Made by Leeds Movie Maker member Fred Wells, Trilogy is a three part animation which includes The Thing, The Question, and The Answer. The animation is based on the Phil Harris song, The Thing. The song describes the hapless finder of a box with a mysterious secret and his efforts to rid himself of it. Title - "Trilogy" a film in three parts Inspired by Phil Harris and Ziggy Talent Title - Incredible Movies Present The Thing The lyrics take the form of a first-person narration,...

Made by Leeds Movie Maker member Fred Wells, Trilogy is a three part animation which includes The Thing, The Question, and The Answer. The animation is based on the Phil Harris song, The Thing. The song describes the hapless finder of a box with a mysterious secret and his efforts to rid himself of it. Title - "Trilogy" a film in three parts Inspired by Phil Harris and Ziggy Talent Title - Incredible Movies Present The Thing The lyrics take the form of a first-person narration, describing the discovery on a beach of a box. Whatever is in the box is never revealed, nor is it called "The Thing" in the lyrics. When the lyrics call for The Thing to be named, the vocals simply pause for three percussive knocks. Initially, the narrator is overjoyed by his discovery and tries to sell it. Instead, he is thrown out by a proprietor with a threat to call the police. Undaunted, the narrator decides to give it to his wife, who also kicks him out and requests he never return with it. After going through life unable to rid himself of the Thing, the narrator dies and arrives in Heaven where Saint Peter tells him to take it "down below" to Hell. In the final verse, the narrator warns the listener not to open boxes on the beach as he did. Title - The Question In this part of the film, the narrator is desperate to find out what "The Thing" is. He pleads with his wife, the hobo, and St. Peter. Eventually a fortune teller explains what "The Thing" is. Overjoyed at finally unlocking the mystery, he runs to tell his wife. However, when he gets home, it is not his wife, but another woman who answers the door. Unable to hold in his excitement, he shares the news with her instead. Title - The Answer In the final part of the film, the mystery of "The Thing" is finally revealed to the audience. The thing is a picture of an ugly woman. She was taken to a pig farm, mistaken for one of the animals, and put up for sale. And in the event of an arranged marriage, her new husband kills himself in order to get away. However, she gives her boyfriend, a sailor, a locket with her picture in it. As the sailor's ship is about to sink, he puts the locket in a wooden box, the box which is found by the narrator at the beginning of the story. Title - The End