Chessmaster Theatre

Film: Chessmaster Theatre 3 Min  Written and Directed By John Wardlaw Cinematography By Michael Wilcox Winner of a Bronze Telly Award Festivals: Santa Barbara International Film Festival Spike and Mike Festival of Animation A censored version is featured on Spike and Mike Festival of Sick and Twisted Animation Volume Four VHS   Click here to view the film Review: "Chessmaster Theatre," a parody of PBS "Masterpiece Theatre," ..... wins on originality - it is by far the funniest short in the whole program,(Referring to the Spike and Mike Festival of Animation) and the most memorable. By Vladimir Zelevinsky, Friday, May 1, 1998  Staff Reporter, The Tech, Volume 118, Number 23 Film: Chessmaster Theatre: Bloody Revenge 4 Min Written and Directed By John Wardlaw Cinematography By Michael Wilcox Festivals: Spike and Mike Festival of Animation Click here to view the film Review: While attending the Animation Festival, some might have trouble deciding which shorts to applaud...They cheered most loudly...following "Chessmaster Theatre," (Bloody Revenge) in which the film concluded with one of the opposing chess players urinating on the checkered board ... standing ovation material, apparently. By ROB COLE, HORNET STAFF WRITER Cartoons come to Sacramento March 20, 1998 Volume 50A No. 41

Look for our upcoming film...

The Bolt That Screwed Christmas - in production
(Featuring the voices of Jonathan Harris, Bill Mumy, Angela Cartwright, Marta Kristen and Tress MacNeile)

2008 Release