Home › Entities › animated_short_film › The Dot and the Line

The Dot and the Line

1965 film by Chuck Jones
Movie animated_short_film Q1350339
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

The Dot and the Line

Summary

The Dot and the Line is an animated short film[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of animated_short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (126 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Dot and the Line received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].
  • The Dot and the Line's instance of is recorded as animated short film[4].
  • The Dot and the Line's director is recorded as Chuck Jones[5].
  • The Dot and the Line's screenwriter is recorded as Norton Juster[6].
  • The Dot and the Line's genre is recorded as family film[7].
  • The Dot and the Line's genre is recorded as comedy film[8].
  • The Dot and the Line's genre is recorded as romance film[9].
  • The Dot and the Line's based on is recorded as The Dot and the Line[10].
  • The Dot and the Line's production company is recorded as MGM Animation/Visual Arts[11].
  • The Dot and the Line's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0059122[12].
  • The Dot and the Line's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[13].
  • The Dot and the Line's color is recorded as color[14].
  • The Dot and the Line's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • The Dot and the Line's publication date is recorded as +1965-12-15T00:00:00Z[16].
  • The Dot and the Line's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01yp92[17].
  • The Dot and the Line's distributed by is recorded as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[18].
  • The Dot and the Line's nominated for is recorded as Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[19].
  • The Dot and the Line's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Dot and the Line'}[20].
  • The Dot and the Line's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+10'}[21].
  • The Dot and the Line's narrator is recorded as Robert Morley[22].
  • The Dot and the Line's ČSFD film ID is recorded as 152455[23].
  • The Dot and the Line's Kinopoisk film ID is recorded as 33835[24].
  • The Dot and the Line's TCM Movie Database film ID is recorded as 310939[25].
  • The Dot and the Line's EIDR content ID is recorded as 10.5240/7474-EF47-05C0-FB0C-CFE0-1[26].
  • The Dot and the Line's EIRIN film rating is recorded as G[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Dot and the Line's director is recorded as Chuck Jones[5]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Norton Juster[6].

Publication

The Dot and the Line's publication date is recorded as +1965-12-15T00:00:00Z[16]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[13]. Genres include family film[7], comedy film[8], and romance film[9].

Reception

The Dot and the Line received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].

Why It Matters

The Dot and the Line ranks in the top 5% of animated_short_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (126 views/month).[2]

FAQs

What awards did The Dot and the Line receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].

Related Entities

Chuck Jones Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Robert Morley United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Kinopoisk. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Dot and the Line. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-dot-and-the-line
MLA “The Dot and the Line.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-dot-and-the-line.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-dot-and-the-line_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Dot and the Line}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-dot-and-the-line}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): The Dot and the Line — https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-dot-and-the-line (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-dot-and-the-line · Last refreshed: