Heaven and Earth Magic (1962)

Directed by

Harry Everett Smith

Genre

animation

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 06m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cutout animated film follows a heroine as she visits heaven, explores it, then returns to Earth via an Edwardian London sewer system.

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What happens

Heaven and Earth Magic (also known as Number 12, The Magic Feature, or Heaven and Earth Magic Feature) is a 1962 American cutout animated film directed by visual artist, filmmaker and mystic Harry Everett Smith. Jonas Mekas gave the film its title Heaven and Earth Magic in 1964/65. The independent film depicts a heroine entering heaven, exploring heaven, and then returning to planet Earth. The return to Earth involves a depiction of the London sewer system during the Edwardian era. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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