Russell Hoban

Movies

Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
Poem
This animated anthology is comprised of eighteen updated nursery rhymes and features such celebrity narrators as Eli Wallach, Linda Hunt and Karen Allen.
The Marzipan Pig
Writer
A lonely, lost marzipan pig reaches out with love, in a strange chain of events, to an owl, a mouse and a hibiscus flower. - Tim Curry
Door
Narrator
By turns comic and scary, the film documents activities in a floating globe filled with doors, keys, and a bickering couple whose actions appear to lead to what Hoban's narrator calls "the end of snivvelyzashuns" (civilisation). The film is a companion piece to another Anderson / Hoban collaboration, Deadsy, collectively entitled Deadtime Stories For Big Folk.
Deadsy
Narrator (Voice)
A graphic interpretation of a man's fascination with weaponry and the sexual power of military aggression, via the story of the Grim Reaper acquiring additional weaponry after undergoing a sex change. Using a combination of live action, laser xerography, hand rendering, and model animation, the film is a companion piece to another Anderson / Hoban collaboration, Door, collectively entitled Deadtime Stories For Big Folk.
Deadsy
Writer
A graphic interpretation of a man's fascination with weaponry and the sexual power of military aggression, via the story of the Grim Reaper acquiring additional weaponry after undergoing a sex change. Using a combination of live action, laser xerography, hand rendering, and model animation, the film is a companion piece to another Anderson / Hoban collaboration, Door, collectively entitled Deadtime Stories For Big Folk.
Turtle Diary
Novel
Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.
Come and Find Me
Writer
An investigation into sightings of a young woman’s ghost at a mansion.
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Novel
A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Book
A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.
The Mouse and His Child
Novel
A mouse and his child, the two parts of a single small wind-up toy, go on a quest to become "self-winding".