The Ark (partially lost pilot of animated series; 2002): Difference between revisions

From The Lost Media Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
No edit summary
No edit summary
(22 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{| style="margin: auto;"
{{InfoboxLost
|[[File:Lmwtan cleanup.png|frameless|300px|link=LMW-tan]]
|title=<center>The Ark (original pilot)</center>
|This article has been tagged as <span style="color:blue">'''Needing work'''</span> due to its lack of content, organization and clarity.
|image=TheArk_poster-1.jpeg|220x220px
|}{{InfoboxLost|title = The Ark|image = ARK PR SA 11 big.jpg|220x220px|imagecaption = Screenshot of Nelvana's The Ark|status = <span style="color:orange">'''Partially found'''</span>}}
|imagecaption=Original poster.
'''The Ark''' is a Canadian Animated Prime Time Comedy Pilot created by Richard Condie (Director of The Big Snit) and Nelvana. It was debuted in 2002 made for the Canadian Channel CBC.
|status=<span style="color:orange">'''Partially Lost'''</span>
The Pilot was also aired on The Russian Channel [https://web.archive.org/web/20120608121811/http://2x2tv.ru/serial/arc 2x2tv].
}}
'''''The Ark''''' is a Canadian animated comedy pilot. The show was created by Richard Condie (director of ''The Big Snit'') produced by Nelvana<ref>[http://www.nelvana.com/show/144/ark/ Summary of The Ark on Nelvana's website.] Retrieved 19 Oct '16</ref>, and directed by Dave Thomas. It aired in 2002 on CBC in Canada and on 2x2 TV in Russia.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120608121811/http://2x2tv.ru/serial/arc 2x2tv listing.] Retrieved 12 Sept '16</ref>


The show depicts a post-apocalyptic world where most of the civilization is lost under high oceans. It follows Willard and his family on the ark, the vessel for survivors of the apocalypse, through a surreal, absurd landscape.


The Reel can be found by Patrick Godfrey (The Composer of Bob and Margaret and The Shorts films by Richard Condie).{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VZVi3_A8CE|320x240|right|Reel video of The Ark|frame}}
The pilot has not resurfaced in full online. The only portions available online are those from a demo reel published by Patrick Godfrey (the composer of Bob and Margaret) but later the demo reel was clipped by the user [[User:Wumo|Loana Lalonde]]. The rest of the pilot may exist in the possession of the show's owners.
 
==Plot==
Willard and his family as they drift through a post-apocalyptic world, coping with their predicament through humour and absurdity. The world as we know it is gone, replaced by ann endless sea whose only remnants of a lost civilization are the tops of a few skyscrapers, mountains, roller coasters and other tall structures. This surreal landscape sets the scene for the strange and funny voyages of the ark and its incredible crew.


==Voice Cast==
==Voice Cast==
*Unknown actor as Willard (The Protagonist)
*Unknown actor as Willard (The Protagonist)
*Kristina Nicoll as the voice of Florence (Willard's Wife).
*Kristina Nicoll as Florence (Willard's Wife)
*Fiona Reid as Betty Sue
*Fiona Reid as Betty Sue
*Brian George as Henry
*Brian George as Henry
Line 21: Line 20:
*Adrian Truss as Unknown
*Adrian Truss as Unknown


[[Category:Lost animation|Ark (Partially Lost Pilot of Animated Series; 2002)]]
==Gallery==
[[Category:Needing work|Ark (Partially Lost Pilot of Animated Series; 2002)]]
{{Video|perrow  =1
[[Category:Lost TV|Ark (Partially Lost Pilot of Animated Series; 2002)]]
  |service1    =youtube
  |id1          =-VZVi3_A8CE
  |description1 =Demo reel.
}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
 
[[Category:Lost animation|Ark]]
[[Category:Lost TV|Ark]]
[[Category:Partially lost media|Ark]]

Revision as of 12:40, 5 December 2019

TheArk poster-1.jpeg

Original poster.

Status: Partially Lost

The Ark is a Canadian animated comedy pilot. The show was created by Richard Condie (director of The Big Snit) produced by Nelvana[1], and directed by Dave Thomas. It aired in 2002 on CBC in Canada and on 2x2 TV in Russia.[2]

The show depicts a post-apocalyptic world where most of the civilization is lost under high oceans. It follows Willard and his family on the ark, the vessel for survivors of the apocalypse, through a surreal, absurd landscape.

The pilot has not resurfaced in full online. The only portions available online are those from a demo reel published by Patrick Godfrey (the composer of Bob and Margaret) but later the demo reel was clipped by the user Loana Lalonde. The rest of the pilot may exist in the possession of the show's owners.

Voice Cast

  • Unknown actor as Willard (The Protagonist)
  • Kristina Nicoll as Florence (Willard's Wife)
  • Fiona Reid as Betty Sue
  • Brian George as Henry
  • Randy Woods as Unknown
  • Ted Dykstra as Unknown
  • Adrian Truss as Unknown

Gallery

Demo reel.

References

  1. Summary of The Ark on Nelvana's website. Retrieved 19 Oct '16
  2. 2x2tv listing. Retrieved 12 Sept '16