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The Story (1969)

1969 · Short film · 6 min · dir. Homer Groening

  • Documentary

Synopsis

Presents a story told by a young boy to his younger sister about various zoo animals. Records the spontaneous tale with all the interruptions, comments and reactions of the sister. The film was made by their father Homer Groening and features Matt, Lisa and little Maggie.

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Details

Director
Homer Groening
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
1969-02-18
Running time
6 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · áAye Carumba! · Wilford B. Wolf · 2005-03-21

This is the sort of film that I love finding here on the site. A young boy, Matt, tells his baby sister Maggie a bedtime story about Matt and Lisa as they met various animals through a walk in the forest. This is clearly a spontaneous story composed by the young boy, but it has a flash of the humor and keen observation that would mark his later work. His father, Homer, then takes the story and matches it to shots of the kids in the forest in the fall and animals at the zoo. I think this was shot during their time in Portland, OR because of the inclusion of a "geoduck" (pronounced gooey-duck)…

★★★★ · BART ryhmes with FART · MediaWhore · 2005-09-09

At first I thought this film just sucked really bad. Then I read the description and some of the reviews. So this young boy is Matt Groening (who went on to create the Simpsons)? There are a few clues here that indicate that but I am left feeling a bit skeptical about it all. Anyhow I remember making a similair audio tape with my sister when we were kids.

★★★ · D¡¯oh! · Spuzz · 2006-01-24

Pretty much the only cute thing about this heavily experimental film is that, yes, Matt Groening and his sisters Maggie and Lisa (!!) are in it, in a film directred, yes, by Homer! Other then that, you¡¯re on your own kiddies, as this film is somewhat slow, with a story that really isn¡¯t all that interesting (something about Animals and Nature). But still, this is one hell of a interesting curio. Matt was a cute kid!

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