Ubu
- Studio
- Grand Slamm Animation
- Distributor
- Concord
Characters
Pa Ubu, Ma Ubu, King Wenceslas, Captain Drubbish, Prince Bugrelas
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Geoff Dunbar
Producing
- Producer
- Geoff Dunbar
Writing
- Writer
- Alfred Jarry
- Screenplay
- Geoff Dunbar
Animation
- Animator
- Geoff Dunbar, Annabel Jankel, Len Lewis, Ginger Gibbons
Voices
- Voice
- William Mitchell
Music
- Music
- Laurie Scott-Baker
Editing
- Editor
- Terry Brown
Crew
- Camera
- Richard Wolff
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Steve Cook
Production notes
Produced for the Arts Council of Great Britain.
Adapted from Alfred Jarry's 1896 play "Ubu Roi," as translated by Julia Rowntree.
Dialogue is rendered in comic strip bubbles of various colors, with Pa Ubu's vilest oaths appearing in green.
Adapted from Alfred Jarry's 1896 play "Ubu Roi," as translated by Julia Rowntree.
Dialogue is rendered in comic strip bubbles of various colors, with Pa Ubu's vilest oaths appearing in green.
Awards
Golden Bear, Best Short Film, Berlin International Film Festival, 1979.
Grand Prize, Category A (Films Longer Than 3 Minutes), Ottawa International Animation Festival, 1980
Grand Prize, Category A (Films Longer Than 3 Minutes), Ottawa International Animation Festival, 1980