The Dot and the Line

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The Dot and the Line is a 1965 animated short film directed by Chuck Jones, celebrated for its witty, geometric love story and innovative visual style.

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instanceOf American film
animated short film
academyAwards Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
animationTechnique traditional animation
antagonist The Squiggle
artDirector Maurice Noble
awardYear 1966
basedOn The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
basedOnAuthor Norton Juster
color color film
colorProcess Metrocolor
countryOfOrigin United States
director Chuck Jones
distributor MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
genre animated comedy
experimental animation
romantic comedy
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dot_and_the_Line
language English
mainCharacter The Dot
The Line
medium 35 mm film
musicBy Dean Elliott
narrativeStyle witty narration
narrator Robert Morley
notableFor innovative visual style
mathematical and geometric humor
partOf MGM cartoon catalog
linked to: MGM cartoon shorts
producer Chuck Jones
Les Goldman
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
publicationYearOfSource 1963
releaseDate 1965-12-31
releaseYear 1965
runtimeMinutes 10
screenplayBy Chuck Jones
Maurice Noble
Norton Juster
setting abstract geometric world
targetAudience general audience
theme intellect and creativity
love
order versus chaos
visualStyle geometric abstraction
minimalist design
won Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons

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Chuck Jones notableWork The Dot and the Line
Norton Juster notableWork The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
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Norton Juster wrote The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
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Charles Martin Jones notableWork The Dot and the Line
The Dot and the Line basedOn The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
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The Dot and the Line mainCharacter The Dot
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Maurice Noble notableWork The Dot and the Line