Happy Feet (2006)

Movie
German title	Happy feet
Original title	Happy feet
Country of production	Australia , USA
original language	English
Publishing year	2006
length	108 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0 ; JMK 6
Rod
Director	George Miller
script	Warren Coleman, ; John Collee, ; George Miller, ; Judy Morris
production	Bill Miller , ; George Miller, ; Doug Mitchell
music	John Powell
camera	David Peers
cut	Christian Gazal , ; Margaret Sixel
synchronization
chronology
	Successor → ; Happy Feet 2

Happy Feet ( English [ˈhæpi fi: t] for Happy Feet ) is an Australian-American computer animation film directed by George Miller from 2006. Miller's first animated film was also the first animated film made by the Sydney- based special effects company Animal Logic . The film grossed over $ 380 million at the global box office, ousting Crocodile Dundee as the world's most successful Australian film.

action

The film tells the story of the emperor penguin Mumble. Since the egg slipped out of his father's legs and was exposed to the cold for some time, Mumble could not sing. He can, however, step and is therefore considered an outsider by the other penguins, but the female Gloria shows him sympathy.

With Adelie penguins, Mumble gets to know another species of penguin whose relatives appreciate his dance skills. The rockhopper penguin Lovelace also lives with them .

With these he goes in search of people who are known as "aliens". Together with the Adelie penguin Ramon and his colleagues, he is looking for the answer to the question of why the fish population has decreased. He is washed up on a beach. When he wakes up he is in a zoo with other penguins. When he starts to dance in front of a girl behind the glass wall, he attracts the attention of the other visitors. He returns to the emperor penguins with a transmitter on his back that guides people to him. The recording of the dancing Mumble in the middle of the dancing penguin colony, which is broadcast worldwide, moves people to stop overfishing . Mumble and Gloria become a couple.

Film music

The Song of the Heart - Prince
Hit Me Up - Gia Farrell
Tell Me Something Good - P! Nk
Somebody to Love - Brittany Murphy
I Wish - Patti LaBelle , Yolanda Adams and Fantasia Barrino
Jump N 'Move (2006 Remastered LP Version) - The Brand New Heavies featuring Jamalski
Do It Again - The Beach Boys
The Joker Mash-Up with Everything I Own - Jason Mraz mash-up with Chrissie Hynde
My Way (A Mi Manera) - Robin Williams
Kiss Mash-Up with Heartbreak Hotel - Nicole Kidman mash-up with Hugh Jackman
Boogie Wonderland - Brittany Murphy
Golden Slumbers / The End - KD Lang
The Story of Mumble Happyfeet - John Powell

synchronization

role	English voice actors	German voice actors
Mumble	Elijah Wood	Ozan Unal
Baby mumble	Elizabeth Daily	David Weyl
Gloria	Brittany Murphy	Katrin Zimmermann
Memphis	Hugh Jackman	Stefan Fredrich
Norma Jean	Nicole Kidman	Petra Barthel
Noah	Hugo Weaving	Wolfgang Condrus
Ramón	Robin Williams	Rick Kavanian
Lovelace	Robin Williams	Ben Becker
Boss Skua	Anthony LaPaglia	Erich Rauker
Mrs. Astrakhan	Miriam Margolyes	Marianne Lutz
Raul	Lombardo Boyar	Nico Mamone
Nestor	Carlos Alazraqui	Karlo Hackenberger

Reviews

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On ReelViews, James Berardinelli praised the “realistic” looking drawings of the penguins as well as the “spontaneity” and “humor” of Robin Williams. He wrote that the film had the "ingredients" for a "great film" but was going off the rails before the end. Berardinelli can recommend the film, but not as “enthusiastically” as he would like it to be.

“The entertaining cartoon is designed as a musical and type comedy, although it adopts a remarkably skeptical ecological stance. It should only reach small moviegoers to a limited extent, but is recommended for [...] pedagogical follow-up. "

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2007 Academy Awards . He won the Golden Globe Award in 2007 for the film song The Song of the Heart (written and interpreted by Prince ) .

background

The animation was carried out in Australia . Production costs were estimated at 85 million US dollars . The film opened in US cinemas on November 17, 2006 and grossed around 41.5 million US dollars on the opening weekend. The German theatrical release took place on November 30, 2006. Ben Becker (voice of Lovelace) and Rick Kavanian (voice of Ramón) were won over for the German version .

continuation

In January 2010 it was announced that a sequel would be made for the film. Matt Damon , P! Nk and Brad Pitt gave the English version their voices. Happy Feet 2 was released in German cinemas on December 1, 2011.