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Here's my and PWC's entry for the STAR contest [April-July 2009].  It was our first co-production, working across the Atlantic [USA & Netherlands] which seems an amazing feat to an old guy like me.  The film takes place in essentially two different locations which made divvying up the work easier.  I animated the 27th Century scenes while PWC did the 33rd Century.  PWC doesn't have the "Conan O'Brien" hair, so we had to write a bit into the script about the Cadet needing a haircut to better look the part of a 33rd Century crewman.

This film was inspired by Isaac Asimov's novel "The End of Eternity" (c) 1955 which I had just begun reading when STAR was announced.  In homage, there are 7 references to planets or characters from Asimov's novels in this film.  Any Asimov fans want to try to list them?  There's also a reference to 30 Rock and Seinfeld.

Thanks, Smeagol and team for pulling off a cool STAR Film Festival to premiere all the entries.

Given that the end credits are a bit hard to read in the film, here they are: 

Crisis
Reverted

Written and directed by
AncientBricks
&
PdoubleyouC

Story inspired by
Isaac Asimov’s
novel
“The End of Eternity”
© 1955

Starring
========
AncientBricks
as
Administrator
Buchanan

PdoubleyouC
as
Cadet Spaceman

Also Starring
=============
AncientBricks
as
The Thirsty Crewman

Dr. Lovely, M.D.
as
Rose

Dr. Lovely, M.D.
as
33rd Century Ship’s Computer

Dr. Melissa, M.D.
as
Time Lab Countdown

Film Editing &
Sound Design by
AncientBricks

Trailer Editing by
PdoubleyouC

Casting by
AncientBricks

Filmed in
=========
The U.S.A.
(27th Century footage)
  &
The Netherlands
(33rd Century footage)

United States Crew
==================
Animation by
AncientBricks

Set Design by
AncientBricks

Set Construction by
AncientBricks
NewBricks (Ethan)
Olivia
Madeline

Patience by
wife & kids

Netherlands Crew
================
Animation by
PdoubleyouC

Set Design & Construction by
PdoubleyouC

Camera Provided by
Dad

Patience by
Parents,
Katherine &
Mieko the bad dog

Title & End Credits Theme:
“No Man’s Land”
(Title and End Credits)
Written & performed by
Alpha Wave Movement
From the album
“A Distanct Signal”
© 2001
Available at CDbaby.com
Used with permission.

Sound Effects from FreeSound.org
(Creative Commons Licenses):
•Time Travel by aarondbaron
•Footsteps by petrasound
•Intercom Beep by HerbertBoland
•Metal Thump by jobro
•Squeaky Cart by FreqMan
•Alarm by Regenpak
•Metal Creaking by epolk & sonsdebarcelona
•Breaking glass by mikaelfernstrom
•Future Computers by suonho

All other sound effects by
AncientBricks

Explosion fireball video clips from
DetonationFilms.com

Saturn painting courtesy of NASA
(public domain image)

Special thanks to these creators of free animation & video software:
-Martin Prince [HeliumFrog]
-Avery Lee [VirtualDub]
-David Perry [MonkeyJam]
-Stefan (YellowHead Studios) [Scroller]
-Stefano Cinque [MPEG Streamclip]
-Hauke Lasinger [CSMC]

Thanks to God the Creator, Melissa, Charlie V., Smeagol, Gregory Kyryluk, everyone from the BricksInMotion.com forums, Zorg O. at StopMotionCentral.com, Alan Silberberg at You2Gov.org, Leo, Rubino’s Pizza

This film was inspired by and made for
BricksInMotion.com’s
STAR Animation Contest
(April 13 - July 26, 2009)

Crisis Reverted
by
AncientBricks & PdoubleyouC
© 2009 
All rights reserved.

Graeme Allen:
While it may be dreadfully slow and boring to most people, this film is a fun watch for any fan of Isaac Asimov's work. There are no hardcore action scenes here, as is usual with a lot of science fiction films nowadays; instead, the exploration and use of new technologies through trial and error is what grabs the viewer's attention. Notable in terms of quality, the transition between the two animators' technical aspects is seamless, which is a rarity in co-productions among brickfilmers since we all use such a wide variety of equipment; a welcome addition to this fine film. Last, but not least; it's great to know that thirteen thousand years from now, Coke-Cola is still the universe's favorite soda.