Floating Free

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Movie
Original title Floating Free
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1977
length 11 minutes
Rod
Director Jerry Butts
script Jerry Butts
production Jerry Butts
camera Mike Chevalier
Wendell Shoemaker
Craig Stewart
cut Alan Ferguson

Floating Free is a 1977 short documentary directed by Jerry Butts .

action

The film shows moments from the Frisbee World Championship, which was held in Pasadena in 1977 . The venue is the Rose Bowl Stadium . Scenes from Guts' sport are followed by recordings of the ultimate Frisbee sport . Two players show freestyle frisbee in combinations that delight the audience. This is followed by a disc dogging scene, with slow motion shots of the dogs jumping after the frisbees under the credits.

production

Floating Free was filmed on location in Pasadena. The individual scenes are underlaid with music, the film has no dialogues and no commentary. Among other things, it ran in October 1978 at the Chicago International Film Festival .

Awards

Floating Free was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Film in 1978 .

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