The Tune

Del is a songwriter for the obnoxious Mr. Mega, and in love with Didi, Mega's secretary. He's given 47 minutes to write a hit or lose his job and his sweetheart.

Featuring 10 songs that each pay homage to different forms of American popular music, "The Tune" follows the adventures of Del, a nerdy carrot-topped songwriter, after he takes a wrong exit from a cloverleaf and finds himself stranded in Flooby Nooby, a strange and unfamiliar farming town. He is led around by the town's mayor and learns from the townspeople how to write songs from the heart and not from a rhyming dictionary. Along the way, he meets an astonishing array of characters, including a psycho-babbling guru and even a hip-swiveling canine Elvis impersonator. He just might learn to write songs from the heart.

Del, Didi, Mayor, Mr. Mega, Mrs. Mega, Dot, Wiseone, Surfer, Tango Dancer, Cabbie, Houndog, Bellhop, Surfer

This was Bill Plympton's first full-length cartoon. Bill Plympton completely drew this whole film- pretty much by himself- in a New York loft over the course of three years. He had two assistants who inked and painted... but he drew the whole thing- all 30,000 drawings.

Gold Special Jury Award, WorldFest (Houston).
Golden Palm Award, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
Spirit Award Nominee for Best Film Score