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form y separately published work icon Dot Goes to Hollywood single work   film/TV   children's   fantasy  
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 Dot Goes to Hollywood
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When Dot's koala friend develops an eye disease that is devastating the koala population, Dot takes to Hollywood in an effort to raise the funds needed for an operation to cure him.

Notes

  • The film opens with two cards, reminiscent of the cards used between scenes in silent films, reading, 'Yoram Gross and Dot and the Kangaroo salute one hundred years of Hollywood'.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      Australia,
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      :       Yoram Gross Film Studios ,       1987 .
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      Screen cap from opening credits
      Extent: 73min.p.
      Description: Animated
      Series: form y separately published work icon The 'Dot' Films Yoram Gross , Australia : Yoram Gross Film Studios , 1977-1994 7386027 1977 series - publisher film/TV children's

      A series of animated films (against live-action backgrounds) produced by Yoram Gross Film Studios between 1977 (Dot and the Kangaroo) and 1994 (Dot in Space).

      Inspired by Ethel Pedley's novel Dot and the Kangaroo, the films soon branch out into unique storylines.

             Number in series: 8
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Yoram Gross
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  • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California,
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    United States of America (USA),
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    Americas,
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