A kingdom for a llama
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A kingdom for a llama |
| Original title | The Emperor's New Groove |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 75 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mark Dindal |
| script | Mark Dindal, Chris Williams , David Reynolds |
| production | Randy Fullmer |
| music | John Debney |
| camera | Paul A. Felix |
| cut |
Tom Finan , Pam Ziegenhagen |
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An Emperor's New Groove is an American animated film of director Mark Dindal from the year 2000 and the 40th full-length animated film of the Walt Disney Company . In 2005 a direct-to-DVD sequel was released under the title A Kingdom for a Lama 2 - Kronk's Great Adventure .
action
The beginning of the film shows a llama mourning in the jungle at night in pouring rain. It reveals itself as King Kuzco, who has been transformed into a lama and tells the viewer his background in a flashback.
Kuzco is the 18-year-old arrogant and self-indulgent King of the Inca Empire who routinely punishes anyone who disappoints him or "ruins his groove". When he welcomed Patcha, a friendly farmer and village chief, he told him that he was planning to demolish his village in order to build himself a spacious summer resort called “Kuzcotopia”. This message leaves Patcha angry and desperate. When Kuzco later fires his devious advisor Yzma, she and the clumsy Kronk plan to take the throne. The duo attempt to poison the king over dinner, but due to a mix-up with the labels on Yzma's vial, they accidentally give him a potion that turns him into a llama. When the two knock Kuzco unconscious and put him in a sack, Yzma Kronk orders him to be killed. However, Kronk has a remorse and saves him, but loses the sack with Kuzco, which ends up on Patcha's car.
Patcha returns home without noticing the unconscious llama on his cart. When he wakes up, Kuzco blames Patcha for his transformation and orders him to take him back to the capital. Patcha only offers this if Kuzco changes his mind about Kuzcotopia, which Kuzcotopia initially rejects completely. However, after conflicting with the local wildlife, he accepts Patcha's offer, but secretly plans to break his word once he is himself again. The two survive many obstacles in the jungle, and Patcha finds that Kuzco has a good personality beneath his selfish skin. Yzma has now ascended the throne, but soon learns that Kronk failed to kill Kuzco. The two then set out to find him.
Both Kuzco and Patcha, as well as Yzma and Kronk, happen to end up in the same restaurant. During a conversation between the two antagonists, Patcha hears the plan to kill Kuzco, but Kuzco doesn't believe him and thinks that Yzma and Kronk are out to save him. But Kuzco soon hears about their machinations himself. When he learns that nobody in his kingdom misses him, he goes to the jungle to live the rest of his life as a lama, where the opening scene is seen again.
However, Kuzco meets Patcha on a llama field, to whom he apologizes in tears. However, the latter is still ready to take him back to his palace, whereupon they leave for Patcha's home. When they arrive, however, they find that Yzma and Kronk, who remembered Patcha in town, are also there. By a trap by Patcha's family, he and Kuzco get a head start in the capital. In the palace they find Yzma's secret laboratory with numerous transformation and magic potions, including the antidote, but are shocked to discover that Yzma and Kronk were there before them. Yzma orders Kronk to kill the duo, but Kronk refuses and tries to hit his mistress with a falling chandelier, but fails. After dropping him through a trap door, she orders her guards to murder Kuzco and Patcha on the grounds that they killed the king. Patcha can grab a handful of bottles of magic elixirs and flees with Kuzco. During their escape, they drink one by one from the various elixirs to find the one that will transform Kuzco back into a person. When they are cornered on the ledges of a huge wall structure in the palace, there are only two potions left. During a fight, Yzma falls on one of the bottles and becomes a small but very defensive kitten. After a fight for the last remaining vial, Kuzco can finally drink the contents and transforms himself back.
As a human and selfless ruler again, Kuzco accepts Patcha's proposal to move Kuzcotopia to a neighboring, unoccupied hill next to Pacha's village. Some time later, Kuzco and Patcha and his family settle at the humble resort while Kronk has become a Boy Scout Guide elsewhere, training a new group of Boy Scouts, including the reluctant Yzma, who is still a kitten.
Emergence
Unlike most Disney films, A Kingdom makes extensive use of elements of slapstick for a llama . While the authors Roger Allers and Matthew Jacobs initially planned a more serious film with a stronger focus on the culture and religion of the Inca, at the request of the studio, the slapstick elements were emphasized. The studio saw too many films rolled into one in the original concept that didn't work together.
The makers of the film wanted Sting to sing the opening song first. However, he said he was too old, which is why the producers took Tom Jones , who is eleven years older than Sting. The original script of the film called for Kuzco to build his amusement park on a neighboring hill at the end and invite Patcha's family over to him. The musician Sting, who had composed some songs for the film, protested against this ending and the statement associated with it; As a strict environmentalist, he disapproved of the fact that the tropical rainforest must give way to an amusement park. The ending of the film has therefore been changed so that the king is content with a simple hut.
continuation
From 2006 to 2008 Disney produced a follow-up series under the name Kuzco's premier class , in which Kuzco has to pass the school in order to remain king. Yzma tries to prevent this with all kinds of magic and intrigues.
Reviews and feedback
"Thank God! This cartoon is not an infusion from old Disney classics, but surprises with a fresh and original story, idiosyncratic heroes, cheeky dialogues and great slapstick interludes. Not only do we see brilliant Disney technology as usual, our laughing muscles also have a lot to do from start to finish. Wonderful! "
"Such a drama about a llama: Disney's fast-paced, self-deprecating comedy about a transformed Inca king doesn't just make kids laugh"
"With a few, but differentiated characters in a classically animated setting, the rapidly narrated cartoon shows the courage to reduce, whereby less turns out to be more: Charmingly told and full of amazing twists and turns, the film succeeds in bridging the gap between younger and adult viewers."
Awards
- Three Annie Awards , including best dubbing voice in a cartoon for Eartha Kitt as Yzma
- Bogey Award
- BFCA Award for the best song "My Funny Friend and Me"
- Artios of the Casting Society of America for the best casting for an animated film to be dubbed
- Nomination for " Best Song " for "My Funny Friend and Me" at the 2001 Oscars
- Golden Globe nomination in the category "Best Song" for "My Funny Friend and Me"
synchronization
The German-language dubbing was commissioned by FFS film and television dubbing . Frank Lenart wrote the dialogue book and directed the dialogue, Thomas Amper directed the musical recordings.
| role | English speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Kuzco | David Spade | Michael "Bully" Herbig |
| Patcha | John Goodman | Reinhard Brock |
| Yzma | Eartha Kitt | Elke Sommer |
| Kronk | Patrick Warburton | Thomas Amper |
| Chicha (Patcha's wife) | Wendie Malick | Marietta Meade |
| Chaca (Patcha's daughter) | KellyAnn Kelso | Lara Wurmer |
| Tipo (Patcha's son) | Eli Russell Linnetz | Tim Schwarzmaier |
| Waitress | Patti German | Monika John |
| The "Theme Song Fuzzi" | Tom Jones | Nino de Angelo |
Web links
- An Emperor's New Groove in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- A kingdom for a llama in the online film database
- Official website for the film
- An Emperor's New Groove atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Age designation for A Kingdom for a Lama . Youth Media Commission .
- ^ Roger Ebert: The Emperor's New Groove Movie Review (2000) | Roger Ebert. Retrieved May 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Intervista a Roger Allers, il regista de Il Re Leone - Pagina 2 di December 2 , 2014, accessed on May 26, 2019 (it-IT).
- ↑ 50 things you might not know about your favorite Disney films, 1998–2013 edition | Deseret News. Retrieved May 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Sam Moore: Sting says his new album is inspired by the "immortal" David Bowie. August 30, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Cinema.de
- ↑ A kingdom for a lama. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ A kingdom for a lama. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
