Colin Meloy
Narrator
The Tain is a animation, action, adventure film released in 2004 exploring themes of stop motion, silhouette, cutout animation, irish folklore. Directed by Andy Smetanka, it stars Colin Meloy. A cut-out animation musical adaptation of the Irish mythological epic Táin Bó Cúailnge.
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