Name: The Morning Spider
Genre: Short, Comedy, Fantasy
Duration: 22 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Julian Chagrin, Lucy Fawcett, James Hayes

Worthy of every short film accolade going?

If I remember I saw this short film, incongruously, supporting film Taxi Driver (also released in 1976) in a UK cinemas. It is an utterly captivating film showing the genius of Julian Chagrin. Both adults and children will enjoy the warm and witty humour in each scene as the story develops through the Morning Spider's day. From the moment the camera sweeps down into the dewy lawn of an English country house to reveal creatures (actually men and women dressed in insect costumes), you realise that this is something out of the ordinary. You witness the Morning Spider starting his day; gnats and other tiny buzzing creatures pass through the, not quite with it, Morning Spider's gaping breakfast web thus requiring constant adjustments if any breakfast is to be had... Will he ever fill his stomach? After an exhausting and not too fruitful day, bedtime reveals a caterpillar with an endless number of shoes to remove before retiring, glow worms with dangling pull-chord switches to turn off their lights, and crickets with real shin-pads, that just won't hush. Fortunately, romance is not too far away for the Morning Spider, but will he survive both the 'red-head' with a consuming passion and the Consumer Society?

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The fantasy genre features imaginative and often magical worlds, characters, and events. It explores realms beyond the boundaries of reality, featuring elements such as magic, mythical creatures, supernatural powers, and fantastical settings. These stories can take place in entirely fictional worlds or blend fantastical elements with real-world settings.

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The short form refers to creative works characterized by their brevity and concise storytelling. Unlike full-length feature films, short films have a running time of less than 45 minutes, while TV shorts have a running time of less than 22 minutes.

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