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The Mathematician

1976 (estimated) College Project British Film Institute

Studio
British Film Institute

Synopsis

Harry is a mathematician. He discovers that if you do 'this, this, and that' the world will come to an end. He contacts the authorities to warn them of the dangers of doing 'this, this, and that' but instead of them taking preventative action, they want to buy his knowledge for their own ends. Harry becomes very rich and very dead.

Characters

Harry

Credits

Directing

Director
Stan Hayward

Producing

Producer
Stan Hayward

Writing

Writer
Stan Hayward

Voices

Voice
Robert Gladwell

Crew

Design
Ted Rockley

Production notes

Experimental computerized animation.

The February 1978 issue of the Monthly Film Bulletin gave this animation (and computer animation) an unkind assessment: "Unfortunately, judging from this anticlimactic and poorly designed film, the prospects for the future of this method of animation seem far from encouraging."