In his Academy Award-nominated 1965 short film, Timepiece, Jim Henson’s Everyman tries to escape the passage of time. #JimHensonBirthday | Jim Henson

Time Piece (Henson, 1965) In 1965 Jim Henson produced a short film featuring a Leroy Anderson-style "found sound" composition. This experimental film starts with a human heartbeat and moves outward to a clock, a bird, city streets, an office, a factory, and so on. The film was nominated for an Academy Award, and premiered at the Museum of Modern Art. Take a look, and keep an eye out for the strangely alluring dinner scene (apparently a Tom Jones reference) around the middle. Special bonus: keep

Have you seen Time Piece, the Oscar-nominated 1965 short film written by, directed by, and starring Jim Henson? It's only available on Kanopy which means it's free with your library card or university login. | The Jim Henson Company