The Old Man and the Sea

Старик и море (1999)

Timing: 0:21 (21 min)

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Photo 16

Actors and characters

Release date

1999-07-03

Country

Canada, Japan, Russia

Production

IMAGICA, NHK, IMAX, Dentsu Tec, Panorama Studio, Ogden Entertainment Company, Les productions Pascal Blais

Genre

Animation, Adventure, Drama

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

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Director

Aleksandr Petrov

Actors

Gordon Pinsent, Kevin Duhaney, Youji Matsuda, Rentaro Mikuni
All actors and roles (4)

Scenario

Producer

Tatsuo Shimamura, Bernard Lajoie, Jean-Yves Martel, Shizuo Ohashi

Operator

Sergey Reshetnikov

Composer

Denis L. Chartrand

Artist

Audition

Karen Goora

Editing

Denis Papillon
All team (34)

• In 2000, the animated film “The Old Man and the Sea” became the first animated film in history intended for large-format IMAX theaters.
• Alexander Petrov drew the main character of the cartoon with his father-in-law.
• Each frame was created using slowly drying oil paint on a glass 'canvas'. Director Alexander Petrov painted with his fingers and photographed the results.
• Before this film, Alexander Petrov worked with A4-sized canvases, but this film was created for the 'IMAX' format, so the glass 'canvas' was four times larger than A4.
• Alexander Petrov created the film in Montreal (Canada). The process took 2.5 years.
• In 2000, the animated film "The Old Man and the Sea" became the first animated film in history intended for large-format IMAX theaters.
• Each frame was created using slowly drying oil paint on a glass "canvas." Director Alexander Petrov painted with his fingers and photographed the results.
• Before this film, Alexander Petrov worked with A4-sized canvases, but this film was created specifically for the "IMAX" format, so the glass "canvas" was four times larger than A4.