The Dot and the Line

The Dot and the Line
A Romance in Lower Mathematics
Directed byChuck Jones
Maurice Noble (co-director)
Story byNorton Juster (screenplay)
Based onThe Dot and the Line
by Norton Juster
Produced byChuck Jones
Les Goldman[1]
Narrated byRobert Morley
Music byEugene Poddany
Animation byDon Towsley (supervising)
Ken Harris
Ben Washam
Dick Thompson
Tom Ray
Philip Roman
Backgrounds byPhilip DeGuard
Don Morgan
Color processMetrocolor
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • December 31, 1965 (1965-12-31)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics is a 1965 animated short film directed by Chuck Jones and co-directed by Maurice Noble, based on the 1963 book of the same name written and illustrated by Norton Juster, who also provided the film's script. The film was narrated by Robert Morley and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It won the 1965 Academy Award for Animated Short Film[2] and was entered into the Short Film Palme d'Or competition at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ 1966|Oscars.org
  2. ^ "The Dot And The Line". Big Cartoon DataBase. 2012-12-16. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Dot and the Line". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-03-08.