Teddy Goldblatt



Credits

Writer & Director Rob Munday
Backgrounds Vicky Dale & Rob Munday
Narrator Lee Montague
Music Touchy Finger
Executive Producer Brek Taylor


Synopsis

One lemon’s psychedelic odyssey through a post-apocalyptic London.

We follow the adventures of Teddy Goldblatt, a lemon with legs, as he moves between the desolate landscape of the Regent’s Canal and beyond, into a strange land where his new found desires become startlingly real.

Accompanying Teddy are two equally odd survivors…


Technical information

This film primarily uses stop-frame animation of cut-out characters. The backgrounds are a collage of photocopied photographs. The animation was done by hand and captured with a digital SLR camera. Combined with the animation are stills from 35mm slides sourced from a large collection of defunct educational materials.


Narrator

Lee Montague was born in London in 1927. A veteran character actor Lee’s first film role was in John Huston’s Moulin Rouge. He has since acted in a vast range of film, television and theatre, collaborating with many great directors including Ken Loach, Nicholas Ray, Peter Brook, Ken Russell and John Mackenzie. He also holds the distinction of being the first storyteller on the classic BBC children's programme Jackanory in 1965.