Vincent by Tim Burton- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxQcBKUPm8o
Vincent is a 1982 stop motion short film by Tim Burton. The film is narrated and inspired by acclaimed Horror actor Vincent Price.
It tells the story of a 7 year old boy who pretends to be Vincent Price. It is narrated in poetry form and we see the young boy switch between the reality of his own life and his imaginary world in which he is Vincent Price and lives in a Horror film type world.
It took Burton two months to make this five minute film. Whilst working at Disney he was given a 60,000$ grant. Disney took a risk as they had never made something of this nature.
The film features a cameo of the first form of Jack Skellington, the protagonist of one of his later films, Nightmare before Christmas. It also hints at another later character of his, Sparky of Frankenweenie.
The film won two awards at the Chicago film festival and the Critics prize at the Annecy film festival in France.
Vincent Price was an actor famous for his work in Horror movies. From House of Wax to The Raven. Burton often quotes him as one of his major inspirations.
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