December 12, 2009 10:00 AM - 24 attended

Movie and Pizza - "Flatland: The Movie" by Dano Johnson

Join us for a Movie and Pizza Party for kids of all ages!

"Flatland: The Movie"

produced by our very own Dano Johnson

Saturday, December 12, 10:00 AM till Noon
American Legion*
2201 Veteran's Drive
Austin, TX 78703

*On the north side of Lake Austin, just west of Mopac.
Entrance to parking is on Atlanta Drive, just south of the RunTex parking lot.

"Flatland: The Movie" is an animated, educational family film based on the classic mathematical fantasy novel by Edwin A. Abbott. Flatland is a universe of only two dimensions - length and width - populated by flat geometric shapes who live in a strict, heirarchical society governed by shapes and angles. Theories of a 'third' dimension are heretical, so when flatlander Arthur Square (Martin Sheen) encounters a being from Spaceland (Michael York), he is faced with spreading his new-found knowledge or protecting himself and his ever-curious granddaughter Hex (Kristen Bell) from the evil circular priests that govern Flatland.

Dano Johnson has worked for nine years writing, animating, and directing educational and entertaining multimedia. While at the University of Texas at Austin he studied children's edcuational television and interned at Sesame Workshop in New York. After a harrowing stint in the eLearning industry, Dano co-founded Collection Agency Films with Troy Campbell and began churning out animated music videos (the evolution-centric “Dance Like a Monkey”), political ads (“Save Yourself for Kinky” won a Lone Star Emmy), and short films (“Tall Tales & Other Big Lies”). “Flatland: The Movie” is his first educational film and will be followed by “Flatland 2: Sphereland” which will enter production in 2010.

  • A former member

    What is the cost of this event?

    Posted November 28, 2009 at 9:23 AM
  • Eric Andersen
    Eric Andersen

    I wasn't given any information on cost so I assume this is free, but donations are always welcome.

    Posted November 30, 2009 at 3:02 PM
  • Clare Wuellner
    Clare Wuellner

    The event is free, but we will take donations to defray expenses of renting the room.

    Posted November 30, 2009 at 10:50 PM
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24 attended
5.00 5.008 (8 ratings)
  • Event Host
    Eric Andersen
    Calendar Guy, Organizer
  • Eric L
    A great experience. My niece & I really enjoyed it. Thanks!
  • Elze H
    The movie was interesting and educational, and we had a good discussion about the what-if's of 2-, 3- and higher-dimensional spaces afterwards.
  • Clare Wuellner
    +3 guests
    Not many movies hold the attention of ages 4 through adult. This one sure did. Fascinating and fun!! Kudos to Dano on a fantastic movie!
  • Joe Lapp
    Woah! That wasn't Dreamworks?
  • Jen Bown
    +3 guests
    The movie was fantastic and I really enjoyed hearing Dano talk about it.
  • MRB
  • Carl Webb
    +3 guests
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