Happy Feet is a 2006 Australian-American family animated family animated film directed, produced and co-written by George Miller. The film stars Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, and E.G. Daily. It was produced in Sydney-based visual effects and animation studios Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, and Kingdom Feature Productions and was released in North American theaters on November 17, 2006. This is the first animated film produced by Kennedy Miller. working with Animal Logic.
Although the main is an animated film, this film incorporates the motion of capturing humans alive in certain scenes. The film was released simultaneously in both conventional cinema and in IMAX 2D format. The studio has hinted that future 3D IMAX releases are a possibility. However, Warner Bros., the film production company, is too strict on issuing the budget to release Happy Feet on IMAX digital 3D.
Happy Feet generally received positive reviews from critics, and won Best Animated Feature Academy Award, first for Warner Bros, and BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. It was nominated for Annie Award for Best Animated Feature and Saturn Award for Best Animated Movie.
A sequel, Happy Feet Two , was released to theaters on November 18, 2011 to mixed reviews.
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Plot
Each penguin emperor sings a unique song called "heartsong" to attract a partner. If the male penguin heartong matches the female song, the two penguins mate. Norma Jean, a female penguin, falls to Memphis, a male penguin and they become a couple. They laid the eggs, left in Memphis's care, while Norma Jean went with the other female fish for a fishing trip. While men struggled through the harsh winter, Memphis briefly dropped the eggs. As a result, their son, Mumble, can not sing, but he can knock dance instead. Nevertheless, she is captivated by Gloria, the female penguin who is considered the most gifted of her age. One day, Mumble meets a group of hostile skua, with a leader marked with a yellow band, which he says comes from an alien abduction. Mumble almost escaped the hungry bird by falling into the gap.
Now a young adult, Mumble is often laughed at by elders. After escaping from a leopard seal attack, Mumble befriends a group of Adelie penguins called "Amigos", who embrace the Mumble dance movement and assimilate him into their group. After seeing human excavators hidden in an avalanche, they chose to ask Lovelace, the penguin rockhopper, about his origins. Lovelace has a six pack of plastic wrapped around his neck, which he claims has been given to him by a mystical creature.
For the emperor penguin, this is the breeding season and Gloria is the center of attention. RamÃÆ'³n, one of Amigos, tries to help Mumble win his affection by singing the Spanish version of "My Way", with Mumble's lips sync, but his plan fails, and Gloria finds it embar. In desperation, Mumble begins to dance tap in tune with his song. He falls in love with her and the young penguins join in to sing and dance to "Boogie Wonderland". The elders were shocked by Mumble's behavior, which they consider to be the reason for their lean fish season. Memphis begged Mumble to stop dancing, for his own sake, but when Mumble refused, he was exiled, encouraging him to curse revenge on the elders for their blind faith.
Mumble and Amigos return to Lovelace, only to find him strangled by a plastic ring. Lovelace admits they stuck to him while swimming off the forbidden beach, outside the land of a sea elephant. Not long in their journey, they meet with Gloria, who wants to join Mumble as her partner. Frightened of his safety, he mocks Gloria, driving him away.
On the forbidden beach, the group found a fishing boat. Mumble pursued alone into the abyss of exhaustion. He was finally stranded on the coast of Australia, where he was rescued and housed in Marine World with Magellan penguins. After a long, isolated cage other than without results trying to communicate with humans, he almost gave up on madness. When a girl tries to interact with Mumble by tapping the glass, she begins to dance, which attracts a large crowd. He was released back into the wild, with a tracking device attached to his back. He returned to the colony and challenged the elders' will. Memphis made peace with him, just as the research team arrived, proving the claim of "alien" existence to reality. The entire colony, even Noah, the leader of the elders, was involved in the dance.
The research team restored their expedition record, pushing the debate around the world. The government realizes that they are overreacting, causing the ban of all Antarctic fish. At this time, the emperor and Amigos penguins celebrate.
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Cast
Production
George Miller cites as the initial inspiration for the film to meet a grizzled old cameraman whose father was Frank Hurley of the Shackleton expedition, during the shooting of Mad Max 2: "We sat at this bar, had a milkshake, and he looked at me and said, 'Antarctica.' He once filmed a documentary there, saying, 'You have to make a movie in Antarctica, it's like here in the empty land. And it always sticks in my head. "
Happy Feet was also inspired by previous documentaries like the BBC Life in the Freezer . In 2001, during a non-sequitur meeting, Doug Mitchell impulsively featured Warner Bros., studio president Alan Horn with a rough initial draft of the movie scenario, and asked them to read it while he and Miller flew back to Australia. By the time they landed, Warner had decided to provide funds for the film. Production is scheduled to begin sometime after the fourth movie Madmi's Fury Road , but geo-political complications push Happy Feet to the forefront early in the year 2003.
The previous piece of the film appears to have included a large subplot of alien in an extraterrestrial sense, whose presence is gradually becoming increasingly recognized throughout the world, and which plans to suck up planetary resources gradually, placing humans in the same light. as penguins. Ultimately, through the suffering of the main character, their hands remain and, instead, the first contact is made. It was cut during the final year of production, and has not seen the light of day in completed form, although the art concept of this sequence was exhibited at the Siggraph 2007 demonstration, and is available online, as well.
This animation is widely invested in motion capture technology, with a dance scene played by human dancers. The tap dance for Mumble is specifically provided by Savion Glover who is also a co-choreographer for the dance series. The dancers go through "Penguin School" to learn how to move like a penguin, and also wear headgear to imitate penguin's beak.
Happy Feet requires a large group of computers, and Animal Logic works with IBM to build a server farm with sufficient processing potential. This movie takes four years to make. Ben Gunsberger, Superintendent of Lighting and Supervisors of the VFX Department, says this is partly because they need to build new infrastructure and equipment. The server farm uses the IBM BladeCenter framework and BladeCenter HS20 blade server, which is a very compact, separate computer unit, each with two Intel Xeon processors. Rendering took 17 million CPU hours over a period of nine months.
According to Miller, the message of the environment is not a major part of the original script, but "In Australia, we are very, very aware of the ozone hole," he said, "and Antarctica is literally a walnut in a coal mine for these things. that direction. "This influence causes films with a more eco-friendly tone. Miller said, "You can not tell a story about Antarctica and penguins without giving that dimension."
The film is dedicated to the memories of Nick Enright, Michael Jonson, Robby McNeilly Green, and Steve Irwin.
Music
Happy Feet is a jukebox musical, picks up previously recorded songs and puts them into a movie soundtrack to fit the scene or character scene. Two soundtrack albums were released for the film; one containing songs from and inspired by the film, and the other featuring an instrumental score of John Powell. They were released on October 31, 2006 and December 19, 2006, respectively.
Prince's "Song of the Heart" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The film won the Golden Trailer Award for Best Music.
Soundtrack
Happy Feet: Music from the Motion Picture is the lyrics soundtrack album of the animated film of 2006 Happy Feet . As of March 2007, OST has sold more than 272,627 copies in the US.
Reception
box office
The film opens at # 1 in the United States on the first weekend of release (November 17-19) tops $ 41.6 million and beats Casino Royale for the top spot. It remained # 1 for Thanksgiving weekend, earning $ 51.6 million over a five day period. In total, this film is a top film for three weeks, 2006 box office achievements just match Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. On June 8, 2008, Happy Feet has earned $ 198.0 million in the US and $ 186.3 million overseas, generating approximately $ 384.3 million worldwide. Happy Feet is the third best-selling animated film in the US, behind Car and Ice Age: The Meltdown. The film has been released in about 35 international areas at the close of 2006.
The production budget is $ 100 million.
Critical reception
Happy Feet generally received positive reviews from critics. On the aggregator site of the Rotten Tomatoes review, the film has a 75% "Fresh Certified" score based on 161 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's consensus is "Visually stunning, with a thoughtful storyline and interesting music numbers , Happy Feet marks the successful animated debut of the Babe maker. " Metacritic reported 77 out of 100 ratings, based on 30 critics, showing "favorable general reviews".
Analysis
The film also collects a bit of analysis and dissection from various critics. Film critic Yar Habnegnal writes an essay in the Forum on Contemporary Art and Society that examines the theme of encroachment presented throughout the film, as well as various subtext and other themes, such as religious hierarchy and interracial tensions. Vadim Rizov from the Independent Film Channel sees Mumble as the latest in a long line of religious adherents of cinema.
At the technical or formal level, the film is also touted in several corners due to the innovative introduction of Miller's pervasive style from subjective cinematography into contemporary animation.
Home media
Happy Feet was released in home media on March 27, 2007 in the United States in three formats; DVD (in widescreen edition and separate pan and scan), Blu-ray Disc, and HD DVD/DVD combos package.
Among the special features of DVD is a scene cut from the movie where Mumble meets a blue whale and an albatross. The albatross was the first voice role of Steve Irwin in the movie before he voiced the elephant seal in the final piece. The scene was finished and put on DVD in Irwin's memory. The scene is done in the classic Irwin documentary style, with albatrosses telling the audience all about the other characters in the scene, and the impact that people have on their environment.
Accolades
The film appears on many of the top ten listings of critics in 2006.
Video game
A video game based on the film was developed by A2M and published by Midway Games. He has the same lead actor as the movie. It was released for PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, GBA, NDS, and Wii.
Artificial Life, Inc. has also developed mobile games for the Japanese market.
Legacy
Sequel
Happy Feet Two is produced in Dr. D Studios and was released on November 18, 2011. Wood and Williams took on their roles for this sequel. Murphy is set to repeat his role and start recording in 2010, but was replaced by P! Nk after Murphy died of pneumonia on December 20, 2009. Matt Damon and Brad Pitt were signed as Bill the Krill and Will the Krill respectively.
In an interview with Collider.com, Miller mentioned the possibility of Happy Feet Three, stating that if he came up with the idea for a third movie, that he and his studio would produce it if they both agreed the idea was better than the two The first. Until now, however, he has not mentioned whether he has any ideas for the third movie since the interview.
4-D tourist attraction
Happy Feet 4-D Experience is a 12-minute 4D movie featured in 4D cinemas around the world. It retells Happy Feet's condensed tales with the help of 3D projection and sensory effects, including moving chairs, wind, fog and scent. Produced by SimEx-Iwerks, the 4D experience aired in March 2010 at Drayton Manor Theme Park. Other locations include Sea World (2010-2011), Shedd Aquarium (2010-2012), Moody Gardens (2010-2011), Nickelodeon Suites Resort, and Adventure Aquarium.
See also
- March of the Penguins - A 2005 natural documentary about real life emperor penguins. It won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Documentary Features..
References
External links
- Happy Feet on IMDb
- Happy Feet in Mojo Box Office
- Happy Feet at Rotten Tomatoes
- Happy Feet in Metacritic
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