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The Great white man-eating shark, a cautionary tale

Title: The Great white man-eating shark, a cautionary tale [motion picture] / Weston Woods Studios in association with The Short Film Fund of the New Zealand Film Commission, Gnome Productions, Wellington, New Zealand, and The Shark Film Corporation Limited ; produced by Shaun Bell.
Publication: Weston, CT : Weston Woods, 1991.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person.	Moving image	By appointment only	J M16 A-798 G	Offsite
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Description

1 film reel (10 min.) : sd., col.; 16 mm.

Summary

This animated fable concerning a greedy boy's comeuppance is enhanced by wry narration and a suspenseful score. Norvin had a very plain face which looked remarkably like a shark. He spent his days swimming in crowded Caramel Cove, shooting through the water like a silver arrow. Sharing the bay with other swimmers, however, made Norvin cross and resentful, prompting him to devise a wicked plan. Tying a dorsal fin to his back, Norvin, disguised as "the great white man-eating shark," frightens the bathers away and is able to have the swimming hole to himself. After a time, the swimmers return impelling Norvin to don the false fin again. The plan works well until a female shark appears and threatens to devour Norvin unless he agrees to marry her. Norvin retreats posthaste to the beach, his prank revealed to the other bathers.

Subject

Note

Based on the book by Margaret Mahy.

Credits (note)

Director, Euan Frizzell; animators, Euan Frizzell, Murray Reece, Murray Freeth; music, Ernest V. Troost.

Title

The Great white man-eating shark, a cautionary tale [motion picture] / Weston Woods Studios in association with The Short Film Fund of the New Zealand Film Commission, Gnome Productions, Wellington, New Zealand, and The Shark Film Corporation Limited ; produced by Shaun Bell.

Imprint

Weston, CT : Weston Woods, 1991.

Credits

Director, Euan Frizzell; animators, Euan Frizzell, Murray Reece, Murray Freeth; music, Ernest V. Troost.

Performer

Ray Henwood.

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Frizzell, Euan.

Mahy, Margaret, 1936-2012. Great white man-eating shark.

Weston Woods Studios.

Branch Call Number

J M16 A-798 G

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