{{Short description|1979 British–Yugoslavian animated short film}} {{for|the rapper|DreamDoll (musician)}}{{Italic title}} '''''Dream Doll''''' ({{langx|hr|Lutka snova}}) is a 1979 British–Yugoslavian animated short film by Bob Godfrey and Zlatko Grgić as a co-production between Zagreb Film and Bob Godfrey Films. The authors shared similar art styles and animation philosophies such as using absurdist gags and disheveled drawings.<ref name="lzmk">{{Cite web|url=http://film.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=971|title = Filmski leksikon}}</ref>
==Plot== ''Dream Doll'' is a film with erotic overtones where a gentleman falls in love with a sex doll.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=razMCgAAQBAJ&dq=dream+doll+1979&pg=PT400 ''Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style – The Three Markets'', Giannalberto Bendazzi]</ref> The short ends with the man "born aloft by the flocks of dolls" as a deliberate parody of Disney's ''Peter Pan''.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6wH0CQAAQBAJ&dq=dream+doll+1979&pg=PA99 Animation: The Pocket Essential Guide, By Mark Whitehead], pp. 99</ref> ''Dream Doll'' is cited as one of Godfrey's most prominent works,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tlsKXeRt0wgC&dq=dream+doll+1979&pg=PA26 ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture'', edited by Peter Childs, Michael Storry], pp. 26</ref> although it also could be a homage to Albert Lamorisse's ''The Red Balloon''.
==Reception== The short was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1980.<ref name=lzmk/>
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0079079}} * {{YouTube|rT-YTXF_qdw}}, posted by Bob Godfrey
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Category:1979 animated short films Category:1979 films Category:Croatian animated short films Category:British animated short films Category:Yugoslav animated short films Category:Zagreb Film films Category:Films about dolls Category:1979 British films