Time Piece

1965 · Not Rated · 9min · Color · English

A surreal stream of consciousness montage about time and related bizarreness.

IMDb rating - 7.7/10 from 724 users

Genres - Short · Comedy · Fantasy

Director - Jim Henson

Writer - Jim Henson

Stars - Jim Henson · Enid Cafritz · Dennis Paget

Story line - Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this nine-minute, experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson-and starred Jim Henson! Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, Time Piece enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for outstanding short subject. —Anonymous

Release date - 1965 (United States)

Countries of origin - United States

Official site - www.henson.com

Also known as - Alpträume

Production company - Muppets · The Jim Henson Company