Fantastic Animation Festival / one sheet / USA

06.02.17

US one sheet poster for Fantastic Animation Festival (1977). Designed by Vision Graphics & Film/L.AUS one sheet poster for Fantastic Animation Festival (1977). Designed by Vision Graphics & Film/L.A, image 2US one sheet poster for Fantastic Animation Festival (1977). Designed by Vision Graphics & Film/L.A, image 3US one sheet poster for Fantastic Animation Festival (1977). Designed by Vision Graphics & Film/L.A, image 4US one sheet poster for Fantastic Animation Festival (1977). Designed by Vision Graphics & Film/L.A, image 5
Title
Fantastic Animation Festival
Year of Film
1977
Director
Dean A. Berko, Christopher Padilla
Starring
Spike Milligan
Origin of Film
USA
Genre(s) of Film
Animation | Family
Type of Poster
One sheet
Origin of Poster
USA
Year of Poster
1977
Designer
Vision Graphics & Film/L.A.
Artist
Unknown
Size (inches)
27 3/16" x 40 15/16"
SS or DS
SS

Released in 1977, Fantastic Animation Festival (opens in a new tab) was a feature-length collection of 14 animated films. According to the narration of the film’s trailer (opens in a new tab), the 14 were were chosen from a pool of 1000 films that were nominated to appear. According to the list on Wikipedia (opens in a new tab), the shorts are a mixture of original stories, as well as known entities like Superman, as well as commercial trailers for the likes of 7up.

One of the shorts was created for Cat Stevens’ song Moonshadow, which appears on his album Teaser and the Firecat (opens in a new tab). It’s narrated by the late British comic Spike Milligan, hence his appearance as the only actor on this page.

The full feature is available to watch on YouTube (opens in a new tab), albeit in terrible VHS-level quality. It’s unlikely ever to be released on DVD or blu-ray because of the extensive rights issues that would be involved.

This one sheet is credited to a design company called Vision Graphics & Film/L.A. but I’m unsure who created the painted artwork. If anyone has any ideas please get in touch.

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