Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981)
- Directed by
- Alex Stitt
- Genre
- medieval film
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 4.6 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This animated film retells the Old English poem Beowulf from the monster Grendel's perspective. Grendel is both a thinking creature and a violent attacker who terrorizes a Danish mead hall.
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What happens
Grendel Grendel Grendel is a 1981 Australian animated film written, directed and designed by Alexander Stitt and starring Peter Ustinov. It was based on John Gardner's novel Grendel. The music was composed and conducted by Bruce Smeaton and has been released on the 1M1 Records label. Like Gardner's novel, the film is a retelling of part of the epic poem Beowulf from the monster Grendel's point of view. Grendel (voiced by Ustinov) is by turns a thoughtful and contemplative character and a rampaging monster who attacks the mead hall of an early Danish kingdom, biting the head off of one would-be defender. This was the second full-length fully animated film ever made in Australia (coming after 1972's Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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An American Werewolf in London (1981)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.