When i began teaching, the only popular movie about math was donald in mathmagic land, a disney film from 1959 featuring donald duck. When a young girl named hex decides to think outside the box in a world where such thought is forbidden, her life becomes in. Based on edwin abotts book flatland, this is an animated film about geometric characters living in a twodimensional world. The movie is a short animated film which was released to video in 2007. Isaac asimov described flatland as the best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions adaptations include a 1965 animated short flatland, a 2007 animated feature film flatland, aka flatland. It is part scifi, part satire, part philosophy, and part mathematics. Flatland is a 2007 computeranimated film based on the 1884 novella flatland. Inhabiting a twodimensional world populated by polygons and ruled by circular tyrants, a bright young hexagon, through sheer mathematical willpower, imagines a third dimension. The film, and, confusingly, another 2007 animated film, this one a short flatland. So excited, in fact, that i went and reread flatland, as well as two of its sequels, sphereland and flatterland, which are both very fun extensions of the ideas and story of the original. I believe people say the movie is the better of the two, but it is shorter, and 30 min, while the film is full length. The movie directed by dano johnson, jeffrey travis. Sphereland now available at the official trailer for the new animated adventure flatland. Jan 21, 2009 why doesnt netflix carry either flatland.
Abbotts classic novel about geometric shapes living in the second dimension and what. Set in a world of only two dimensions inhabited by sentient geometric shapes, the story follows arthur square and his evercurious granddaughter hex. This movie did away with that obvious sexism and gave females equal geometry. Jan 14, 2007 directed by ladd ehlinger jr with ashley blackwell, chris carter, denise carter, juliana carter. The cast includes the voices of actors martin sheen, kristen bell and tony hale. Other efforts have been short or experimental films, including one narrated by dudley moore and the short films flatland. When a young girl named hex decides to think outside the box in a world where such thought is forbidden, her life becomes in danger and it is up to her. The source material for both is the 1884 novella by edwin a. The story describes a twodimensional world occupied by geometric figures, whereof women are simple linesegments, while men are. Line a political prisoner in the movie does this as a form of suicide before shes executed by the state.
The story explores life in a 2 dimensional universe as the geometrical inhabitants encounter a being from beyond. Flatland is a twodimensional universe occupied by living geometric figures squares, triangles, circles, etc. The movie stars the voices of martin sheen, kristen bell, tony hale, michael york, and joe estevez. Im going to have to organize my schools math department to have a flatland movienight. This movie just went from oscarhopeful to razziesfavorite. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. The movie is based on one of the best mathematical tales ever written. Starring martin sheen, michael york, kristen bell, and tony hale. Several films have been made from the story, including the feature film flatland 2007. The movie is a short, educational 35minute animated film based on an old novel called flatland. Abbotts classic novel about geometric shapes living in the second dimension and what happens when they receive a visit from the third dimension. All of the free movies found on this website are hosted on thirdparty servers such as putlocker, sockshare, allmyvideos, filenuke, vidxden, novamov, nowvideo, megavideo, gorillavid, movshare, muchshare, vidbux, vidbull, vidto, nosvideo, movreel, videozed and many others.
Here class is determined by the number of sides you possess, yet arthur dreams of something. The film and flatland the film is a 2007 computeranimated film based on the 1884 novella flatland. On the bright side, there will at least be some awardwinning punsmemes to come out of this. Both came out in 2007, and are unrelated to each other. The cast includes the voices of actors martin sheen, kristen bell and tony. Flatland was the first computeranimated feature film to be created by one person, without the legion of animators and technical crew required by largerbudgeted animation studios. Based on edwin abotts book flatland, this is an animated short about geometric characters living in a twodimensional world. The movie is a film directed by jeffrey travis, dano johnson with animation. In 2007, two animated adaptations of abotts book arrived in dvd format flatland the film and flatland the movie. It features the adventures of a twodimensional character, arthur square, who lives in the flatland of the title. Set in a world of only two dimensions inhabited by sentient geometric shapes, the story follows arthur square martin sheen and his evercurious granddaughter hex kristen bell. This is interesting, flatland, the story of a 3rd dimensional visitor to 2d space, is going to be a movie dvd 2007 the trailer is pretty good link. Aug 17, 2007 so excited, in fact, that i went and reread flatland, as well as two of its sequels, sphereland and flatterland, which are both very fun extensions of the ideas and story of the original.
The novel flatland is now an animated, familyfriendly adventure. With martin sheen, kristen bell, michael york, joe estevez. Directed by ladd ehlinger jr with ashley blackwell, chris carter, denise carter, juliana carter. The movie is an animated short based on the classic novel by edwin abbott. A sphere is aghast at a squares notion of a 4th dimension. Animated science fiction that even has some educational value which is unusual for a movie. Jan 21, 2007 this is interesting, flatland, the story of a 3rd dimensional visitor to 2d space, is going to be a movie dvd 2007 the trailer is pretty good link. The film was directed and animated by ladd ehlinger jr.
A square, attorney at law, finds himself in the middle of two upheavals. While neither was wholly satisfying, they each had their good points. There is another movie called flatland the movie so i dont really know the difference, but they are both available on youtube. The movie stars the voices of martin sheen, kristen. The animations are excellent, the voice acting of the cast is very good, and the whole. The movie 2007 directed by jeffrey travis imdb official site the other 2007 animated movie based on the 1884 novella by edwin a. I thought the movie was quite interesting and entertaining, and my husband felt the same way.
The book is the companion piece to a 2007 animated movie, but whether you see. Jan 18, 2008 in 2007, two animated adaptations of abotts book arrived in dvd format flatland the film and flatland the movie. The movie had a happy ending, but the book ended unhappily. Please check the respective ml forum thread to get more info on the original book. When a mysterious visitor arrives from spaceland, arthur and hex must come to terms with the truth of the third dimension, risking dire consequences from the evil circles that have ruled flatland for a thousand years. A romance of many dimensions by edwin abbott abbott. Flatland women were considered essentially 1dimensional workers and in accordance with their lack of angles, assigned the lowest of low importance. The movie is an awardwinning animated adaptation of edwin a. As enduring as that movie has been, i can say from experience it doesnt connect as well with modern students. Flatland 2007 directed by jeffrey travis, dano johnson. A romance of many dimensions the other movie is flatland. This movie is kinda weird, not gonna lie, but you should still watch it.
The movie features the voices of martin sheen, michael york and kristen bell. The story is based on the 1884 science fiction novella flatland. The movie 2007 trivia 8 add new the forbidden area in flatland is named area 33h. I made this set to help the honors or nonhonors students doing the flatland movie response assignment. Sphereland 2012 starring martin sheen and kristen bell. The movie edition edwin abbott abbott, thomas banchoff, seth. The movie is an awardwinning animated film inspired by edwin a. Flatland is an exciting halfhour animated film adapted from edwin abbotts classic novel, flatland. Abbott, but the approaches of the two films differ radically. I am reading it with my 9 year old and he loves it, and i loved it in high school. Square and his brother had the same job, but in the book, they had different jobs. Abbotts classic novel starring martin sheen, kristen bell, and michael york.