The Croods
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Croods |
| Original title | The Croods |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Kirk DeMicco , Chris Sanders |
| script | Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco |
| production |
Kristine Belson , Jane Hartwell |
| music | Alan Silvestri |
| camera | Yong Duk Jhun |
| cut | Eric Dapkewicz Darren T. Holmes |
The Croods (original title The Croods ) is an American 3D computer animation film from 2013 . The film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Kirk DeMicco , ran out of competition at the 63rd Berlinale 2013 . The animated series We are the Croods! Produced between 2015 and 2017 . based on the film.
action
Great changes are in store for the Stone Age Croods family, who so far have only survived thanks to the prudent and conservative head of the family, Grug. The earth shakes and changes and the Croods cave collapses. Grug and his family have to leave behind everything they know so far. Fortunately, the curious daughter Eep made the acquaintance of Guy, a nomadic adolescent who has creative ideas to help the family while they find a new home together. Guys raving about the future and his original influences disturb Grug, who is guided by the past. It is difficult for Grug to give up the leadership role, but he too is learning to be creative instead of conservative. The family also wins a dog and a cat as pets.
production
The film was originally produced by Aardman Animations in 2005 as a stop-motion film and as part of a larger package with DreamWorks Animation under the working title of Crood Awakening . John Cleese and Kirk DeMicco wrote the first version of the script. In 2007 the film rights went to DreamWorks.
Chris Sanders , the director of Lilo & Stitch , joined DreamWorks in 2007 to direct the film. He wanted to rewrite the script extensively. In September 2008 it was announced that Sanders had taken over the work and postponed the release date to March 2012. The final original title, The Croods and co-director Kirk DeMicco were announced in May 2009. In March 2011, the publication was postponed again for a year to 2013.
reception
The film was received more and more positively by critics. At Rotten Tomatoes it received a rating of 70% from 134 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5 out of 10 points.
"A visually dazzling animated adventure with a well-chosen voice cast is hampered by lackluster humor and a meandering story."
"A visually impressive animated adventure with a well-chosen [English] cast that is hindered by dull humor and an aimlessly wandering story."
“For undemanding animation fans, The Croods offers a nice starting idea, lots of lightning-fast action in comic physics worlds, a few Disney moral standards and not much else. So roughly what every other animation film offers these days. "
"It's hard to imagine that there will be a better animated film in the cinemas this year."
“'The Croods' feels like the creators have been given a free pass to be creative without limits and without regard to anything. And the directors duo make extensive use of this unheard-of gift for a big budget Hollywood film to the blessing of the audience! "
Financial success
The cost of producing the film was $ 135 million. The film grossed approximately $ 587 million worldwide, including over $ 180 million in the United States. In 2013, 2,321,170 visitors were counted at the German box offices nationwide, making the film the 12th place among the most visited films of the year. This puts Die Croods in 9th place among the world's most successful DreamWorks productions, just behind Madagascar 2 .
Awards (selection)
The production was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Animated Fiction in 2014 . The film received the Annie Award in three categories . Composer Alan Silvestri won the BMI Film & TV Award in 2013 .
synchronization
The synchronization was carried out by FFS Film- & Fernseh-Synchron GmbH . Frank Schaff wrote the dialogue book and directed the dialogue .
| role | Original speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Grug, father of the Crood family | Nicolas Cage | Uwe Ochsenknecht |
| Guy | Ryan Reynolds | Kostja Ullmann |
| Eep, Grug's big daughter | Emma Stone | Janin Reinhardt |
| Ugga, Grug's wife | Catherine Keener | Arianne Borbach |
| Thunk, Grug's son | Clark Duke | Christian Pointer |
| Gran, Ugga's mother | Cloris Leachman | Luise Lunow |
| Sandy, Grug's little daughter | Randy Thom | |
| Belt / Bracket, Sloth, Guys Pet | Chris Sanders |
Web links
- The Croods in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- The Croods atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Expert opinion of the German film and media rating
Individual evidence
- ^ The Croods in the British Board of Film Classification
- ^ Certificate of Approval for The Croods . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2013 (PDF; test number: 137 439 K).
- ↑ Age rating for The Croods . Youth Media Commission .
- ^ Alan Silvestri to Score Dreamworks Animation's 'The Croods' . In: FilmMusicReporter.com , May 8, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
- ↑ DreamWorks and Aardman Are in for a 'Crood Awakening' . In: DreamWorks Animation , May 12, 2005. Archived from the original on May 15, 2012. Retrieved on March 10, 2012.
- ↑ Kirk DeMicco: Monkey Business . In: Total Sci-Fi Online , July 15, 2008. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
- ^ Ben Fritz: Aardman, DWA end partnership . In: Variety , January 30, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ↑ Ben Fritz: Sanders joins DreamWorks . In: Variety , March 27, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ↑ Amid Amidi: UPDATE: Chris Sanders Still Crood and Directing Dragon . In: Cartoon Brew , September 25, 2008. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved on March 5, 2012.
- ^ John Horn: 'How to Train Your Dragon' was fire-tested during whirlwind production . In: Los Angeles Times , March 12, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ DreamWorks Animation Announces Plans to Release Five Feature Films Every Two Years . In: DreamWorks Animation , May 28, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ↑ DreamWorks Animation Announces Feature Film Release Slate Through 2014 . In: DreamWorks Animation , March 8, 2011. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ↑ The Croods on Rotten Tomatoes
- ↑ Claudia Puig: The Croods. USA Today, March 21, 2013; accessed March 22, 2013 .
- ^ Nino Klingler: The Croods. critic.de - the film page, February 16, 2013, accessed on March 1, 2013 .
- ^ Christian Schröder: Feuersteins in 3-D. zeit.de - the film page, February 19, 2013, accessed on March 26, 2013 .
- ↑ Christoph Petersen: The Croods. filmstarts.de, April 17, 2013, accessed on May 9, 2013 .
- ↑ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=croods.htm
- ↑ KINOaktuell: What you wanted: Münster's cinema year 2013, C. Lou Lloyd, Filminfo No. 4, January 23-29, 2014, p. 24f
- ↑ http://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=dwanimation.htm
- ↑ The Croods. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on March 25, 2013 .