Paddington (film)

Movie
German title	Paddington
Original title	Paddington
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Publishing year	2014
length	95 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0 ; JMK 6
Rod
Director	Paul King
script	Paul King
production	David Heyman
music	Nick Urata
camera	Erik Wilson
cut	Mark Everson
occupation
	Ben Whishaw : Paddington (original voice); Nicole Kidman : Millicent Clyde; Hugh Bonneville : Mr. Henry Brown; Sally Hawkins : Mrs. Mary Brown; Samuel Joslin : Jonathan Brown; Madeleine Harris : Judy Brown; Jim Broadbent : Mr. Gruber; Peter Capaldi : Mr. Curry; Julie Walters : Mrs. Bird; Tim Downie : Montgomery Clyde; George Newton : Angel; Matt Lucas : Joe, the taxi driver; Michael Gambon : Uncle Pastuzo (original voice); Imelda Staunton : Aunt Lucy (original voice);
chronology
	Successor → ; Paddington 2

Paddington at Tokyo International Film Festival 2015

Paddington is a British comedy film from the year 2014 , at the center of the Peruvian bear Paddington stands. The film adaptation is a combination of real film and computer animation and is based on the children's book series of the same name by Michael Bond . Directed by Paul King , who is also responsible for the script. The film was produced by David Heyman .

The film opened on November 28, 2014 in the UK, grossing £ 5.1 million, making it the most successful family film of the year after The Lego Movie . The film opened in Germany on December 4, 2014 and drew 2,051,032 viewers to German cinemas.

action

A young, talking bear lives with his aunt Lucy and his uncle Pastuzo in Peru . The small family is very Anglophile , as his aunt and uncle met an English researcher named Montgomery Clyde many years ago. After an earthquake made her living conditions worse and his uncle dies, the aunt smuggles him onto a ship going to England. She trusts in the friendliness of strangers and sends the little bear with a sign that says “Please take care of this bear. Thank you ”on the long journey. The film explicitly refers to the experience of Londoners with the Kindertransport , in which around 10,000 Jewish children were taken into families between 1938 and 1939 .

When the little bear arrives at Paddington train station in London , he quickly realizes that city life is not what he imagined. Nobody seems to notice him in the noisy, busy metropolis. After all, he is lucky enough to be found and taken in by the Brown family, who for the sake of simplicity call him “Paddington” after where he was found. Now the bear goes in search of the only person he knows in London - the researcher who had impressed his aunt Lucy many years earlier. Among other things, he is helped by Mr. Gruber, a German Jew who came to England as a child.

Soon, however, Paddington is in danger as taxidermist Millicent Clyde targets the rare bear. The explorer, her father, was once ridiculed and humiliated for not hunting the talking bears, as that would have made his family rich. His daughter therefore vowed to kill one of them and exhibit them stuffed. She conspires with Mister Curry, the Browns' suspicious neighbor. A first attempt on Paddington fails, but the ensuing chaos leads the Browns to decide not to be able to keep the bear with them. He then looks for Montgomery Clyde himself and falls into Millicent's hands. When Mister Curry realizes what she is planning, he alerts the Browns, who have long since bitterly regretted their decision. Millicent can only barely be prevented from harming the bear because the Browns are helping him. You take in Paddington and are a real family now.

Allusions

There are numerous references to other films. Paddington climbs through the smooth chimney like Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible on the smooth wall of the skyscraper in Dubai .

production

The German dubbing voice for Paddington is performed by actor Elyas M'Barek . Nicole Kidman , Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins can also be seen in other roles . At the time of the first release, Michael Bond , who was 88 years old and creator of the Paddington character, can be seen briefly as an extra in the film. The film was shot in London, Elstree, Hatfield House (UK) and Peru. Shooting started on September 23, 2013.

Paddington was created with the help of CGI technology and animatronics . Nick Urata composed the music for the film. With an estimated budget of 50 to 55 million US dollars , it is the most expensive film ever produced by the French production company Studiocanal .

synchronization

The German dubbing was based on a dialogue book by Martin Schmitz, who also directed the dialogue, on behalf of the Cinephon Filmproduktions GmbH in Berlin .

role	Actress	Voice actor
Paddington (voice)	Ben Whishaw	Elyas M'Barek
Millicent Clyde	Nicole Kidman	Petra Barthel
Mr. Henry Brown	Hugh Bonneville	Erich Rauker
Mrs. Mary Brown	Sally Hawkins	Tanja Geke
Jonathan Brown	Samuel Joslin
Judy Brown	Madeleine Harris
Mr. Gruber	Jim Broadbent	Frank-Otto Schenk
Mr. Curry	Peter Capaldi	Tobias Lelle
Mrs. Bird	Julie Walters	Katharina Lopinski
Montgomery Clyde	Tim Downie	Viktor Neumann
fishing rod	George Newton
Joe the taxi driver	Matt Lucas	Oliver Kalkofe
Uncle Pastuzo (voice)	Michael Gambon	Roland Hemmo
Aunt Lucy (voice)	Imelda Staunton	Ulrike Johannson
Dog owners	Iain Mitchell	Sven Brieger
Tony	Jude Wright	Philip Sweet
Grant	Kayvan Novak	Markus Pfeiffer
Security guard	Simon Farnaby	Axel Malzacher
Chairman of the Geographers' Guild	Geoffrey Palmer	Reinhard Kuhnert

Book template

The film Paddington is based on a children's book character by Michael Bond. The brown bear with a blue duffle coat and red hat was named in 1958 after the train station of the same name in London. The book series has been translated into over 40 languages worldwide and sold more than 35 million times.

reception

Overall , Paddington was received very positively by the criticism . Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an excellent rating of 98 percent, while Metacritic gave it 77 out of 100 points. The film-dienst described the film as "an imaginative cinematic implementation that combines child-appropriate silliness, subtle humor and detailed equipment ideas into exciting, touching family entertainment". The film is "excellently cast in the human roles" and lives "above all from the charm of the excellently animated title character, which is ingeniously preserved from the original".

continuation

Paddington 2 was released in German cinemas on November 23, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Paddington - collection of images, videos and audio files

Paddington in theInternet Movie Database(English)
Official German website for the film
Official English website for the film
Expert opinion of the German film and media rating

Individual evidence

[FSK-1] Release certificate for Paddington . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2014 (PDF; test number: 148 322 K).

[JMK-2] Age rating for Paddington . Youth Media Commission .

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[4] ttp://m.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30296130

[5] ttp://insidekino.de/Djahr/D2014.htm

[6] Rheinische Post of December 6, 2014, p. D6

[7] ttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2575175/Paddington-goes-Hollywood-As-beloved-bear-gets-blockbuster-treatment-helped-Colin-Firth-Nicole-Kidman-creator-MICHAEL -BOND-reveals-awfully-big-adventure.html

[8] ttp://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/09/17/nick-urata-to-score-paddington/

[9] ttp://www.ozap.com/actu/-paddington-canal-va-produire-le-film-le-plus-cher-de-son-histoire/440832

[10] ttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/harry-potter-producer-david-heyman-paddington-bear-322838

[11] ttps://deadline.com/2014/11/paddington-potential-game-changer-for-studio-canal-1201300308/

[12] ttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/paddington_2014

[13] ttp://www.metacritic.com/movie/paddington

[14] ttp://www.filmdienst.de/kinokritiken/einzelansicht/paddington,544851.html