Of Stars and Men (1961)
August 1, 1961
Release Date
Of Stars and Men (1961)
August 1, 1961
Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.

Currently Of Stars and Men is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
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Cast & Crew.

Harlow Shapley
Narrator (voice) / Novel

Mark Hubley
Children's voices (voice)

Ray Hubley
Children's voices (voice) (as Hampy Hubley)

John Hubley
Director / Writer / Producer

Faith Hubley
Director / Producer / Editor / Writer

Jack Buehre
Director of Photography
Media.


Details.
Wiki.
Of Stars and Men is a 1964 animated film from the Hubley family of animators, based on the 1959 book of the same name by astronomer Harlow Shapley, who also narrates. Made in the style of a documentary, it tells of humankind's quest (in the form of a child) to find its place in the universe, through themes such as outer space, physical matter, the meaning of life and the periodic table. There are no character voices; instead, they "talk" through their actions. It has been cited as an example of an "animated documentary".
When it was finished, the film was first screened during a conference at MIT's Visual Department. The film's public premiere was on April 28, 1964, at New York's Beekman Theater, along with a collection of Hubley/U.P.A. shorts (Moonbird and Gerald McBoing-Boing among them) which preceded its showing. The critical reception was uniformly positive.
Its genre was a matter of contention among festival curators. At the Venice Film Festival, Of Stars and Men was placed in the live-action feature category, while at the San Francisco Film Festival, it competed in the documentary category and won an award.
Of Stars and Men received a VHS release from Buena Vista Home Video in July 1990, and had its DVD debut from Image Entertainment nine years later, as part of a compilation of Hubley productions.
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