Strange Magic
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Strange Magic |
| Original title | Strange Magic |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gary Rydstrom |
| script | Gary Rydstrom, David Berenbaum , Irene Mecchi , George Lucas (Story) |
| production | Mark Miller |
| music | Marius de Vries |
| cut |
Chris Plummer , John Damien Ryan |
Strange Magic is an American computer-animated musical film from 2015 . The film is based on a story by George Lucas . The German theatrical release was on June 25, 2015.
action
The fairy princess Marianne learns to her horror on the day of the wedding that she has cheated on her fiancé Roland. Swearing in grief that she would never love again, she devotes herself to her little sister Dawn. She is kidnapped by Bog King, the swamp king, after a love potion was stolen from the dark forest. His goal is to keep Dawn hostage until he gets the potion back in order to destroy it and protect his country from love forever. Marianne wants to save her sister and sets off alone to see the swamp king. After an initial conflict, Marianne and Bog King realize that they have a lot in common and eventually fall in love.
Soundtrack
- Can't Help Falling in Love - Evan Rachel Wood and Sam Palladio
- I'll Never Fall in Love Again - Evan Rachel Wood
- Three Little Birds - Elijah Kelley and Meredith Anne Bull
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Marius DeVries
- C'mon Marianne / Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Sam Palladio / Evan Rachel Wood
- Trouble - Alan Cumming
- Love Is Strange - Kristin Chenoweth
- Say Hey - Elijah Kelley
- Mistreated - Alan Cumming
- I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - Meredith Anne Bull
- Straight On - Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming
- Strange Magic - Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming
- Tell Him / Wild Thing - Meredith Anne Bull, Maya Rudolph, Evan Rachel Wood, Alan Cumming
Emergence
The film was directed by Gary Rydstrom at Lucasfilm . Lucasfilm's American Graffiti production served as inspiration for the film's soundtrack . According to George Lucas, the moral of the film is that "you fall in love with a person's mind a lot more than they do with their looks."
synchronization
The film was dubbed by Film- & Fernseh-Synchron based on a dialog book and directed by Ursula von Langen.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Forest King | Alan Cumming | Thomas Amper |
| Marianne | Evan Rachel Wood | Maren Rainer |
| Sugar fairy | Kristin Chenoweth | Shandra Schadt |
| Griselda | Maya Rudolph | Monika John |
| Fairy king | Alfred Molina | Walter von Hauff |
| Sunny | Elijah Kelley | Benedikt Weber |
| Dawn | Meredith Anne Bull | Lea Kalbhenn |
| Roland | Sam Palladio | Tim Schwarzmaier |
reception
Strange Magic was received mostly negatively. At Rotten Tomatoes , the film has a rating of 18 percent. On Metacritic he got a Metascore of 24/100. The film also broke the record for the lowest-selling cinema tickets for a film released in over 3,000 theaters. In the United States and Canada played Strange Magic nearly 12.5 million US dollars one at the box office. Lou Lumenick of the New York Post gave the film a four-star rating and called it a "mind-boggling, terrifying animated musical." Alonso Duralde of The Wrap describes the film as "probably the worst animated film from Disney".
Web links
- Strange Magic in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Strange Magic . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2015 (PDF; test number: 151 357 K).
- ↑ Love and music make Lucas' 'Strange Magic'. Accessed December 31, 2018 .
- ^ Strange Magic. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on 26 June 2015 .
- ↑ Strange Magic (2015). Accessed December 31, 2018 .
- ^ Strange Magic. Accessed December 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 26th, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Strange Magic (2015) - Box Office Mojo. Accessed December 31, 2018 .
- ^ Review by Lou Lumenick of the New York Post
- ^ Review by Alonso Duralde of The Wrap
