Thumbs! (2001)
- Original title
- Bat Thumb
- Directed by
- Steve Oedekerk
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 28 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 33 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
These are short comedy films where actors' thumbs stand in for characters, with their faces superimposed onto the thumbs. They spoof popular movies and TV shows like Star Wars and Batman.
sillylightheartedparodicgoofycampyplayfulfast-pacedabsurd
What happens
Thumbs! is a collective term for the O Entertainment short films created by Steve Oedekerk using "Thumbation" technology, a process which combines live-action thumbs and superimposition of the voice actors' faces. The first short, Thumb Wars, was created as a television special and spawned the rest of the series. Each featurette is available on DVD, with exclusive extra footage on the Thumb Wars/Thumbtanic Thumb Double Feature. The entire series is available in a box set called All Thumbs, which does not include the Double Feature or The Thumbersons short. Half of the shorts have aired on Cartoon Network, before the show or film being parodied air, such as Thumb Wars (for Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and Bat Thumb (for airings of Batman & Robin). Frankenthumb aired around Halloween 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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