanish television. Currently, the excerpts of the film are archived at the Library of Congress. The film caused such a stir among his class that it attracted the attention of the Walt Disney Animation Studios, who offered young Burton an animator's apprenticeship at their studio.

PLOT: The only fragments remaining of the film today depict a dentist named Maxwell Payne making bloody experiments with his patients. He tries a woman, and after that the monster of the title shows up, roaring. In the following clip, the woman leaves, as Dr. Payne searches for another victim.

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Stalk of the Celery Monster (S)

1979

Tim Burton

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