The Works (film)
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The Works is a shelved animated feature film, partially produced from 1979 to 1986. If it had been finished as intended, it would have been the first film that was entirely 3D computer-animated. It included contributions from individuals who would go on to work at digital animation pioneers Pixar and DreamWorks Animation.
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The Works | |
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Directed by | Lance Williams |
Written by | Lance Williams |
Produced by | Dr. Alexander Schure |
Cinematography | Dick Lundin |
Edited by | Ed Catmull, Jim & Christine St. Lawrence |
Music by | Christie Barton |
Production company | |
Release date | Unreleased |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The film was developed by the staff of the Computer Graphics Lab in association with the New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, New York. The name was inspired by the original meaning of the word "robot", derived from "robota" ("work"), a word found in many Slavic languages.[1] It was originally intended to be approximately 90 minutes long although less than 10 minutes were known to be produced. A trailer of the film was screened at SIGGRAPH in 1982. The project also resulted in other groundbreaking computer animations such as 3DV, Sunstone, Inside a Quark and some segments of the short film The Magic Egg from 1984.