Just another day in the life of three ordinary robots suffering for their art - Jackson, a painter/sculptor; Roland, a composer/musician; and Hands, a champion skater. This award-winning animated film tracks the demise of the three redundant robots as they attempt to reassert meaning into their empty lives. Made in the style of a documentary-soap and containing a rather dark sense of humour, this is a somewhat offbeat satirical depiction of the genre.
Voice: David Hopewell. (Awards: Best New British Animation, Edinburgh International Film Festival 2000; Jury Award, Art Film Festival 2001)
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ACMI Identifier
B1002077
Language
English
Audience classification
Exempt
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS [PAL]; Copy
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
MPEG-2 Digital File; Memory Grid Pod Full Encode