This colourful nine-minute animated film from the British studios of Halas and Batchelor looked ahead to the future world of the year 2000 with a humourous look at how the world has become overrun by automobiles as a result of public demand for bigger and better ones.
By the year 2000, cars have taken up so much space in the world – causing perpetual gridlock – that people are now living in them, with the vehicles stacked on top of each other, reaching high into the sky in stationary piles, and food, cigarettes and medicine are delivered to the occupants by helicopter.
The scenario ends with cars that can give birth to cars of their own . . .
Narration is provided by Ed Bishop, who found fame as Commander Ed Straker in the cult Gerry Anderson sci-fi series UFO (1970 – 1973).
Automania 2000 won the BAFTA Award for ‘Best Animated Film’ in 1963 and was nominated for a 1964 Oscar for ‘Best Animated Short Film’.
Narrator
Ed Bishop
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