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No Apple for Johnny

John Weldon

1977 9 min

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This animated short is the visual enactment of the year-long obstacle course run by a teacher trainee. Rich in humor and anecdote, it is a comedy of educational manners seen through the autobiographical and unflinching eye of the trainee-turned-filmmaker.

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This animated short is the visual enactment of the year-long obstacle course run by a teacher trainee. Rich in humor and anecdote, it is a comedy of educational manners seen through the autobiographical and unflinching eye of the trainee-turned-filmmaker.

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Credits

• director
  John Weldon
  
• writer
  John Weldon
  
• animation
  John Weldon
  
• producer
  Wolf Koenig
  
  Dorothy Courtois
  
• executive producer
  Robert Verrall
  
• animation camera
  Jacques Avoine
  
• sound editing
  Bernard Bordeleau
  
• re-recording
  Jean-Pierre Joutel
  
• voice
  Les Nirenberg
  
  John Howe
  
  France Arioli
  
  Regan Arioli
  
  Doris Malcolm
  
  John Weldon
  
• music
  Ben Low
  

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