The Pit and the Pendulum (2005)



Province: Ontario
Discipline(s): Animation
Theme(s): CGI
stop-motion
Duration: 00:05:15
Credit(s): Marc Lougee, Director

Edgar Allan Poe, Author

Matt Taylor, Writer

Mike Weiss, Animator

Ryan Fairley, Animator

Philip Stanger, Composer

Dean Holmes, Director of Photography

Paul Hunter, Editor

Dwayne Hill, Narrator

Marc Lougee, Producer

Susan Ma, Producer

Handmade Heroes Film & Television, Production Company

Ray Harryhausen Presents, Production Company

Description: The Pit and the Pendulum reflects Edgar Allen Poe’s obsession with the shadowy side of our imaginations. A tale of judgment, condemnation, despair, hope, and eventual redemption.

Screened at numerous festivals around the world, including Swansea Bay Film Festival (Wales), Museum of the Moving Image (NYC), and Paris Underground Film Festival; won Jury Award for Best Short in the Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival.

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