Tome of the Unknown
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| Created by | Patrick McHale |
| Written by | Patrick McHale |
| Directed by | Patrick McHale |
| Creative director(s) | Phil Rynda |
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| Narrated by | Warren Burton |
| Composer(s) | The Petrojvic Blasting Company |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Editor(s) | Paul Douglas |
| Running time | 9 minutes approx. |
| Production company(s) | Cartoon Network Studios |
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| Original network | Cartoon Network |
| Original release | September 9, 2013 |
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Tome of the Unknown, the full title of which is Tome of the Unknown: Harvest Melody, is a 2013 animated short film created by Patrick McHale. In the film, Wirt (Elijah Wood), his brother Gregory (Collin Dean), and Beatrice, a bluebird, head to the big city in search of an arcane book of all known things, meeting a vegetable man along the way.
Originally imagined as a three-season television show, Cartoon Network asked for it to be a feature film. During production, the miniseries format that eventually became that for Over the Garden Wall was decided on. The film serves as the inspiration and pilot for the aforementioned miniseries, which premiered in 2014. The network, whose animation studio produced the film, also served as distributor. Released in 2013 to multiple film festivals, Tome of the Unknown has received several accolades.
In a large forest simply called the "Unknown," Wirt (Elijah Wood) and his brother Gregory (Collin Dean) walk with Beatrice (Natasha Leggero; later voiced by Melanie Lynskey in the miniseries), a bluebird who has gained the ability to speak. The three are on their way to the big city, in search of a book titled The Tome of the Unknown, which – according to legend – contains every forgotten thing. When their legs tire, Greg suggests they ride a goose, but Wirt doubts they could find one big enough to carry them, thus Greg wanders off and discovers a car that is made from vegetables, which both fascinates and confuses Wirt. The car's owner, John Crops (C. W. Stoneking), is likewise a vegetable humanoid. Crops wallows over his loneliness, wishing like the others to go the metropolitan area. Wirt offers, in exchange for Crops letting them keep the car, to drive Crops to the city, where he can hopefully find a soulmate.
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