Monkeys Fish the Moon

Duration: 11 min.

Year Published: 1983

Creator: DIST16

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Retells the story of a band of monkeys who try to capture the moon by fishing its reflection out of a pool of water. Animated., In this cut-out animated film, a group of monkeys chase the bright full moon as it emerges from the hilltops. The moon always remains ahead of them. Finally, they discover its image in a pool at the foot of a cliff. They fish it out with a bowl and a quarrel ensues over who is the rightful owner. The bowl breaks and the moon takes its place in the sky once again. Genre/FormFilms for preschoolers, Fiction.

Complete Record: , In this cut-out animated film, a group of monkeys chase the bright full moon as it emerges from the hilltops. The moon always remains ahead of them. Finally, they discover its image in a pool at the foot of a cliff. They fish it out with a bowl and a quarrel ensues over who is the rightful owner. The bowl breaks and the moon takes its place in the sky once again. Genre/FormFilms for preschoolers, Fiction. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.