November 8, 2011

What:  Animator and illustrator Bill Plympton provides an evening’s worth of entertainment with a generous selection of his gut-busting and mind-bending shorts. Plympton, whose life and work is also explored in “Adventures in Plymptoons” (see November 12 screening) introduces and discusses each film. The program includes (among other films) several new works (“Summer Bummer,” “Waiting for Her Sailor,” the work-in-progress “Cheatin’”) and two recent collaborative projects: “Guard Dog Global Jam,” in which animators from around the world do a cartoon jam of Plympton’s Oscar®-nominated “Guard Dog”; and “Flying House,” a Plympton-restored classic by animation pioneer Winsor McCay. Every attendee will receive a Plympton sketch. With Plympton, who is honored with SLIFF’s Lifetime Achievement Award. (approximately 120 min.)

Bill Plympton's website

When:  Friday, November 11 at 7:00 pm

For more information please visit the Film Series website.

Where:  Webster University, Winifred Moore Auditorium, 470 E. Lockwood, Webster Groves, MO 63119

Cost:  $12 for the general public, $10 for Cinema St. Louis members and students.  Advance tickets for programs at Webster U. are for sale at the Tivoli box office.  Box-office hours are 5-10PM Monday-Friday and 2-10PM Saturday-Sunday.  No phone or online sales.

The Webster University Film Series receives funding from the Regional Arts Commission and the Missouri Arts Council - a state agency.

With its home campus in St. Louis, Webster University is the only Tier 1, private, non-profit U.S.-based University providing a network of international residential campuses.  Founded in 1915, Webster University’s campus network today includes metropolitan, military and corporate locations around the world, as well as traditional campuses in Asia, Europe and North America.  The university is committed to delivering high-quality learning experiences that transform students for global citizenship and individual excellence.

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