I Met the Walrus

2007 Canadian film

I Met the Walrus

Directed by| Josh Raskin
Produced by| Jerry Levitan
Starring| John Lennon
Jerry Levitan

Release date

* March 22, 2007 (2007-03-22)

Running time

| 5 minutes
Country| Canada
Language| English

I Met the Walrus is an animated film directed by Josh Raskin (known for his musical project Kids & Explosions) and produced by Jerry Levitan. It stars Levitan and John Lennon. The film's pen illustration is by James Braithwaite and computer illustration is by Alex Kurina.

## Summary

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The film is based on an interview of John Lennon by Jerry Levitan in 1969. Levitan, then 14 years old, tracked Lennon to his hotel room at Toronto's King Edward Hotel after hearing a rumour that Lennon had been sighted at the Toronto Airport. Jerry made his way into John Lennon's suite and persuaded John to agree to an interview. The animation is based on Levitan's 30-minute recording of the interview, which was edited down to 5 minutes.

## Production

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The film was created in 2006-2007, produced by Jerry Levitan and supported by a grant from Bravo!FACT. It premiered March 22, 2007 at This is London, a Toronto nightclub. Since then, I Met the Walrus has appeared at film festivals around the world. I Met The Walrus has since been adapted as a book, authored by Jerry Levitan and published by HarperCollins.[1]

## Accolades

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It has won many awards including a 2009 Daytime Emmy in the New Approaches, Daytime Entertainment category,[2][3] Best Animated Short awards for the American Film Institute[4] and the Middle East International Film Festival. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[5] It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.[6] It was selected to be one of 25 YouTube videos to be part of the first Guggenheim Museum/YouTube Play "A Biennial of Creative Video".

## References

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1. ^ I MET THE WALRUS. On 26 May 1969, 14 year old Jerry Levitan interviewed John & Yoko in Toronto.
2. ^ Bravo!FACT-funded short wins Daytime Emmy! Archived 2009-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ How a YouTube Video Got an Emmy|Observer
4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2008-02-02.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. ^ 2008|Oscars.org
6. ^ The Animation Show of Shows (Volume 35)

## External links

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* I Met the Walrus at IMDb
* Bravo!FACT-funded Short Nominated for an Oscar from Bravo!Canada

* v
* t
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John Lennon

* Discography
* Instruments
* Jukebox
* Song list
* Death

Studio albums|

* John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
* Imagine
* Mind Games
* Walls and Bridges
* Rock 'n' Roll

with Yoko Ono|

* Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins
* Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions
* Wedding Album
* Some Time in New York City
* Double Fantasy
* Milk and Honey

Live albums|

* Live Peace in Toronto 1969
* Live Jam
* Live in New York City

Compilations|

| Hits|

* Shaved Fish
* The John Lennon Collection
* Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
* Instant Karma: All-Time Greatest Hits
* Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon
* Power to the People: The Hits
* Icon

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Themed|

* Menlove Ave.
* Wonsaponatime
* Acoustic
* Peace, Love & Truth

Box sets|

* Lennon
* John Lennon Anthology
* John Lennon Signature Box
* Gimme Some Truth
* Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes

Video|

* The John Lennon Video Collection
* Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon

Books|

* In His Own Write
* A Spaniard in the Works
* Skywriting by Word of Mouth

Films|

* Self-Portrait (1969)
* Apotheosis (1970)
* Fly (1970)
* Erection (1971)
* Up Your Legs Forever (1971)
* Live in New York City (1972)
* Imagine (1972)

Bootlegs|

* A Toot and a Snore in '74
* S.I.R. John Winston Ono Lennon

Associates|

* The Quarrymen
* The Beatles
* Plastic Ono Band
* David Peel
* The Lower East Side Band
* The Dirty Mac
* May Pang
* Harry Nilsson
* John Sinclair
* Rosaura Lopez

Fictionalised|

* Chapter 27
* In His Life: The John Lennon Story
* John and Yoko: A Love Story
* The Killing of John Lennon
* Lennon Naked
* Birth of the Beatles
* Nowhere Boy
* Backbeat
* Two of Us
* The Lennon Report
* Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
* Yesterday

Tributes and
memorials|

* The 30th Annual John Lennon Tribute: Live from the Beacon Theatre, NYC
* "All Those Years Ago"
* Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music
* "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)"
* "Here Today"
* Imagine Peace Tower
* "The Immigrant"
* Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur
* John Lennon Art and Design Building
* John Lennon Museum
* John Lennon Park
* John Lennon Peace Monument
* John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
* "The Late Great Johnny Ace"
* Lennon (musical)
* Lennon Bermuda
* Lennon Wall
* "Life Is Real (Song for Lennon)"
* Liverpool John Lennon Airport
* Non-Violence
* Strawberry Fields
* "Roll On John"
* Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon

Related media|

* Imagine: John Lennon
* soundtrack
* I Met the Walrus
* John (book)
* John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky
* Lennon Remembers
* LennoNYC
* The Lives of John Lennon
* The Lost Lennon Tapes
* Marx & Lennon: The Parallel Sayings
* Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon
* The Pope Smokes Dope
* Pussy Cats
* The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
* Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits
* "That's My Life (My Love and My Home)"
* The U.S. vs. John Lennon
* soundtrack

Other topics|

* 251 Menlove Avenue
* Kenwood
* Tittenhurst Park
* The Dakota
* Bagism
* Bed-in
* Imagine Piano Peace Project
* John Lennon Artificial Intelligence Project
* John Lennon UFO incident
* Lennon–McCartney
* LennonOno Grant for Peace
* Mark David Chapman
* "More popular than Jesus"
* Nutopia
* Toronto Rock and Roll Revival
* Sweet Toronto
* Psychedelic Rolls-Royce
* 4147 Lennon

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Filmography and
videography|

* A Hard Day's Night
* Help!
* Magical Mystery Tour
* Yellow Submarine
* Let It Be
* The Beatles: 1+

Documentaries|

* Around the Beatles
* The First U.S. Visit
* At Shea Stadium
* A Salute to the Beatles
* The Compleat Beatles
* It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
* Anthology
* All Together Now
* Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
* The Beatles and India
* Get Back

Promotional films
(music videos)|

* "Day Tripper"
* "We Can Work It Out"
* "I Feel Fine"
* "Ticket to Ride"
* "Help!"
* "Rain"
* "Paperback Writer"
* "Strawberry Fields Forever"
* "Penny Lane"
* "A Day in the Life"
* "Hello, Goodbye"
* "Lady Madonna"
* "Hey Jude"
* "Revolution"
* "Something"
* "Free as a Bird"
* "Real Love"
* "Here Comes the Sun"
* "Now and Then"

Fictionalised Beatles|

* The Beatles (TV series)
* Ringo
* Birth of the Beatles
* Beatlemania
* Give My Regards to Broad Street
* John and Yoko: A Love Story
* Backbeat
* The Hours and Times
* The Linda McCartney Story
* Two of Us
* In His Life: The John Lennon Story
* The Killing of John Lennon
* Chapter 27
* Nowhere Boy
* Lennon Naked
* Snodgrass
* "The Devil's Chord"

Inspired by Beatles|

* The Girls on the Beach
* All This and World War II
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
* I Wanna Hold Your Hand
* All You Need Is Cash
* Secrets
* I Am Sam
* The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
* Across the Universe
* Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed
* Yesterday

Related articles|

* The Music of Lennon & McCartney
* Our World
* Up Against It
* Beatles Stories
* George Harrison: Living in the Material World
* I Met the Walrus
* War Is Over!

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