Flatland: The Movie

[Dave Monroe]

Flatland: The Movie
Home edition DVD | 2008 | $29.95 / £19.99
35 minutes animated film

Flatland: The Movie is an exciting half-hour animated film based on
Edwin Abbott's classic novel. Flatland is an entirely two-dimensional
world where different shapes live, work, and play--all under the rule
of the evil Circles who are determined to keep the third dimension a
secret, at any cost. The story follows Arthur Square (Martin Sheen)
and his curious granddaughter Hex (Kristen Bell). When the mysterious
visitor Spherius (Michael York) arrives from Spaceland, Arthur and Hex
face grave danger as they begin to come to terms with the truth of the
third dimension. Combining action, drama, geometry, and sociopolitical
commentary, this moving story challenges audiences to grasp the
limitations of their assumptions about reality and to think about the
possibility of higher and previously inconceivable dimensions (both
literal and metaphorical).

DVD features:

--4-D short feature: Brown University mathematician Thomas Banchoff
discusses Flatland and the fourth dimension
--Interviews with cast members Martin Sheen, Kristen Bell, Michael
York, Tony Hale, and Joe Estevez
--English and Spanish subtitles
--Full text of the novel that inspired the movie

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8621.html

Flatland: The Movie Edition
Edwin A. Abbott with Thomas Banchoff and the Filmmakers of Flatland
Cloth | 2008 | $15.00 / £8.95
176 pp. | 8 1/2 x 11 | 16 color illus. 28 line illus.

Edwin Abbott's beloved mathematical adventure novel Flatland (1884) is
being introduced to a whole new generation of readers and viewers
through Flatland: The Movie, a dramatic computer-animated adaptation
starring Martin Sheen, Kristen Bell, Michael York, Tony Hale, and Joe
Estevez. This book is the companion to the movie--and the ultimate
edition of the classic book on which it is based. A beautiful,
large-format volume, Flatland: The Movie Edition includes: the full
text of the original novel; the screenplay of the movie; essays on the
making of the movie by the writers and filmmakers--producer Seth
Caplan, director Jeffrey Travis, and director and animator Dano
Johnson; color illustrations; and a new introduction by Thomas
Banchoff, a Brown University mathematician and Flatland authority who
served as an advisor to the filmmakers. By describing the challenges
the filmmakers faced in updating a Victorian mathematical allegory for
a new generation and transforming it into a compelling animated story,
Flatland: The Movie Edition makes watching the movie and reading
Abbott's book even more illuminating and enjoyable. You'll never think
about the multiple dimensions of space in the same way again.

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8620.html

Introduction

http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/i8620.html
http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/i8620.pdf