Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 15 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | John D. Hancock |
| script | John Lahr |
| cut | Toni Mendell |
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Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet is an American short film by director John D. Hancock of 1970 . The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1971 .
action
The film is about businesspeople in their prime who meet to play American football in Central Park . A teenager hits her while playing. Men convinced of their youthfulness must acknowledge their aging.
background
The film is based on the short story of the same name by Gene Williams published in New Yorker magazine . The short film was funded with a grant from the American Film Institute . Hancock originally had the idea to shoot an allegory about the Vietnam War , in which children should kill dragonflies . However, the AFI rejected this idea.
The short film became known to a wider audience when it was shown on CBS during halftime break in a Thanksgiving football game .
The short film was Hancock's first work. He had previously been successful as a theater director. Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet marked the beginning of his career as a film director .
reception
In the New York Times , the short film by Nora Sayre was described as "delightful".
Sticky my Fingers was nominated as a non- animated short film at the 43rd Academy Awards in 1970. But in the end he had to admit defeat to The Resurrection of Broncho Billy .
Web links
- Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gene Williams : Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet , The New Yorker, September 3, 1965.
- ^ A b c d Carl Kozlowski, The Price of Eden , Chicago Reader, April 27, 2000.
- ↑ Jeremy D. Bonfiglio, Celebrating 'Prancer' in Three Oaks , Harbor Country News, December 4, 2014.
- ^ Nora Sayre, Film: 'Sticky My Fingers' and 4 Other Early Works: The Program , New York Times, January 15, 1974.
- ↑ Overview of winners and nominees at the 43rd Oscars