Description
When fifth-rate vaudevillian Coriander Simm (Madelaine Anderson) is hired to play the “last great love” of the dead film star Rudolph Valentino, she discovers that her dream to be adored by the crowd can only come true if she sacrifices the only man she has ever loved, her brother Tom (Brandon Howard).
“It’s the real thing: visually rich, excellent dialogue, a wonderful story with great feeling. And those eyes! Haunting.” – John Hancock, director, Bang the Drum Slowly, Prancer, Suspended Animation
“Coriander evokes Nathaniel West’s Hollywood, in this compelling, film noir tale of the fleeting price of fame, and the lives destroyed in its wake. Falzone gives voice to the silent film era of Rudolph Valentino while Grant gives it an animation style that is, at the same time, dreamlike and visceral.” – Dan Castellaneta & Deb Lacusta, The Simpsons
“Quite an achievement. I’m blown away. I’ve never seen pacing like this in an animated feature, and I think it really works! I rarely get lost in a story, and almost never in animation. Remarkable. Truly remarkable!” – Andrew Huebner Vice President of Animation Production, Nickelodeon
“(Coriander and a Penny’s Worth of Lonesome has) an eerie charm. Very hypnotic. Like a Norma Desmond puppet show.” – Jim Rohn Co-Chair, Animation, Columbia College Chicago
“With brilliantly realized animation, Coriander and A Penny’s Worth of Lonesome tells the story of a talented damaged-by-life girl pulled into vaudeville by her adoring step-brother. It unfolds at a time when the movie business is first becoming a powerful enticement. The public’s devotion to movie stars — in this case Rudolph Valentino – the cynical ambition of the men and women behind the scenes who casually destroy lives of those longing for fame, is rendered in this chilling, haunting, even tragic tale.” – Victoria Riskin, award-winning screenwriter, The Last Best Year, A Town Torn Apart, My Antonia
RYE 10077
Running Time: 89 mins
Genre: Animated, Drama, Period Film (1926).
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/490229878/14ac1c0a38
UPC: TBD
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