Time Piece

APPROPIATE

1965 / 9min.

Rating7.3

Genres

Comedy

Music

Fantasy

Synopsis

Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this 9-minute experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson. Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, "Time Piece" enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for Outstanding Short Subject.

Directors

Jim Henson

Actors

Jim Henson

Frank Oz

Jerry Juhl

Dennis Paget

Don Sahlin

Diana Birkenfield

Enid Cafritz

April March

Dave Bailey

Sandy Patterson

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