The Hole is a 15-minute animated film by John Hubley and Faith Hubley.

Summary

The film uses improvised dialogue from Dizzy Gillespie and George Mathews as two construction workers at work in the bottom of a hole on a construction site discussing the possibility of an accidental nuclear weapons attack.

The Hole (1962 film)

Accolades

The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1962.

The Hole (1962 film)

Legacy

In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive preserved The Hole in 2003.

The Hole (1962 film)

References

External links

The Hole essay by Greg Cwik on the National Film Registry website

The Hole on Internet Archive

1962 animated films

1962 films

1960s American animated films

1960s animated short films

Best Animated Short Academy Award winners

Films about nuclear war and weapons

Films directed by John Hubley

United States National Film Registry films

1962 independent films

American independent films