Product Details

• Actors: Mike Judge, Don Hertzfeldt
• Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Paramount / MTV
• DVD Release Date: January 16, 2007
• Run Time: 172 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FSME4C
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,839 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Animation Show (Vol. 1 & 2 Boxed Set)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Renowned animators Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt present, The Animation Show, showcasing some of the world’s best short films. This 2-disc DVD set features 20 celebrated animated short films personally selected by Judge, himself an animation festival veteran, and Academy Award nominated* animator Hertzfeldt. Included in the collection are Academy Award nominees "The Cathedral", "The Rocks" and "Mt. Head", as well as Mike Judge’s own "Early Pencil Tests and Other Experiments." * 2001 Animated Short Film Academy Award for "Rejected"

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great presentation, January 21, 2007

By 

Stephen "laid-back consumer" (outside philadelphia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Animation Show (Vol. 1 & 2 Boxed Set) (DVD)

Very pleased with this set. In an age where you can quite easily pay $20 for a new, single-disc release of most movies, which come with no insert other than a one-sheet "Buy more DVDs from this company"...it's refreshing to pay less than $20 for two well-made discs and a very nice, informative booklet. As a fan of Hertzfeldt, Plympton and Judge, I bought this on the strength of them, but am finding a lot more that I like on here as well. Can't wait to catch the road show when it comes to the my area.

Word of warning, most people who come to this page will already know but, some of these cartoons are rather strange. Just be forewarned, if you try to put this on in mixed company, or for people who aren't really into animation other than Family Guy and The Simpsons, I doubt they will run screaming - but they're probably going to give you some strange looks. That's one of the reasons I love them - but, it might not be a lot of people's cup of tea.

And like JONG said, for 67 cents a short, you really can't beat giving it a shot.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not too shabby for under $20, January 8, 2007

By 

Jonathan Galimore "JONG. cine-phile extraord... (Frederick, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Animation Show (Vol. 1 & 2 Boxed Set) (DVD)

Somehow or another my local Target store was selling copies of this dvd about 10 days before it is supposed to be released. So....lucky me. For animation fans of whatever variety, this is a great little collection. "Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt have scoured the globe to bring you thirty amazing animated films", and how! This collection includes a smorgasboard of animation, including traditional animation, rotoscoping, clay animation, stop-motion, 3d animation, experimental, and probably more than a few hybrids. If you are a fan of "Beavis and Butt-head" (or just a fan of Mike Judge in general), this collection contains several early animations and experimentations, somewhat revealing the evolution of the style behind "B & B". Although, it may be said that you can probably view the majority (if not all) of these animations on-line, there is something invaluable about having them all in your hand contained within an attractively designed box set, which also contains an informative booklet profiling the artists behind the contained animations. All for under $20 (which comes out to about 67 cents per animation). Not too shabby.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Here's a list of titles, August 6, 2009

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J. Paulsonn (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Animation Show (Vol. 1 & 2 Boxed Set) (DVD)

For those of you who are looking for specifics on this DVD set, here are the titles, directors, running times, and release dates.

VOLUME 1----
WELCOME TO THE SHOW (Hertzfeldt - 3:00 - 2003)
MT. HEAD (ATAMA YAMA) (Yamamura - 10:00 - 2002) - Acad. Awd. Nominee
BROTHER (Elliot - 7:50 - 2000)
PARKING (Plympton - 5:16 - 2002)
THE ADVENTURES OF RICARDO (Quakenbush - 1996)
MOVING ILLUSTRATIONS OF MACHINES (Solterbeck - 9:30 - 2000)
LA COURSE A L'ABIME (THE RIDE TO THE ABYSS) (Schwizgebel - 5:16 - 1992)
BILLY's BALLOON (Hertzfeldt - 5:22 - 1998)
COUSIN (Elliot - 4:40 - 1998)
THE CATHEDRAL (KATEDRA) (Dukaj - 6:30 - 2002)
INTERMISSION IN THE THIRD DIMENSION (Hertzfeldt - 3:00 - 2003)
50 PERCENT GREY (Robinson - 2:46 - 2001)
UNCLE (Elliot - 6:08 - 1997)
EARLY PENCILS AND OTHER EXPERIMENTS BY MIKE JUDGE (Judge - 5:00 - early 1990s)
BATHTIME IN CLERKENWELL (Budovsky - 3:15 - 2002)


VOLUME 2----
BUNNIES (Studio Soi - 30 sec. - 2002)
GUARD DOG (Plympton - 4:41 - 2004)
THE F.E.D.S. (Drummond - 6:20 - 2002)
PAN WITH US (Russo - 4:00 - 2003)
WARD 13 - (Cornwell - 14:50 - 2003)
HELLO (Nix - 6:30 - 2003)
ROCKFISH (Miller - 8:58 - 2003)
MAGDA (White - 5:30 - 2004)
FALLEN ART (Baginski - 5:50 - 2004) - Acad. Awd. Nominee
WHEN THE DAY BREAKS (Forbis, Tilby - 9:35 - 1999)
FIREWORKS (PES - 39 sec. - 2004)
THE MEANING OF LIFE (Hertzfeldt - 12:00 - 2005)