The Compleat Angler (1978)Stream and Watch Online

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Released June 18th, 1978, 'The Compleat Angler' stars The movie has a runtime of about 1 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from well-known users.

You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "After receiving his Ph.D. from NCSU in 1978, Turner Whitted left for Bell Labs and proceeded to shake the CGI world with an algorithm that could ray-trace a scene in a reasonable amount of time. His film, The Compleat Angler is one of the most mimicked pieces of CGI work ever, as every student that enters the discipline tries to generate a bouncing ray-traced ball sequence." .