Role: Animator / Editor
Poster design by Mike Wall
I Took My Avocado to Aspen, Colorado is an upcoming stop-motion animated film written and directed by Mark Roberts (Mike and Molly) of Bad Mule Inc., adapted from his poem of the same name. This film noir uniquely tells the story of a fraught relationship with a tasty green fruit, full of intrigue, betrayal, murder, and guacamole. Narrated by Joe Pantoliano (The Fugitive, The Matrix, Memento, The Sopranos), this film was an honor to animate and bring to life.
A "mobbed up" gopher treats his avocado associate to a lavish weekend of private planes, fancy hotels and expensive gifts, lulling the unsuspecting fruit into a blissful stupor, before tossing him off a high-rise balcony. This animated evolution of a film-within-a-film is a stop-motion journey filled with danger, intrigue and rhymes.
Narrated by Joe Pantoliano
Written and Directed by Mark Roberts
Animated and Edited by David Wall
Song performed by Nikki Lynette, produced by Galaxy Francis
Produced by Mark Roberts, Lisa Cisneros, Matt Hennessy, Ty Caughell
Animation Assistant — Lauren Travers
Puppet Fabrication — David Wall, Lauren Travers
Set Construction — David Wall, Dana Wall
Storybook Designers — Lauren Travers, Becky Wright
Movie Poster Designer — Mike Wall
Recorded and Engineered at VSOP Studios by Matt Hennessy, Ty Caughell
