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Not many engineers have been the subject of an Oscar-winning animated musical biography. At the moment, I can only think of one.
Great is a 1975 short film about Isambard Kingdom Brunel, paragon of Victorian engineers, directed by Bob Godfrey. (IMDB entry here.) I saw part of this many years ago, and have searched without success for a copy I could watch again.
Yesterday I learned, thanks to Amid Amidi of Cartoon Brew, that Great has turned up on Youtube in three parts. It's a farrago of catchy tunes, suspension bridges, sly innuendo, railway tunnels, singing Victorians, and the most fantastic steamship ever built.
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Great is a 1975 short film about Isambard Kingdom Brunel, paragon of Victorian engineers, directed by Bob Godfrey. (IMDB entry here.) I saw part of this many years ago, and have searched without success for a copy I could watch again.
Yesterday I learned, thanks to Amid Amidi of Cartoon Brew, that Great has turned up on Youtube in three parts. It's a farrago of catchy tunes, suspension bridges, sly innuendo, railway tunnels, singing Victorians, and the most fantastic steamship ever built.
( Embedded video below cut... )
