Help! My Snowman's Burning Down
1965 | 9m | English
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| Director: | Carson Davidson |
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| My Snowman's Burning Down is an American short film made by Carson Davidson in 1964, with music composed and performed by Gerry Mulligan. A surrealistic and humorous satire on the Madison Avenue image of the world through advertising. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 29, 1965 |
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| Director: | Carson Davidson |
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| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | satire, short film |
| Production Companies | Pathé Contemporary Films |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
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Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Jun 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Bob Larkin | |
| Dian Robertson | Woman |
| Name | Job |
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| Carson Davidson | Director |
| Gerry Mulligan | Original Music Composer |
| Bob Brookmeyer | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
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| Linda Colonna | Associate Producer |
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I did really quite enjoy this and Gerry Mulligan’s Herb Alpert style of accompaniment, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with a snowman and instead features an executive gent (Bob Larkin) who seems content to live his life from a cast iron bathtub, in a room with no walls, somewhere off the coast ... of Manhattan. From what I could gather, he starts his day having a bath (fully clothed) then does some work before a cocktail with a toilet-paper mummified, martini-swilling, lady seems to scare him off. One minute he is hot, then cold, then dry then wet, then swimming before he even manages to get torpedoed! It is bound to be allegorical of the work/life balance or maybe it’s a test to get us to intellectualise something fundamentally whimsical? I couldn’t say, but it is quite good fun and as they’d say on the disclaimer - don’t try this at home.