A look inside the Will Vinton Studio, with specializes in stop-motion animations with clay. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
Practical Effects
Mind-blowing clay transformation sequences that still look impossible.
Direction
Vinton makes studio tour feel like stepping into wonderland.
Production
Tiny sets built with obsessive, loving detail.
Director
Will Vinton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Will Vinton coined the term 'claymation' for this film — a portmanteau he later trademarked and famously lost in a corporate battle.
The Academy's 2013 preservation recognized this as foundational to American independent animation, predating Aardman's global dominance by nearly a decade.
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