| What on Earth! | |
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| Directed by | Kaj Pindal Les Drew |
| Written by | Kaj Pindal |
| Produced by | Robert Verrall Wolf Koenig[1] |
| Narrated by | Donald Brittain |
| Music by | Donald Douglas |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada Columbia Pictures |
Running time | 9 min 35 s |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English, French |
What on Earth! (French: La Terre est habitée![2]) is a 1966 National Film Board of Canada animated short co-directed by Les Drew and Kaj Pindal. The film is a mockumentary, introduced in its opening credits as produced by the "National Film Board of Mars"[3] that takes a humorous look at car culture from the point of view of fictional Martians, who mistake automobiles for Earth's true inhabitants and people as their parasites. It attempts to examine the sociology of the automobile as the dominant species on earth, and makes wild guesses about the lifestyle, feeding habits, mating habits and funeral rites of this "species."[4]
- ^ "The 40th Academy Awards | 1968". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- ^ "La Terre est habitée!" (in French). National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "Thought". Siddhartha Publications. 21 August 1969 – via Google Books.
- ^ "What on Earth!". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 12 March 2010.