Filmusik is thrilled to announce their fall collaboration with Will Vinton for a live performance of the classic animated “Little Prince” and “Rip Van Winkle”.

The Little Prince is both a charming and lyrical work of  animation and a piece of Oregon film history.  Made in 1979 by Will Vinton Studios, claymation innovator and creator of the California Raisins.  Filmusik brings together the original artists including the voice of the Little Prince, Michele Mariana for a live performance that celebrates Portland film.  With a live original score performed live in the theatre by Filmusik’s own chamber ensemble and live sound effects and Foley by sound artists David Ian and Dino De Aelfweald, These claymation stories are on the big screen again in a new way, brought to life by many of the same artists who created them in the 1970′s.

Filmusik: The Little Prince
Nov. 11th & 12th 7pm
Nov. 14th 2pm
Hollywood Theatre
Info and tickets at www.filmusik.com
Group & school rates available

Special Q&A with Will Vinton and the artists behind the film after Sunday’s performance.  Stick around and hear about the origins of claymation, an artform pioneered in Portland, and talkback with the Filmusik artists and live performers after the concert.

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The Little Prince This is the beautiful, simple story of a pilot who crash lands in a desert and meets an unusual little fellow, the Little Prince, who tells the tale of his own journey, trying to understand what love and friendship are. Using claymation and special effects techniques, this imaginative film received an Academy Award Nomination.

Rip Van Winkle Nominated for an Academy Award, this claymation classic is an imaginative retelling of Washington Irving’s famous legend. Rip is a man who doesn’t belong in his time. Set during the beginning of America, this tale illustrates the great changes in the world after Rip goes to the Catskill Mountains and falls asleep for 20 years. Rip dreams that there IS a place for him and when he wakes he discovers a new purpose.

Will Vinton is the world renowned Claymation pioneer having coined and trademarked the word and created some of the most innovative dimensional animation in history. He has received an Academy Award and multiple Emmys for his films and has created, directed and produced some of the best known animated characters in the world, including The California Raisins and the “CG” (“Computer Animated”) M&Ms “Red” and “Yellow”. He produced the acclaimed television series “THE PJs” for The WB, and “GARY AND MIKE” for UPN. Will also founded Will Vinton Studios to explore 3D animation (including Claymation, Stopmotion, and CG) and grew the company at it’s peak into one of the world’s most respected and creative companies for all types of 3D animation.

Michele Mariana has been a frequent collaborator with clay animation producer Will Vinton. Mariana’s first voice role was as the title character in Vinton’s 1979 featurette The Little Prince, and she stayed with him on the short film Dinosaurs (as over 20 characters), feature-length The Adventures of Mark Twain (as Becky Thatcher and others), the specials A Claymation Comedy of Horrors and A Claymation Easter Special (as Wilshire Pig), and the cel-animated Saturday morning version of The California Raisins (as Mama Raisin).  Michele Mariana is alsowell known as the characters Cecille and Gloria Globe who appeared frequently on Sesame Street and for a guest appearance on Reading Rainbow

The Art Institute Is a proud sponsor of Filmusik’s Little Prince project.
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