I Met the Walrus

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrators James Braithwaite and Alex Kurina have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack. A spellbinding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit and timeless message, I Met the Walrus was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short and won the 2009 Emmy for 'New Approaches' (making it the first film to win an Emmy on behalf of the internet).

Category:

• Documentary
• Animation
• The Screening Room

Starring:

• Jerry Levitan
• John Lennon

Directed by:

• Josh Raskin

Produced by:

• Jerry Levitan

Written by:

• Josh Raskin

Tags:

• john
• lennon
• beatles
• jerry
• levitan
• josh
• raskin
• james
• braithwaite
• alex
• kurina
• animation
• 1969
• documentary
• oscars
• emmy
• pornography
• biggie
• smalls
• girls

[IamPersonMan]

I see you calling Canada nothing

[tickettoride964]

John is just so deep... You just have to love every word that comes out of his mouth...

[doesthewaltz]

Bathtubs are slightly better.

[alisaRaspberry]

John is a genius. i..i..can't say anything. it's magically.

[flamingpiemeeating]

excellent, lucky man (kid)



[flamingpiemeeating]

but paul was the walrus.....

[yonskii]

@Diareahpants Lighten up. Its called a joke. You know, funny ha-ha?

[yonskii]

@yoganb7 Yep. It isn't that he was "deep", he was just normal. The problem is that so many people (particularly those in positions of power) are so SHALLOW.

[tvchanneler]

This is almost the coolest thing i've ever seen in my life.

Gosh - John Lennon had a brilliant mind. I hope he still exists somewhere.

[NuclearViagra]

I came... Now you come? :)

[maggers64]

KONY 2012

[pobhockle]

The walrus was Paul.