Jimmy the C
Jimmy the C is a 1979 animated short film directed by Jimmy Picker and co-produced by Picker (going by James), Robert Grossman and Craig Whitaker. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film.[1][2][3] The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009.[4]
Plot
[edit]The three-minute film features a clay-animated Jimmy Carter (who was U.S. president at the time) singing "Georgia on My Mind", referencing his birth state. He is accompanied by a choir of Mr. Peanut lookalikes, and gazes at the moon at night. Ray Charles' rendition of the song is used on the soundtrack.[5][6][7][8]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Short Film Winners: 1978 Oscars
- ↑ Film Cartoons: A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts – Douglas L. McCall – Google Books
- ↑ About|ROBERT GROSSMAN
- ↑ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
- ↑ BCDB[dead link]
- ↑ Internet Archive
- ↑ "Jimmy the C by Jimmy Picker (1976)|Animation Mag - Animation from the Web". Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
- ↑ Robert Grossman - Lambiek Comicclopedia
Categories:
- 1979 American animated films
- 1979 films
- 1979 animated short films
- 1970s American animated short films
- American political comedy films
- American political satire films
- American animated comedy films
- Animated musical films
- American satirical films
- Films set in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Claymation films
- Cultural depictions of Jimmy Carter
- Ray Charles
- 1970s stop-motion animated films
- 1970s political comedy films
- Caricatures of presidents of the United States