485115
485115

Alexander the Grape

1965-11-24
6
en 4m
AnimationComedyFamily
ALEXANDER THE GRAPE, an unfinished cut-paper animated short from Jim Henson from 1965, relates the fable of a young grape with big ambitions who learns that it is better to accept yourself than to try to be something you are not. The short was reconstructed from film and audio elements; images from Jim’s storyboard fill in missing segments of the animation.

Director

Jim Henson

Original Music Composer

Billy Mure

Storyboard Artist

Jim Henson

Writer

Jim Henson

Animation

Jim Henson

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Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • The Jim Henson Company