Time Piece

For other uses, see Time Piece (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Timepiece or Timepiece (album).
Time Piece
Directed byJim Henson
Written byJim Henson
Produced byJim Henson[1]
StarringJim Henson
Enid Cafritz
Frank Oz
Jerry Juhl
CinematographyTed Nemeth [2]
Music byDon Sebesky
Production
company
Distributed byPathé Contemporary Films
Release date
  • 1965 (1965)
Running time
9 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Time Piece is a 1965 American independent[4][5] experimental short film directed, written, produced by and starring Jim Henson.[6] The film depicts an ordinary man living in constant motion, in a desperate attempt to escape the passage of time.[7] Time Piece is notable as one of the few live-action projects Jim Henson produced that did not involve any form of puppetry.[8] The short film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1966.[9]

  1. ^ 1966|Oscars.org
  2. ^ Ted Nemeth - IMDB
  3. ^ Short Film Winners: 1966 Oscars
  4. ^ Jim Henson: Before Happytime Murders, Muppet creator told edgy stories - Polygon
  5. ^ Help! I Love Watching Animated Shorts|Animation World Network
  6. ^ "Time Piece" - Short Film - Behind the Scenes - The Jim Henson Company on YouTube
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference book was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Campbell, Christopher (21 November 2011). "Short Starts: Watch Jim Henson's Oscar-Nominated "Time Piece"". IndieWire. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  9. ^ Epplin, Luke (24 September 2013). "Before the Muppets, Jim Henson Tried to Build a Futuristic Nightclub". The Atlantic. Retrieved 15 October 2013.