The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895)
1m
Running Time
June 10, 1895Release Date
The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895)
1m
Running Time
June 10, 1895Release Date

Plot.
A gardener is watering his flowers, when a mischievous boy sneaks up behind his back, and puts a foot on the water hose. The gardener is surprised and looks into the nozzle to find out why the water has stopped coming. The boy then lifts his foot from the hose, whereby the water squirts up in the gardener's face. The gardener chases the boy, grips his ear and slaps him in his buttocks. The boy then runs away and the gardener continues his watering. Three separate versions of this film exist, this is the original, filmed by Louis Lumière.
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Details.
Release DateJune 10, 1895
Original NameArroseur et arrosé
StatusReleased
Running Time1m
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This Movie Is About.
prank
spanking
gardener
prankster
short
Wiki.
L'Arroseur Arrosé (French: [la.ʁo.zœʁ a.ʁo.ze]; also known as The Waterer Watered and The Sprinkler Sprinkled) is an 1895 French short black-and-white silent comedy film directed and produced by Louis Lumière and starring François Clerc and Benoît Duval. It was first screened on June 10, 1895.
It is the earliest known instance of film comedy, the first use of film to portray a fictional story, and the first use of a promotional film poster. The film was originally known as Le Jardinier ("The Gardener") or Le Jardinier et le petit espiègle ("The Gardener and the Little Mischievous"), and is sometimes referred to in English as The Tables Turned on the Gardener, and The Sprinkler Sprinkled.
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