| A Fantastical Meal | |
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 A frame from the film | |
| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
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Release date | 1900 |
| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
A Fantastical Meal (French: Le Repas fantastique) is a 1900 French short silent trick film directed by Georges Méliès.
Two women and a man, attempting to have dinner, find themselves confronted with magical happenings: the chairs move, the soup tureen grows, boots appear from it, the table legs change length, the table appears and reappears. A ghost, dancing on the table, turns into a box of dynamite and explodes, and the man begins tumbling manically around the room.
The film was released by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 311 in its catalogues.[1] It was imitated by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company film An Animated Luncheon.[2]
