ADVENTURES IN PLYMPTOONS!

By Crystal Hubbard

Adventures in Plymptoons! Is available September 25th 2012

List Price $19.95

Released By Cinema Libre Studio

Directed by Alexia Anastasio

www.adventuresinplymptoons.com

Directed by first time feature documentary filmmaker Alexia Anastasio, “Adventure’s In Plymptoons!” attempts, and greatly succeeds in mapping out the early inspiration, journey, and now successful routine of artist, animator and Oscar Nominated (Short Animation Category “Guard Dog” and “Your Face”) Bill Plympton.  Anastasio, a fan herself, takes us all the way back to his Oregonian childhood on a five acre plot of land by the Clackamas River to his move to the Big Apple and through his success as an unapologetic and, in his words, incredibly ambitious and tenacious independent animator.

Various interviews from friends, family and colleagues, as well as Plympton himself, treat the viewer to a personal and well crafted story, as well as plenty of anecdotes to satisfy curiosity. Interviewees include Matthew Modine, Moby, “Wierd  Al” Yankovic, and Chris Wedge.

Bill Plympton is most familiar to my MTV generation for his animations on the channel featuring mutating characters jerking around in colored pencil.  Beyond iconic, those toons defined our sense of true animation and what indie artists strove for. Plympton was, and continues to be a hero to the “pure” artist, for those opposed or afeared of the monster that is CGI, famous for turning down a $1,000,000 deal from Disney for no other reason than the fact they would own anything he drew for them.  Using humorous and explicit sex, horrific violence, and his genius sense of life’s humor, Plympton sets the bar for cartoons that conform to nothing but the artists standards and expectations, easily meeting and surpassing the audiences as well.

Awards:
10 Degrees Hotter Award – The Valley Film Festival
Indie Talent Award – Best Documentary
Tribeca Film Institute Recipient

So, whether you’re already a fan, or intrigued by  2D animation surviving in this day and age, this DVD is my recommendation for your library.

About the Author

Crysstal Hubbard

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Crysstal Hubbard is a country girl at heart born in California. Her father and mother were both involved in the arts; her mother, Patricia van Midde, a singer in the Bay Area and her father, Richard Hubbard, a stage performer beginning as a child in Vaudeville. At 18 she moved to New York City to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy to build an educated foundation in the performing arts, following in their footsteps. Crysstal now lives in San Diego and continues to pursue her career not only as a performer on film and stage, but as a writer, producer and director as well as having been afforded the opportunities as a journalist here at TME!

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