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In the Attic
- When
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Saturday Mar 6, 2010 (2:30pm)
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Directions: Subway: 1,2,3, B, C trains to 96th Street (two stops from Times Square on 2,3 trains). Bus: M104 up- or downtown to 94th Street; M96 crosstown to Broadway
- Price
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$12 Adults, $9 Members
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Czech Republic, Jiri Barta, 75 min.
Recommended Ages: 8 to adult
AN EAST COAST PREMIERE!
Legendary Czech stop-motion animation master Jiri Barta's first feature in over 20 years is a diabolically inventive tale, four parts Toy Story and one part David Lynch, as a group of abandoned toys stage an ambitious rescue of their kidnapped friend. Set behind the doors of a dusty attic, an adorable doll named Buttercup lives in a steamer trunk and plays mom to a motley group of friends: the station master Teddy Bear, lumpy clay-animated ball Schubert, and the Quixotic marionette knight Sir Handsome, who attacks his enemies valiantly with a sharpened pencil. But in this enchanted world where every day is a birthday, evil is lurking, and one day a black cat appears, kidnaps the beloved Buttercup and takes her to the Land of Evil ruled by the villainous Head - a maniacal Cold War military bust who commands an army of mechanical, mustachioed cockroaches and an all-seeing spying eye. Both a spooky children's fairy tale and Soviet-era allegory, In the Attic marks a career highpoint for Barta, who along with Jan Svankmajer and the Brothers Quay made stop-motion animation an art form, and paved the way for modern hits like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, and Fantastic Mr. Fox.
Please note this movie has subtitles
