I Met The Walrus

[givepeaceachance]

I read this in a review of the Manhattan Short Film Festival.

I Met the Walrus—Canada. Josh Raskin, director, with animation from James Braithwaite and Alex Kurina. Perhaps the most intriguing of the films offered, I Met the Walrus is a short animated film that’s based on an interview with John Lennon in 1969 by a 14-year-old boy who had snuck into Lennon and Yoko Ono’s hotel room in Toronto during one of their famed “Bed-in for Peace” happenings. The 30-minute interview has been edited down to a crisp five minutes, and is accompanied by some potent animated images.

Does anyone know any more about it?

[lennonfan]

I don't know much about it, but this is the I Met The Walrus site - it has a clip of the animation.

imetthewalrus.com

[nowheregirl]

Jerry Levitan was a 14 year old who interviewed John in Canada in 1969. I had found his story on a website a while ago, maybe last year, but the site seems to have disappeared now.

[givepeaceachance]

I Met The Walrus has had an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short.

blogto.com/film/2008/01/he_met_the_walrus/