ASIFA-Hollywood Members are invited to a Special “Film Event” Featuring George Pal’s Oscar-winning Puppetoons and The Time Machine (Matinee Screening)

ASIFA-Hollywood Members are invited to a Special George Pal’s Puppetoons and The Time Machine.

Prepare yourself for the 65th Anniversary screening of George Pal’s Academy Award®-winner The Time Machine, considered one of the greatest science fiction films of all time and along with 3 Pal Puppetoons. Both The Time Machine and the Puppetoons will return to the big screen restored from their original Technicolor® negatives providing a unique opportunity to see them as they were originally intended.

Scheduled to appear are special guests director-producer Arnold Leibovit (The Puppetoon Movie, The Time Machine 2002) and Jerry Beck (Animation Historian and former President of ASIFA) who will offer their unique perspectives and behind-the-scenes stories illuminating the lasting impact and legacy of George Pal. The Puppetoon stop-motion shorts were ahead of their time, employing intricate puppetry and animation techniques that captured the imagination of audiences worldwide, laying the groundwork for advancements in animation and establishing George Pal as a pivotal figure in animated storytelling. The Time Machine, is widely regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made; the best adaptation of the H.G. Wells’ novel.