25 WAYS TO QUIT SMOKING
by Bill Plympton
1989, Animation, 5', USA
35mm, English
Watch this and you'll never smoke again!
BONEY D
by Bill Plympton
1996, Animation, 3', USA
35mm, No dialogue
An amusing chase short starring a hipster dog named Boney D.
BOOM TOWN
by Bill Plympton
1985, Animation, 6 min, USA
35mm, English
Boomtown, as sung by the Android Sisters, is a musical about the absurdities of military spending, from the Cold War to the present.
Can't Drag Race With Jesus
by Bill Plympton
2000, Animation, 2'16", USA
35mm, No dialogue
A southern preacher sings an ode to Jesus and auto racing, with a religious choir backing him up.
THE COW WHO WANTED TO BE A HAMBURGER
by Bill Plympton
2010, Animation, 6 min, USA
Digibeta/HD, No dialogue
"The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger" is a children's fable about the power of advertising, the meaning of life and ultimately the test of a mother's love.
DANCING ALL DAY
by Bill Plympton
1991, Animation, 3'17", USA
35mm, English
Dancing Plympton style
DIG MY DO
by Bill Blympton
1990, Animation, 3'35", USA
35mm, English
What would happen if Elvis Presley were reincarnated as a dog?
DRAW
by Bill Blympton
1993, Animation, 2', USA
35mm, English
Winds moan across the desert, empty save for two desperadoes.
DRAWING LESSONS
by Bill Blympton
1988, Animation, 6', USA
35mm, English
An ill-fated romance between a drawing line and his model.
EAT
by Bill Blympton
2001, Animation, 9', USA
35mm, English
Have dinner at a fancy French restaurant, Plympton style!
FADED ROADS
by Bill Plympton
1994, Animation, 2'30", USA
35mm, English
A country song about life on the highway, searching for lost love.
FLOOBY NOOBY
by Bill Plympton
1992, Animation, 3'45", USA
35mm, English
Come with Bill to Flooby Nooby land!! Come with Bill to Flooby Nooby land!!
GUARD DOG
by Bill Plympton
2004, Animation, 5 min, USA
35mm, No dialogue
NOMINATED FOR A 2005 OSCAR!!!
An unusual guard dog takes his job too serious!
GUIDE DOG
by Bill Plympton
2006, Animation, 5 min, USA
35mm, No dialogue
"Guide Dog" is a sequel to the Oscar nominated short "Guard Dog". This time our hero dog helps blind people with typical disastrous results.
HORN DOG
by Bill Plympton
2009, Animation, 6 min, USA
35mm, No dialogue
"Horn Dog" is the fourth film in the famed Oscar® nominated "dog" series. Here are more misadventures from our plucky canine, as he fends off an obese dog, attacking oysters, and a wayward killer violin bow, while trying to win the love of his heart's desire.
HOT DOG
by Bill Plympton
2008, Animation, 6 min, USA
35mm, No dialogue
This is the third in the DOG series. In this episode our plucky hero joins the fire company to save the world from house fires and gain the affection he so richly deserves. Typically, the results never turn out the way he planned.
HELTER SHELTER
by Bill Plympton
1998, Animation, 8', USA
35mm, English
This parody of Friends is a untypical sitcom that features three totally different people living together. In this episode Driscoll accidently gets his head cut off right before a big date. Not wanting the evening to be ruined, the April and Seth sew Driscoll's head onto the body of the chicken he was going to cook for dinner. Will the date notice? What happens when his headless body wanders back into the house? Which one will the date prefer??? A wonderfully warped show that has the potential to be as big as South Park but was never shown on the air.
HOW TO KISS
by Bill Plympton
1989, Animation, 6'30", USA
35mm, English
This short shows all the violent and bizarre pitfalls of "sucking face".
How to make love to a woman
by Bill Plympton
1995, Animation, 5', USA
35mm, English
Now, we're talking naked bodies and hot emotions here!!
ISN'T IT GOOD AGAIN
by Bill Plympton
1991, Animation, 2'40 min, USA
35mm, English
LOVE IN THE FAST LANE
by Bill Plympton
1987, Animation, 3', USA
35mm, English
A never picked up pilot for a TV Series in a Scooby Doo animation style.
LOVESICK HOTEL
by Bill Plympton
1992, Animation, 6'08", USA
35mm, English
Funny gags on every floor of the hotel...
LUCAS THE EAR OF CORN
by Bill Plympton
1977, Animation, 4', USA
Video, English
Lucas, a young ear of corn, finds out about growing up, and the meaning of life
MORE SEX AND VIOLENCE
by Bill Plympton
1998, Animation, 7', USA
35mm, No dialogue
The sequel to 'Sex'! Some of these gags push the limits of good taste even further...
NO NOSE BLUES
by Bill Plympton
1991, Animation, 4'20", USA
35mm, English
A nosey music short.
NOSEHAIR
by Bill Plympton
1994, Animation, 7', USA
35mm, No dialogue
This epic battle between a man and his nasal follicle escalates to world-war proportions.
ONE OF THOSE DAYS
by Bill Plympton
1988, Animation, 7'50", USA
35mm, English
What would it be like to live the most violent and accident-filled day imaginable?
PARKING
by Bill Plympton
2002, Animation, 5 min, USA
35mm, No dialogue
Don't park you car there!!
PLYMPMANIA
by Bill Plympton
1996, Animation, 8', USA
35mm, English
The best wacky surreal pieces, made for the Fox TV show "The Edge".
PLYMPTOONS
by Bill Plympton
1990, Animation, 6'45", USA
35mm, No dialogue
The strangest gag cartoons inspired on his work for Rolling Stone, Playboy, Penthouse and National Lampoon.
PUSH COMES TO SHOVE
by Bill Plympton
1992, Animation, 6'30", USA
35mm, No dialogue
This madcap escaltion of physical humor and violent brutality was inspired on Laurel and Hardy.
SANTA: THE FASCIST YEARS
by Bill Plympton
2008, Animation, 4 min, USA
35mm, narrated by Matthew Modine
We all think of Santa as "Jolly ole St.Nick". But who knew that he has a dark hidden past that's very un-jolly? This short film uncovers and explores Santa's flirtation with politics and greed.
SEX AND VIOLENCE
by Bill Plympton
1997, Animation, 8', USA
35mm, No dialogue
These quick, 20-second gag shorts push the boundaries of good taste and bad humor.
SHUT-EYE HOTEL
by Bill Plympton
2007, Animation, 7 min, USA
35mm, no dialogue
A film noir murder mystery that takes place in a sleazy hotel. As cops investigate the gruesome murders they become victims of this evil force. What "Jaws" did to swimming, "Shut-eye Hotel" will do for sleeping.
SMELL THE FLOWERS
by Bill Plympton
1996, Animation, 3', USA
35mm, No dialogue
A busy executive gets a visit from a nature loving bird and introduces the harried office worker to the joys of flora and fauna, with a surprise ending.
SURPRISE CINEMA
by Bill Plympton
1999, Animation, 7'30", USA
35mm, No dialogue
An outrageous parody of "Candid Camera" featuring, among others wacky stunts, a man having sex with an octopus.
TANGO SCHMANGO
by Bill Plympton
1991, Animation, 2'04", USA
35mm, No dialogue
A haunting tango song inspiring this dancing couple to try steps and moves that Fred and Ginger never imagined.
THE EXCITING LIFE OF A TREE
by Bill Plympton
1998, Animation, 7', USA
35mm, No dialogue
What does life look like from a tree's point of view?
THE FAN AND THE FLOWER
Directed & Animated by Bill Plympton
Written by Dan O'Shannon
Narrated by Paul Giamatti
2005, Animation, 7 min, USA
35mm / video
An ill fated and unconsummated romance between a fan and a flower magically creates a fairy tale ending. A very atypical Bill Plympton film.
THE WISEMAN
by Bill Plympton
1992, Animation, 4'45", USA
35mm, English
One of Bill's most bizarre short films.
YOUR FACE
by Bill Plympton
1987, Animation, 3'10", USA
35mm, English
Oscar nominated in 1987
As a second-rate crooner sings about the beauties of his lover's face, his own face metamorphosizes into the most surreal shapes and contortions possible.
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