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FILM BEGINS
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CAR AND SCHOOL BUS PARKED OUTSIDE THE LILLIPUT THEATER (PUPPET THEATER IN SAN FRANCISCO)
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SCHOOL CHILDREN ENTER THEATRE. FIELD TRIP
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EXTERIOR: LILLIPUT THEATRE SIGN. SIGN UNDER READS: THE SMALLEST THEATRE IN THE WORLD INTERIOR: LOBBY OF THEATRE WITH MODEL STAGES.
MAN EXAMINES THEM. DISPLAYS |
01:02:50 39 |
CU MODEL STAGE W/PUPPETS, CUTOUTS OF PEOPLE
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01:03:00 49 |
CU OTHER EXAMPLES OF THIS VANISHED ART
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01:03:05 54 |
AUDIENCE OF CHILDREN AWAITING START OF PLAY.
THEATRE STAGE. CURTAIN IS DOWN. |
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HOUSE LIGHTS DIM. CU CHANDELIER AS THEATER GOES DARK
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CU CURTAIN RISING TO REVEAL SET OF OLD EUROPEAN (LONDON) TOWN, CITY SQUARE
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01:03:25 74 |
FLAT CARDBOARD THEATRE FIGURES PUSHED OUT ONTO PUPPET STAGE
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01:03:30 79 |
WRITER, PRODUCER BACKSTAGE OPERATING PUPPETS (PUSHING THEM ONSTAGE W/STICK OR WAND).
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AROUND HIM. |
01:03:35 84 |
CU MOVING CUTOUT PUPPET ACTORS. PERFORMANCE OF: DICK WHITTINGTON'S CAT.
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01:03:50 99 |
CU TITLE CHARACTERS
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MAN BACKSTAGE OPERATING PUPPETS, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
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PUPPET PERFORMANCE CONTINUES
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01:04:25 134 |
CURTAIN GOES DOWN
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CHILDREN APPLAUD PERFORMANCE, CLAP HANDS
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PERFORMANCE CONTINUES
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01:04:40 149 |
BEAUTIFUL SCENE CHANGES. SCENERY. BACKDROPS
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CHILDREN WATCH IN DARK
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01:04:50 159 |
MORE PRETTY SCENE CHANGES. SCRIM RISES.
SCENES OF BUTTERFLIES AND BIRDS |
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CU CHILDREN'S FACES AS THEY WATCH
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01:05:15 184 |
DRY ICE SMOKE, ROLLING MIST ENVELOPS STAGE
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PUPPET DANCERS PERFORM BALLET
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01:05:45 214 |
FAIRY QUEEN AND OTHER PUPPET CHARACTERS CHILDREN APPLAUD PERFORMANCE
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01:05:50 219 |
MAN BACKSTAGE OPERATING PUPPET CUTOUTS
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01:05:55 224 |
PERFORMANCE CONCLUDES
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01:06:10 239 |
CU TINY GLITTER MIRROR DISCO BALLROOM BALL.
CURTAIN COMES DOWN |
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CHANDELIER AND PAINTINGS OF CHERUBS, CUPIDS ON CEILING AS HOUSE LIGHTS COME UP
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CHILDREN APPLAUD, CLAP HANDS
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CU PUPPET PERFORMERS
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AUDIENCE OF KIDS APPLAUD PERFORMANCE
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF CROWDS IN CAVERN FOR PERFORMANCE. IN HOLLAND
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PERFORMANCE ON STAGE IN CAVE
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01:06:55 284 |
SHADOWS OF DANCERS ON WALL OF CAVERN
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DANCERS PERFORMING
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01:07:05 294 |
CLOSER VIEW DANCERS ON STAGE. BALLET
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01:07:10 299 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOT BALLERINAS PERFORM. VARIOUS ANGLES SAME
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01:07:15 304 |
EXTERIOR SMALL STRUCTURE, ALMOST A SHACK, IN JAPAN. THEATRE
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01:07:20 309 |
MEN USING POLES TO LOWER SIDES OF THEATRE
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REVOLVING STAGE
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MEN MOVING STAGE MECHANISM FROM BENEATH
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MEN PUSHING HEAVY LOAD
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CU STAGE REVOLVING
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01:07:55 344 |
LS JAPANESE CLASSIC PLAY BEING PERFORMED.
AUDIENCE VISIBLE AT BOTTOM OF FRAME. FACES OF JAPANESE AUDIENCE MEMBERS |
01:08:00 349 |
STAGE LOWERING INTO FLOOR
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01:08:10 359 |
MEN WORKING HARD AND FAST, OPERATING MOVABLE STAGE, TURNING WHEEL
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JAPANESE ACTORS PERFORMING DRAMA ON STAGE.
TRADITIONAL COSTUMES, ETC |
01:08:20 369 |
CU JAPANESE ACTRESS. LOOKS LIKE GEISHA GIRL.
FACES OF LAUGHING, SMILING JAPANESE AUDIENCE MEMBERS. PEOPLE CROWD TOGETHER TO CATCH GLIMPSE OF PLAY ON STAGE |
01:08:25 374 |
JAPANESE REVOLVING STAGE TURNING FOR SCENE CHANGE
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01:08:35 384 |
WIDE SHOT. HUGE CROWD, AUDIENCE FOR PLAY
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01:08:40 389 |
MADRID, SPAIN. PUPPET SHOW. WOMAN AND ANIMALS
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01:08:50 399 |
AUDIENCE OF SMALL CHILDREN WATCHING PUPPET SHOW
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SCENES OF PUPPET SHOW, CHILDREN'S REACTIONS.
EXCITEMENT, POINTING, ETC. |
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CU CHILDREN'S FACES AS THEY WATCH
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DUCK PUPPET. EXCITED CHILDREN
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DRAGON PUPPET. SMALL EXPLOSION
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CHILDREN'S STARTLED REACTION
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KIDS APPLAUD AFTER RECOVERING FROM SHOCK
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01:09:50 459 |
SHADOW PUPPET SHOW. PEOPLE USING HANDS TO CAST SHADOW PUPPETS
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01:10:00 469 |
CU OPENING LENS, ADJUSTING LIGHT
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MORE WEIRD SHADOW PUPPET SHOW
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01:10:20 489 |
SHADOW PUPPET SHOW OF BULLFIGHT
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PEOPLE STAND IN BACK OF TRUCK AS IT DRIVES
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01:11:10 539 |
MAP, EDGE OF GLOBE. SHOT CLOSES IN ON TAIWAN (FORMOSA), NEAR CHINA IN PACIFIC OCEAN
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01:11:20 549 |
MAP OF ISLAND, TAIWAN
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TRUCKLOADS OF CHINESE ACTORS ARRIVE IN VILLAGE. MOBILE UNITS OF FREE CHINA'S TRAVELING OPERA GROUP
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01:11:35 564 |
VILLAGERS WATCH ARRIVAL OF ACTORS. WOMEN, ACTRESSES APPLY MAKE UP WHILE LOOKING IN HAND MIRRORS
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01:11:40 569 |
ACTRESSES PUT ON HEADRESSES, ORNAMENTS IN HAIR, ETC.
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01:11:45 574 |
CU OF ROOF OF BUDDHIST TEMPLE, ORNAMENTATION
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PAN AUDIENCE MEMBERS OUTSIDE TEMPLE, SOME WITH UMBRELLAS. XLS ACTORS ON STAGE, CROWD OF SPECTATORS
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LS CHINESE OPERA ACTORS ON STAGE. ELABORATE, ORNATE COSTUMES. ASIAN, ORIENTAL
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01:12:05 594 |
MS SAME
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MUSICIANS. BAND WITH INSTRUMENTS
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BEAUTIFUL CHINESE OPERA ACTRESS PERFORMING TRADITIONAL GESTURES. OTHER ACTORS DO SAME.
SHOT OF AUDIENCE REACTION, INCLUDING CHILDREN |
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ACTOR AS EXOTIC CHARACTER IN CHINESE OPERA.
CHILD IN AUDIENCE WITH SHAVED HEAD. BALD KID |
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MOCK BATTLE AS PART OF CHINESE OPERA, ACROBATICS. FIGHTING, FLIPPING. WEAPONS
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AUDIENCE ENJOYS SHOW
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END OF FILM
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