Ivor the Invisible

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Ivor the Invisible

Directed by	Hilary Audus
Written by	Raymond Briggs
Starring	Albey Brookes Jane Horrocks Timothy Spall Alison Steadman
Music by	Nitin Sawhney
Distributed by	CINAR Films
Release date(s)	December 24, 2001
Running time	22 minutes
Country	UK
Language	English
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Ivor the Invisible is an animated film made for British television's Channel Four in 2001. It was written by the popular British author/illustrator, Raymond Briggs. Unlike Briggs' other films, which were adapted from his books, Ivor the Invisible was his first project to be conceived directly for the screen.[1]

[edit] Plot

One morning, a schoolboy named John awakes to find an invisible giant sitting at the foot of his bed. John names him Ivor and soon the giant is playing tricks around the house: squirting John's father with a garden hose, disturbing the laundry hanging on the clothesline, and stealing food. Ivor can create music, and later he gives John an invisible seesaw ride in the park.

But what Ivor really wants is to learn to write. He wants John to read him stories, and he wants to go to school with him. Ivor creates a great deal of mischief at John's school, writing rude words on the chalkboard. On the way home, Ivor incites the wrath of an angry mob after tempering with the Belisha beacons and pelican crossings.