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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(strider @ Aug 9 2007, 01:36 AM) [snapback]303741[/snapback]
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"The Fool of the World and the flying ship" It was an old clay animation. If I find it I will add it, not a bad movie.
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Sorry, never hear of it, but for great clay animation movies check ou THE LOST WORLD (based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book).
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It is a russian(?) version of one of the Baron Munchausen stories. The fool of the world (as he is called by his brothers) sets out to find a ship that flies, as the daughter of the Czar has refused to marry anyone; unless she is presented with a ship that flies. The fool encounters an old man who asks for even a crumb to eat. The fool admits that he probably has little more than a crust of bread in his small sack, but that the old man is welcome anything within. The old man pulls out a veritable banquet from the small sack, and the two share a hearty meal. After the meal, the fool explains why he is travelling, and then falls asleep. He awakes to find that the old man, a great wizard, has fashioned a flying ship for him out of snow and ice, but tells him that he must accept anyone who asks as a passenger. As he makes his way to the Czar's capital, he picks up an odd assortment of people with peculiar abilities. The thought of a peasant marrying his daughter so affronts the Czar, that he creates impossible demands for the fool and his companions to meet, but their singular abilities allow them overcome. The fool succeeds, because his kind heart inspires others to help him past his shortcomings.
It is a very well executed story and well worth the trouble of finding.
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