Shut Eye Hotel

Director: Bill Plympton
Format: 35mm   Runtime: 7 minutes
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screening in: Animated Shorts

Screening Times

2:30 PM, Sunday March 9th - Alamo Lamar 2
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2:30 PM, Wednesday March 12th - Alamo Lamar 2
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5:00 PM, Thursday March 13th - Alamo Lamar 2
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Synopsis:
'Shuteye Hotel" is a film noir murder mystery that takes place in a sleazy hotel. As cops investigate the gruesome murders they become victims of this evil force. What "Jaws" did to swimming, "Shuteye Hotel" will do for sleeping.

Director's Bio:
Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Bill Plympton moved to New York City, upon graduation from Portland State Unversity in Graphic Design. He began his career creating cartoons for publications such as New York Times, National Lampoon, Playboy and Screw. In 1997 he was nominated for an Oscar for his short "Your Face". After producing many shorts which appeared on MTV and Spike and Mike's, he turned his talent to features. Since 1991 he's made 7 feature films, 5 of them, "The Tune", "Mondo Plympton", "I Married A Strange Person", "Mutant Aliens" and "Hair High" animated features. In 2005, Bill's received another Oscar nomination, this time for a short film "Guard Dog".