• Claydream

    Directed by Marq Evans
    USA | 96 minutes | The Big Screen

  • Claydream

    Directed by Marq Evans
    USA | 96 minutes | The Big Screen

Heralded in his day as the next Walt Disney, eccentric claymation pioneer Will Vinton created dozens of award-winning films and advertisements, including the Motown-singing California Raisins, until legal troubles threatened to end it all.

film synopsis

Motown-crooning raisins, the mischievous pizza-stealing Noid, anthropomorphized wise-cracking M&Ms. For a period of time the competitive world of television advertising was merely a canvas for the imaginative mind of visionary claymation creator Will Vinton and his eponymous studio. But for Vinton and his trademark moustache, it was the result of an unconventional, counterculture-inspired journey that led him to revolutionize animation and eventually be heralded as the next Walt Disney. Filmmaker Marq Evans traces Vinton’s unlikely success story through nostalgia-induced animation, the Berkeley protests and countless testimonials from peers and devout fans alike, until a business deal gone awry threatens to end everything. After amassing dozens of esteemed awards and accolades for decades, the business-naive Vinton faced losing his entire claymation empire to sportswear mega-company Nike and a young, aspiring Portland rapper named Chilly Tee.

film details

Director: Marq Evans
Producers: Tamir Ardon, Marq Evans, Nick Spicer, Kevin Moyer
Screenwriter: Marq Evans
Cinematographers: Jason Roark
Editor: Lucas Celler, Yakima
Music: Heather McIntosh
Cast: Will Vinton, Bill Plympton, Bob Gardiner, Melissa Mitchell Chuck Duke, Craig Bartlett
Country: USA
Language: In English.
Year: 2021
Running Time: 96 minutes
Director Filmography: The Glamour & the Squalor (2015)
Primary Company: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Contact Email: cameron@oscilloscope.net

Film Festival 2022