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Time Piece
Movie Details

Title: Time Piece

Release Date: 7 May 1965

Runtime: 9m

Genre: Comedy, Music, Fantasy

Director: The Jim Henson Company, Muppets, Inc.

Production Companies: The Jim Henson Company, Muppets, Inc.

Overview: Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this 9-minute experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson. Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, "Time Piece" enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for Outstanding Short Subject.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.3 (31 votes)

Cast

  • Man: Jim Henson
  • Wife: Enid Cafritz
  • Bartender: Jerry Juhl
  • Messenger boy: Frank Oz
  • Stripper: April March
  • : Diana Birkenfield
  • Drummer: Dave Bailey
  • : Sandy Patterson
  • : Dennis Paget
  • Male Dancer: Jim Hutchison
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