Cosmic Cartoon

1973

0h 10m

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The first sequence of the Hearst Castle was rotoscoped from Steven Lisberger's film and animated in Cosmic Cartoon. Lisberger did much of the matte painting, figure rotoscoping and airbrush painting, and Eric Ladd did the Earth rotation animation.

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Directed by: Eric Ladd
Steven Lisberger

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