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{{Infobox film
| name = Moonbird
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[John Hubley]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Faith Hubley]]
* [[John Hubley]]
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* Mark Hubley (voice)
* Ray "Hampy" Hubley (voice)
}}
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1959}}
| runtime = 10 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
{{italic title}}
[[File:Moonbird (1959).webm|thumb|Full short]]
'''''Moonbird''''' is a 1959 short [[animation|animated film]] by [[John Hubley]] and [[Faith Hubley]] in which two boys have an adventure in the middle of the night as they sneak out and try to catch a 'Moonbird' and bring it home. The film was animated by Robert Cannon and Ed Smith. It won an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Best Short Subjects (Cartoons)]] at the [[32nd Academy Awards]], in 1960.<ref>[https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1960 The 32nd Academy Awards 1960].</ref>

==Production==
''Moonbird'' featured the voices of the Hubley's sons, Mark and Ray ("Hampy"). For the ''Moonbird'', the Hubleys secretly recorded the boys sharing an imaginary adventure before going to sleep in the darkness of their room. Their parents afterwards took the tapes and created an animated film to fit their sons' story.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/1960Moonbird 1960 Moonbird: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming: Internet Archive]</ref>

==Accolades==
It became the very first independent short to win the Oscar.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUPkHPbb9b8 Short Subject Winners Jacques-Yves Cousteau and John Hubley: 1960 Oscars]</ref><ref name="indieanimationsfirstoscar">[https://animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-indie-animation-won-its-first When Indie Animation Won Its First Oscar|Animation Obsessive]</ref>

==Synopsis==
The cartoon shows the little boys climbing out their bedroom window and going on a quest for the Moonbird, trying to trap the Moonbird, and otherwise obsessed with the Moonbird which we see following them about from place to place, leaping in and out of their trap, and in general keeping an eye on them.<ref>[http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-hubleys.html Weird Realms Reviews: Animation from the Hubleys].</ref>

==Availability==
The film has lapsed into the [[public domain]].<ref>[https://archive.org/details/moonbird_20170601 Internet Archive]</ref>

The [[Academy Film Archive]] preserved ''Moonbird'' in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=http://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=moon+bird&filmmaker=&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=053080|title=Moonbird}}
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVclzlQ2lwY ''Moonbird''] on [[YouTube]]

{{AcademyAwardBestAnimatedShortFilm 1941–1960}}

[[Category:1959 films]]
[[Category:1959 animated short films]]
[[Category:Animated films about birds]]
[[Category:Best Animated Short Academy Award winners]]
[[Category:Films directed by John Hubley]]
[[Category:American animated short films]]
[[Category:Animated films about animals]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
[[Category:1950s American films]]
[[Category:1959 independent films]]
[[Category:English-language short films]]
[[Category:English-language independent films]]

Latest revision as of 23:36, 2 December 2024

For the long-lived bird, see B95 (bird).
Moonbird
Directed byJohn Hubley
Produced by
Starring
  • Mark Hubley (voice)
  • Ray "Hampy" Hubley (voice)
Release date
  • 1959 (1959)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Full short

Moonbird is a 1959 short animated film by John Hubley and Faith Hubley in which two boys have an adventure in the middle of the night as they sneak out and try to catch a 'Moonbird' and bring it home. The film was animated by Robert Cannon and Ed Smith. It won an Oscar for Best Short Subjects (Cartoons) at the 32nd Academy Awards, in 1960.[1]

Production

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Moonbird featured the voices of the Hubley's sons, Mark and Ray ("Hampy"). For the Moonbird, the Hubleys secretly recorded the boys sharing an imaginary adventure before going to sleep in the darkness of their room. Their parents afterwards took the tapes and created an animated film to fit their sons' story.[2]

Accolades

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It became the very first independent short to win the Oscar.[3][4]

Synopsis

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The cartoon shows the little boys climbing out their bedroom window and going on a quest for the Moonbird, trying to trap the Moonbird, and otherwise obsessed with the Moonbird which we see following them about from place to place, leaping in and out of their trap, and in general keeping an eye on them.[5]

Availability

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The film has lapsed into the public domain.[6]

The Academy Film Archive preserved Moonbird in 2003.[7]

References

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  1. ^ The 32nd Academy Awards 1960.
  2. ^ 1960 Moonbird: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming: Internet Archive
  3. ^ Short Subject Winners Jacques-Yves Cousteau and John Hubley: 1960 Oscars
  4. ^ When Indie Animation Won Its First Oscar|Animation Obsessive
  5. ^ Weird Realms Reviews: Animation from the Hubleys.
  6. ^ Internet Archive
  7. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
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