Kick Me is a 1975 animated short film

made by Robert Swarthe.

Summary

The film is about a pair of red legs and its misadventures on celluloid film involving a giant baseball and spiders.

Kick Me (film)

Production

The animation was produced by drawing pictures directly onto frames of film stock, instead of by inking/painting and photographing cels as in traditional animation techniques of the era.

Kick Me (film)

Reception and legacy

It was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was featured on Fantastic Animation Festival.

Kick Me (film)

It was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

References

External links

on Cartoon Brew

1975 films

1975 animated films

American avant-garde and experimental films

Self-reflexive films

Drawn-on-film animated films

American animated short films

1970s rediscovered films

Rediscovered American films

1970s American films

Rediscovered animated films