Man Alive! (1952 film)
{{short description|1952 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Man Alive!
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| director = William T. Hurtz
| producer = Stephen Bosustow
| writer =William Roberts
Bill Scott
| narrator =
| music = Benjamin Lees
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| editing =
| studio = United Productions of America
| distributor = American Cancer Society[http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/mid-century-modern-upas-man-alive-1952/ Mid-Century Modern: UPA's "Man Alive" (1952)|Cartoon Research]
| released = {{film date|1952|||ref1=[https://mubi.com/films/man-alive-1952 MUBI]}}
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| country = United States
| language = English
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Man Alive! is a 1952 American animated short documentary film directed by William T. Hurtz.
Accolades
Summary
File:William T. Hurtz - Man Alive! (1952) (restored raw HD version).webm
In this animated cartoon, an analogy is made between a badly functioning car and a man with physical symptoms that could lead to neoplasm. Various stages of denial, unprofessional advice and quick fix remedies are shown (alongside the seven danger signals of cancer, recommendation of cancer therapies and debunked cancer myths). He finally goes to a good garage paying heavily to have it repaired, learning that he shouldn't make the same mistake with his body. He goes to the doctor for his indigestion (one of the symptoms of cancer).[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rd14rQaf3Y Man Alive! (United Productions of America, 1952)][https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/collections/films/medicalmoviesontheweb/pdf/manalive.pdf Man Alive! (1952) - National Library of Medicine]
See also
- Cancer research
- Rooty Toot Toot - an UPA film also released in 1952
- Limited animation
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0044870|title=Man Alive!}}
- {{YouTube|9_EGZZZDSxE|Man Alive!}}
- [http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8800584A Man Alive!] at the United States National Library of Medicine
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Category:1952 animated short films
Category:1952 short documentary films
Category:American short documentary films
Category:American animated documentary films
Category:Documentary films about cancer
Category:American animated short films
Category:Films with screenplays by William Roberts (screenwriter)