Subconscious Password

Subconscious Password

11 mins | Animation | June 10, 2013

In this short animation, Oscar®-winning director Chris Landreth uses a common social gaffe - forgetting somebody's name - as the starting point for a mind-bending romp through the unconscious. Inspired by the classic TV game show Password, the film features a wealth of animated celebrity guests who try (and try, and try) to prompt Charles to remember the name. Finally, he realizes he will simply have to surrender himself to his predicament.

Subconscious Password

11 mins | Animation | June 10, 2013

Subconscious Password
In this short animation, Oscar®-winning director Chris Landreth uses a common social gaffe - forgetting somebody's name - as the starting point for a mind-bending romp through the unconscious. Inspired by the classic TV game show Password, the film features a wealth of animated celebrity guests who try (and try, and try) to prompt Charles to remember the name. Finally, he realizes he will simply have to surrender himself to his predicament.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Subconscious Password
Directors Chris Landreth
Writers Chris Landreth

Cast

Chris Landreth

as Charles

John R. Dilworth

as Himself

Don McKellar

as The Host (voice)

Ron Pardo

as The Announcer / Dick Van Dyke (voice)

Patrice Goodman

as Yoko Ono (voice)

Ray Landry

as William S. Burroughs (voice)

Tony Daniels

as James Joyce / H.P. Lovecraft (voice)

Athena Karkanis

as The Babysitter (voice)

Dwayne Hill

as Salvador Dali (voice)