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Lily and Jim (S)

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Original title: Lily and Jim
Year: 1997
Running time: 13 min.
Country: United States
Director: Don Hertzfeldt
Screenwriter: Karin Anger, Don Hertzfeldt, Robert May
Cast: Animation
Music: Beth Waters
Cinematography: Animation, Aimée R. Häussler
Producer: Bitter Films
Genre: Animation. Comedy. Romance | Romantic Comedy. Black Comedy. Adult Animation. Short Film (Animated)
Synopsis: Lily and Jim (1997) is a 16mm animated short film by Don Hertzfeldt. It is Hertzfeldt's third student film from UC Santa Barbara, for which he single-handedly animated over 10,000 drawings. In the film, an awkward blind date between a hopeless couple goes from very bad to much worse. Voice actors Robert May (Jim) and Karin Anger (Lily) improvised a number of their dialogues.

The movie eventually received 25 film festival awards, including Grand Prizes from the New Orleans Film Festival and the USA Film Festival.

In 1998, it was shown on an episode of MTV's Cartoon Sushi.

Awards: 1997: Chicago International Film Festival: Golden Plaque

1998: WorldFest Houston: Silver Award

1998: New Orleans Film Festival: Grand Prize

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Lily and Jim (S)

1997

Don Hertzfeldt

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