A Schulz/Burtonesque, documentary- style retro sci-fi film set in timeless 60's limbo.

Conceived by Jason Dunn and photographed by Brian Harding, Robot Rumpus breaks new ground in saturday-morning-cartoon realism.

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Kidbot, the world's first intelligent machine spends his first day in elementary school, sent there by his scientist father to meet his human peers.

They hate him. He hates them.

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starring
Matt Tenggren ............................................................. The scientist
Rachel Hirschfeld ............................................................. The love interest
Rick Nathanson ........................................................... The principal
Laura Boersma ......................................................... The teacher
Carly Barnhill ................................................................... The classmate
David Hartkop/ Brendan Gill/ Brian Liscek... Kidbot

Rusty Handler Caitlin Goldstein
Samantha Handler Kara Parker
Joey Selan Ryan Goldstein
Brandon Dicker Jake Weiss
Jordan Rothstein Daniel Barnhill
Jake Adee Luke Adee
Lissa Parker Zach Goldstein

Assistant director ................................................ Brian Liscek
camera assistants ............................................... Fred Schroeder / Olivia Torres / Brendan Gill
sound design ...................................................... Charles Ballard
production sound ................................................. Michael Sverchek / John Stewart Muller / Laura Boersma
Kidbot creature effects ......................................... Robert Miller
production managers ............................................ Pieter Miller / My-Linh Chung / Wendy Dunn
production stills ................................................... Jaimie Trueblood
gaffers ............................................................... Peter Soto / Brendan Gill
makeup .............................................................. Sheril Sakai
art department ..................................................... Brandon Cunningham / My-Linh Chung
2002. 16mm black and white. 20 minutes. stereo audio.

Written and directed by Jason Dunn, an L.A-based filmmaker and visual effects artist, is the founder of Robot Rumpus visual effects, who has produced digital visual effects for a myriad of crappy music videos.

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