Slide
by Bill Plympton
“SLIDE is ... utterly brilliant.”
~ Terry Gilliam
Upcoming Screenings
Lumiere Music Theater
9036 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Wednesday, December 18
Two Showings:
10 am
6 pm
Tickets are free but must be reserved.
Industry tickets can be reserved via
[email protected]
Bill Plympton is available for interviews.
To arrange interviews or press tickets please contact JT Public Relations:
[email protected] or call (646) 481-6583
"Bill Plympton is God."
~ Matt Groenig
AWARDS:
Los Angeles Animation Festival
December 9-10, 2023
BEST FEATURE FILM
BEST FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR
Slamdance Film Festival
January 19-25, 2024
HONORABLE MENTION, BREAKOUTS FEATURE
Alameda International Film Festival
February 22-25, 2024
GRAND JURY PRIZE
AmDocs, Palm Springs, CA
March 21-25, 2024
BEST ANIMATED WORK
“Slide” is the tale of a mythical cowboy showdown, with eco-villains intent on paving over idyllic Sourdough Creek. Plympton’s wit and surreal animation takes on the fight for the wild west’s fading glory, peppered with swinging western tunes.
Worldfest Houston, Houston TX
April 24 - 28, 2024
PLATINUM REMI AWARD, FEATURE FILM, ANIMATED
Big Apple Film Festival, New York, NY
May 20-23, 2024
BEST ANIMATION FILM
Cartoons on the Bay, Italy
May 29 - June-2, 2024
SPECIAL MENTION - BEST ANIMATION
Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation and Technology, Portland OR
August 21-25, 2024
SILVER AWARD - BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Synopsis
What if Clint Eastwood and Mel Brooks became cartoonists and united to create the wackiest, most surreal musical western ever? That’s Slide. It's the story of a corrupt logging village, Sourdough Creek, ruled by two evil twin brothers, Zeke and Jeb, who enjoy nothing more than killing and greed.
One day a mysterious cowboy arrives in town, carrying nothing but his slide guitar.
With his music, Slide battles the forces of the deadly twins. He befriends Delilah, who works as a hooker at the Lucky Buck Bar, which is owned and run by the corrupt, plump twins. Delilah falls in love with Slide and reveals how she wants to be a singer in the Lucky Buck Band, but is too shy.
Then, Slide is joined in his battle with the twin forces of evil by a local Bigfoot-like character called "Hellbug." This whole menagerie is then complicated by the arrival of a Hollywood studio coming to shoot their new feature film there.
The final Armageddon battle is interrupted by the failure of the Sourdough Creek Dam, which results in a happy ending... or does it?
Although it is not a political film, Slide does address some important issues: environmentalism and gun control. This film should easily qualify or the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most evil killers of any major motion picture.
Credits
Director/Animator: Bill Plympton
Writers: Bill Plympton; Jim Lujan
Art Directors: Sandrine Plympton; Yuke Li
Editor: John Young
Sound Design: Weston Fonger
Producers: Rachel Braga-Jones; Sean Davis; Natasha Villegas-Cordera; Wendy Cong Zhao
Executive Producers: Edward Jordon & Daniel Neiden, International Originals, LLC; James Hancock; Adam Rackoff; Oliver Ridge
Associate Producers: Sally Plympton; Guillermo del Toro; Terrance Mason, SVA; Mike Richardson; Douglas Mercer; Damián Perea Lezcano; Raquel Camacho; Rhiannon Crothers; Steve Muench
Studio Manager: John Holderried
Coloring: Folimage; E.D. Distribution
Music: Maureen McElheron; Hank Bones
Voice cast: Jim Lujan; Tom Racine; Maureen McElheron; Sasha Gordon; Ana Sophia Colon; Ken Mora; Daniel Kaufman
Reviews
Academy Award-nominated animator Bill Plympton’s new 2D animated feature Slide made its Los Angeles premiere at the Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF) Saturday, December 9, 2023.
The 2023 Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF) wrapped up on Sunday, December 10 with a ceremony honoring winners of this year’s competition across a number of short and feature film categories. Winners were selected by a panel of industry professionals. Colombian director Miguel Ortega’s The Voice in The Hollow garnered awards for Best of the Fest and Best Short, while indie legend Bill Plympton’s ninth feature Slide won for Best Feature Film and Best Feature Director, and took Best Music Video for “Lipstick of the Brave.”
“LAAF is America’s best animation festival,” commented Plympton. “The brilliant LAAF team has curated the next wave of world animation into a very hospitable fest that is crackling with high energy! I will definitely be back next year.”
Plympton has collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West, and Weird Al Yankovic in several music videos and book projects. In 2006, Plympton received the Annie Awards’ Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award. His work includes animating six opening "couch gags" for FOX-TV's The Simpsons. Plympton also received a 2019 Webby Award for his six Trump Bites shorts, which used real audio of Donald Trump.
~Debbie Diamond Sarto, Animation World Network
“The film, inspired by Plympton’s childhood in Oregon and his deep love of country music, stands out for its comedic genre and surreal narrative that defies viewers’ expectations by immersing them in a unique cinematic experience. Replete with Plympton’s distinctive dark humor and expressive hand-drawn animation style, Slide is poised to continue as a highlight of the festival circuit.”
~Mercedes Milligan, Animation Magazine
In Slide, visionary animator Bill Plympton presents a mythical slide guitar-playing cowby confronting eco-villains uprooting Sourdough Creek. Swinging tunes and surreal animation take audiences on a mesmerizing journey, fulfilling Plympton's childhood dream to create a Western set against evergreen-covered mountains. Slide is a true indie gem not to be missed.
~Joy Buran and Noelle Melody, Woodstock Film Festival
Past Screenings
Annecy International Festival of Animation (Contrechamp Features category), France (June 11-17, 2023 - WORLD PREMIERE (unfinished version)) * Seoul Indie Ani-Fest, South Korea (September 14-19, 2023 - invited as opening night film) * Animayo Festival, Gran Canaria, Spain (September 19-21, 2023) * Woodstock Film Festival, Woodstock NY (September 27-October 1, 2023) * Warsaw International Film Festival, Poland (October 6-15, 2023) * Taichung International Animation Festival, Taichung City, Taiwan (October 13-21, 2023) * Spark Animation Fest, Vancouver, BC, Canada (November 9-12, 2023) * Future Film Festival, Bologna, Italy (November 15-19, 2023) * Los Angeles Animation Festival, Los Angeles (December 9-10, 2023) * Animela, Mumbai, India (January 18-21, 2024) * Slamdance Film Festival (Breakout section), Park City, UT (January 19-25, 2024) * International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands (January 25-February 4, 2024) * San Francisco Independent Film Festival, San Francisco, CA (February 8-18, 2024) * Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington, NY (February 18, 2024, 2:15 pm) * Alameda International Film Festival, Alameda, CA (February 22-25, 2024) * Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg (February 29-March 10, 2024) * Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute, Taiwan (March 2-9. 2024) * AmDocs, Palm Springs, CA (March 21-25, 2024) * Hong Kong International Film Festival Hong Kong (March 28- April 8, 2024) * Kaboom Animation Festival, Netherlands (April 5-14, 2024) * Florida Film Festival, Maitland FL (April 12-21, 2024) * ANIMOCJE 2024, Bydgoszcz, Poland (April 14-20, 2024) * USA Film Festival, Dallas TX (April 17-21, 2024) * Festival of Animated Film, Stuttgart, Germany (April 23 - 28, 2024) * Worldfest Houston, Houston TX (April 24 - 28, 2024) * Santa Fe Film Festival, Santa Fe NM (April 25-28, 2024) * Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia (May 5-12, 2024) * AniFilm, Czech Republic (May 7-12, 2024) * AniMayo Festival, Gran Canaria, Spain (May 8-11, 2024) * Meknes Animation Festival (FICAM), Morocco (May 10-15, 2024) * Big Apple Film Festival, New York, NY (May 20-23, 2024) * Framed International Animation Festival, Groningen, Netherlands (May 23-26, 2024) * Cartoons on the Bay, Italy (May 29 - June-2, 2024) * Animafest Zagreb, Croatia (June 3 - 8, 2024) * Southside Film Festival, Bethlehem PA (June 11-15, 2024) * Palm Springs Animation Festival, Palm Springs CA (June 20 - July 23 2024) * ANIMATOR Festival, Poznan, Poland (June 25-30, 2024) * Seattle Film Festival, Seattle WA (June 26-30, 2024) * Wiesbaden Animation Festival, Wiesbaden, Germany (June 27-30, 2024) * Krakow Summer Animation Days (Etiuda & Anima), Krakow, Poland (July 26-28, 2024) * Woods Hole Film Festival, Woods Hole MA (July 27 – August 3, 2024) * Animix International Film Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel (August 6-10, 2024) * Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology Portland OR (August 22-25, 2024) * Tacoma Film Festival, Tacoma WA October 10-13, 2024 * New York Animation Film Awards, NY, NY - Semi-Finalist November 28, 2024 * Dublin Independent Film Festival, Ireland September 3-4, 2024 * Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE September 11-13, 2024 * World Festival of Animated Film, Varna, Bulgaria September 11-15, 2024 * Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago September 11-15, 2024 * Boston Film Festival, Boston MA September 19-22, 2024 * Anim'est, Bucharest, Romania October 6-15, 2024 * SVA Theater, New York, New York November 25 & December 8, 2024 *
Gallery
Original Drawings by Bill Plympton
Many thanks to Filmmaker's Collaborative for sponsoring our project.