The Big Story

1995 0h 2m EN

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★6.0TMDB · 16

AnimationComedy

Synopsis

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In a witty homage to Kirk Douglas's films, all three characters ARE Kirk Douglas at various stages of his career. The short action takes place in a news room. A young reporter looking for his big chance pleads with his editor to give him a breaking story.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Frank Gorshin
Cub Reporter / Editor / Older Reporter (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tim Watts
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 2-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 5

ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 5

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0109270 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

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Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Tim Watts directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 2-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
231 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4IMDB entry: tt0109270 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Costume design: Jane Whittaker
Runtime: 2 min · 0h 2m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: The Big Story (1995)

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2025-01-09
★ 7/10
They have even managed to include the dimple on his chin as this brief film shows us three iterations of an instantly recognisable Kirk Douglas bemoaning to his newspaper editor the fact that he never gets anywhere near the big stories. The editor (also him) irately tells him to wait his turn just as one of the more experiences journalists (him) turns up with the Marciano story he wanted to do! Frustrated, again. It's a simple but active pencil-drawn animation that I quite enjoyed as it captured his room pacing, facial expressions and general demeanour quite accurately.

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