The Sculptor's Nightmare
Watch TrailerAt a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the individual favorite. Instead, the sculptor spends their fees on a dinner with his model during which he becomes so inebriated that he is taken to jail. There he has a nightmare, wherein three busts are created and animated from clay (through stop-motion photography) in the likenesses of Democrat William Jennings Bryan and Republicans Charles W. Fairbanks and William Howard Taft. Finally an animated bust of Roosevelt appears.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1908 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Comedy, Animation |
| Director | Wallace McCutcheon Sr. |
| Runtime | 9 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 4.3/10 (5 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film constructs a satirical frame where political ambition meets human greed, relying on puppet animation that was groundbreaking for 1908.
What lingers after the viewing is a witty parody of an election race, where bribes replace policy and debates turn into a drunken nightmare. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
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