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'''''Sweet Disaster''''' is a 1986 series of short films, made for [[Channel 4]].<ref name="screenonline">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1115040/|title=BFI Screenonline: Anderson, David (1952-) Biography|publisher=screenonline.org.uk|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref> It consists of "animated visions of the apocalypse",<ref name="ukanimation.blogspot">{{cite web|url=http://ukanimation.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/dreamless-sleep-and-sweet-disaster.html|title=The Lost Continent: Dreamless Sleep and Sweet Disaster|publisher=ukanimation.blogspot.com.au|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref> and includes films such as ''Babylon'' and ''Sweet Disaster''. The series was conceived by producer David Hopkins.<ref name="awn">{{cite web|url=http://www.awn.com/animationworld/history-channel-4-and-future-british-animation|title=The History of Channel 4 and The Future of British Animation | Animation World Network|publisher=awn.com|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref> TheLostContinent explains "Hopkins scripted each of these films aside from the dialogue-free Dreamless Sleep".<ref name="ukanimation.blogspot" /> The films are fairly obscure; Nick Park noted that Babylon "hasn't really seen the light of day for a long time."<ref name="avclub">{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/aardman-animations-13664|title=Aardman Animations · Interview · The A.V. Club|publisher=avclub.com|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref>

==Films==

===''Babylon'' (1986)===
''Babylon'' was one of several [[Aardman Animations]] films commissioned by Channel 4 Commissioning Editor Paul Madden.<ref name="awn" /> The film was directed by [[Peter Lord]] and [[David Sproxton]].<ref name="ukanimation.blogspot" /> The editor is David McCormick.<ref name="upenn">{{cite web|url=http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/vcat/record.html?id=VCAT_3955863|title=New British animation (1993)|publisher=dla.library.upenn.edu|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref> It is included on the Aardman Classics DVD, and so is the least obscure of the series.<ref name="ukanimation.blogspot" /> The short is 15 minutes long. Its release date in the UK was 4 May 1986, and it was later released in Canada on 7 June 2003 at the Worldwide Short Film Festival.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088761/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt|title=Babylon (1986) - Release Info - IMDb|publisher=imdb.com|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref> [[Tony Robinson]] plays the role of Voice of Speaker.<ref name="imdb2">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088761/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast|title=Babylon (1986) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb|publisher=imdb.com|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref> The film received two awards: Peter Lord and David Sproxton won the Audience Award, and Peter Lord won the Award of Merit for a Film Between 5 and 15 Minutes<ref name="imdb4">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088761/awards?ref_=tt_awd|title=Babylon - Awards - IMDb|publisher=imdb.com|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref> This was the first film project Nick Park worked on after joining Aardman Animations in the mid 80s.<ref name="screenonline2">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/530232/|title=BFI Screenonline: Film Studios and Industry Bodies > Aardman Animations|publisher=screenonline.org.uk|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref><ref name="davidbordwell">{{cite web|url=http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2008/01/18/tracking-down-aardman-creatures/|title=Observations on film art : Tracking down Aardman creatures|publisher=davidbordwell.net|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref> Aardman agreed to supply Park with extra resources for ''[[A Grand Day Out]]'' if he agreed to help them finish the film.<ref name="youtube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1neY_Zh5mIs|title=YouTube - A History of Aardman: Episode 4 - Pete and Dave Meet Nick Park!|publisher=m.youtube.com|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref>

===''Dreamless Sleep'' (1986)===
''Dreamless Sleep'' was made by [[David Anderson (animator)|David Anderson]].<ref name="awn" /> ScreenOnline notes that the film "spent ten wordless minutes subtly conveying a couple's fear in the face of an incoming nuclear blast."<ref name="screenonline" /> The film won the Hiroshima Peace Prize.<ref name="animateonline">{{cite web|url=http://www.animateonline.org/films/tongueofthehidden/all.html|title=animate! " Films " The Tongue of the Hidden by David Alexander Anderson " all " synopses " direction & collaboration " full production credits " film stills " tools & processes " background material|publisher=animateonline.org|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref> The film had an estimated budget of £125,000 <ref name="imdb5">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3117068/|title=Dreamless Sleep (1986) - IMDb|publisher=imdb.com|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref> The short was made in Bristol. The title of the short came from David Anderson "going to a carol concert in Bristol with the composer Martin Kiszko and listening to '[[Oh Little Town of Bethlehem]]".<ref name="davidandersonfilms">{{cite web|url=http://www.davidandersonfilms.com/dreamless.swf|title=dreamless|publisher=davidandersonfilms.com|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref>

===''Paradise Regained'' (1986)===
''Paradise Regained'' was directed by Andrew Franks.<ref name="ukanimation.blogspot" /> The film had an estimated budget of £80,000.<ref name="imdb6">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3117088/|title=Paradise Regained (1986) - IMDb|publisher=imdb.com|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref>

===''Conversations by a Californian Swimming Pool'' (1986)===
''Conversations by a Californian Swimming Pool'' was directed by Andrew Franks.<ref name="ukanimation.blogspot" /> The film had an estimated budget of £80,000.<ref name="imdb7">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3117078/|title=Conversations by a Californian Swimming Pool (1986) - IMDb|publisher=imdb.com|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref>

===''Death of a Speechwriter'' (1986)===
''Death of a Speechwriter'' was directed by David Hopkins.<ref name="ukanimation.blogspot" /> [[Tony Robinson]] played The Speechwriter. The film had an estimated budget of £75,000.<ref name="imdb8">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3117064/|title=Death of a Speechwriter (1986) - IMDb|publisher=imdb.com|access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
[[Animation World Network]] described ''Babylon'' as "hauntingly powerful", and described Dreamless Sleep as "equally haunting".<ref name="awn" /> ScreenOnline cited Dreamless Sleep as an example of how "later work strengthened Anderson's command of his complex technical resources".<ref name="screenonline" />

==References==
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