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Tight 5-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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The Man in the Moon
2005 0h 5m EN
Synopsis
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The Man in the Moon short film is based on William Joyce's children book series "Guardians of Childhood". Reel FX animated Short Film "The Man in the Moon" (2005) was directed by William Joyce and the script written by David Lindsay-Abaire (Robots, Rabbit Hole).
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- William Joyce
- Writers
- David Lindsay-Abaire
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The take
William Joyce directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 5-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 21 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 5 min · 0h 5m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
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William Joyce
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Production companies
Who made it
Reel FX Creative Studios
US
Key crew
- NovelWilliam Joyce
Release history · US
When it landed
- Digital2005-01-01
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