In 1969 a 14-year-old boy named Jerry Levitan found his way into legendary musician John Lennon's hotel room and engaged the free-spirited musician in an illuminating conversation. Over three decades later, filmmaker Josh Rashin brings the timeless message conveyed by Lennon in that fateful interview to life on film by animating the original audio and creating something as timeless as it is true to the famed musician's original ideas. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
I Met the Walrus is an animated film directed by Josh Raskin and produced by Jerry Levitan. The film stars Levitan and John Lennon. The film's pen illustration is by James Braithwaite and computer illustration is by Alex Kurina.[1]
The film is based on an interview of John Lennon by Jerry Levitan in 1969. Levitan, then 14 years old, tracked Lennon to his hotel room at Toronto's King Edward Hotel after hearing a rumour that Lennon had been sighted at the Toronto Airport. Jerry inveigled his way into John Lennon's suite and conducted an interview. The animation is based on Levitan's recording of the interview, which was edited down to 5 minutes. Josh Raskin's focus was on the interview itself. "I just wanted to literally animate the words, unfurling in the way I imagined they would appear inside the head of a baffled 14-year-old boy interviewing his idol."[2]
