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The Old, Old, Very Old Man

Elizabeth Hobbs · UK · Poem / Comedy / Animation · 7 min · 6.5K views
With Edward Fox, from The Day of the Jackal

Directed by Elizabeth Hobbs · Starring Edward Fox · 2007

The tale of Thomas Parr, said to have lived to 152, told in verse and brought to life with blue ink painted and erased on a single bathroom tile.

Gorgeous, inventive ink-on-tile animation narrated with relish by Edward Fox.

Written, Animated and Directed by Elizabeth Hobbs, Starring Edward Fox, Edited by Mark Jenkins, , Sound Design by Fonic with Simon Dye, Music by Tim Olden and Produced by Kathrein Guenther for The Hackney & Tower Hamlets

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