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Time Piece

7.3 9 mins Comedy   Music   Fantasy   1965
The Jim Henson Company   Muppets, Inc.  
Director(s): Jim Henson

Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this 9-minute experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson. Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, "Time Piece" enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for Outstanding Short Subject.

Casts of Time Piece

Jim Henson

as Man

Enid Cafritz

as Wife

Jerry Juhl

as Bartender

Frank Oz

as Messenger boy

April March

as Stripper

Dave Bailey

as Drummer

Jim Hutchison

as Male Dancer

Don Sahlin

as Comic

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