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The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9!

Contributor(s): SND Films (Firm) [dst] | Kanopy (Firm) [dst]Publisher number: 2194254 | KanopyPublisher: SND Films, 2009Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (6 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceSubject(s): Motion pictures | Motion pictures | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Short FilmGenre/Form: Comedy | Feature films. Online resources: A Kanopy streaming video | Cover Image Paul VillecoSummary: A space bounty hunter travels to a lonely planet to kill a terrible monster.. Winner of Best Animation at Woodstock Film Festival, Coney Island Film Festival, Wiz-Art Film Festival, and Bornshorts.. "[A] beautifully timed, perfectly designed homage to all our favorite sci-fi stories. Armstrong has a great eye for detail and his masterful character design reminds us of some of the best 20th century French graphic novel artists. And there's something about the ending-well you'd have to be a terrible thing yourself not to be touched by it." - Animation Magazine. "Jake Armstrong's THE TERRIBLE THING OF ALPHA-9! is not only one of the best student shorts I've seen in a long time, it's one of the finest animated shorts, period...This is a cartoon that is sophisticated in all respects, yet done so expertly that the end results appear effortless." - Amid Amidi, Cartoon Brew TV
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Paul Villeco

Originally produced by SND Films in 2009.

A space bounty hunter travels to a lonely planet to kill a terrible monster.. Winner of Best Animation at Woodstock Film Festival, Coney Island Film Festival, Wiz-Art Film Festival, and Bornshorts.. "[A] beautifully timed, perfectly designed homage to all our favorite sci-fi stories. Armstrong has a great eye for detail and his masterful character design reminds us of some of the best 20th century French graphic novel artists. And there's something about the ending-well you'd have to be a terrible thing yourself not to be touched by it." - Animation Magazine. "Jake Armstrong's THE TERRIBLE THING OF ALPHA-9! is not only one of the best student shorts I've seen in a long time, it's one of the finest animated shorts, period...This is a cartoon that is sophisticated in all respects, yet done so expertly that the end results appear effortless." - Amid Amidi, Cartoon Brew TV

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