The Man with No Brakes

Name: The Man with No Brakes
Director: Mike Walker
Genre: Animation
Released: 1989-01-01

Just one gear... accelerate.

1989 · 5 min · Animation

The high-speed tale of The Man with No Brakes, this animation combines almost every technique we know as of today.

Directed by Mike Walker

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