Zoomania
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Zoomania |
| Original title | Zootopia |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Byron Howard , Rich Moore , Jared Bush (Co) |
| script | Jared Bush, Phil Johnston |
| production | Clark Spencer |
| music | Michael Giacchino |
| cut |
Jeremy Milton , Fabienne Rawley |
Zoomania ( Eng . Tagline : Ganz schön ausfuchst. Original title: Zootopia ) is an American computer animation film by Walt Disney Pictures , which was released on March 3, 2016 in German cinemas and one day later in US cinemas. The film is the 55th production by Walt Disney Animation Studios . He received the 2017 Oscar for Best Animated Film.
action
In a world inhabited by anthropomorphic mammals, Judy Hopps from the rural village of Bunnyborrow in Nageria fulfills her dream of becoming the first rabbit to be a police officer. After she graduated from the police academy as the best of her year, she is introduced by Mayor Leodore Lionheart, a lion, as a new member of the Zoomania Police Department (ZPD). Police Chief Bogo, a buffalo, but does not share the currently running manhunts after 14 missing mammals, but as a traffic warden , as he has doubts about its potential to be a real cop. During one of her shifts she meets the fox and con artist Nick Wilde.
During the next shift, Judy witnessed a theft at a florist's, whereupon she followed and arrested the thief, a weasel named Herzog von Pitzbühl. Despite her success, she is almost suspended from duty for leaving her post and inciting the chaos that ensued during the chase. The appearance of the otter lady Mrs. Otterton, who visits Chief Bogo because of her missing husband Emmett Otterton, interrupts the suspension and Judy Hopps promises Mrs. Otterton to take over the case. When the second mayor Dawn Bellwether, a sheep, also appears and learns that the integration program for small mammals that Judy has made possible her education is starting to show its first successes, Chief Bogo has no choice but to not fire Judy. He gives her 48 hours to solve the case, otherwise she should quit - which Judy reluctantly accepts. In the case file, she finds a clue that leads her to Nick Wilde. She tricked him into helping her with this case.
After finding out Otterton's license plates at the motor vehicle office, which only works for sloths, Judy and Nick lead the way to gang boss Mr. Big, a shrew. Mr. Big informs the couple that Otterton, their florist, went wild and attacked his chauffeur Manchas, a black jaguar. Judy and Nick seek out Manchas, who says that “Kings of the Night” were responsible for Otterton's suddenly wild behavior, before he himself becomes uncontrollably wild and pursues the two in a rage. Judy calls for reinforcements, but when Bogo arrives with more police officers, Manchas has disappeared. Bogo then demands Judy's badge, but Nick defends Judy. He points out that Judy has ten hours left to solve the case. Then they set off together.
When Nick realizes that the road security cameras must have recorded Mancha's disappearance, they contact Dawn Bellwether. You observe his kidnappers, timber wolves , on the records , which Judy then takes to be the mentioned "kings of the night". Judy and Nick locate Mr. Otterton's location in a former hospital, where they also find the other missing mammals and manchas. They are all predators that just like Manchas have gone wild. Judy and Nick overhear Mayor Lionheart talking to Dr. Madge Honey Badger on the state of predators, the content of which Lionheart does not want published due to its own nature as a predator. Judy films this conversation, whereupon she and Nick escape from the hospital. This is surrounded by the police and Mayor Lionheart and Dr. Honey Badger are arrested.
Because of the friendship with Nick that developed during the joint investigation, Judy asks him if he would like to join the Zoomania Police Department and be her partner. During the press conference that followed, Judy mentions that all wild animals are just predators and that they have returned to their “natural instincts”. Nick, who as a fox himself is one of the predators, refuses the offer to work as her partner because of these words and leaves the building injured and appalled by Judy's words. In the weeks after the case was closed, predators continue to go wild, and fear and discrimination against predators have become part of everyday life in zoomania. Judy, plagued by guilt, quits her job as a policewoman.
Back in Bunnyborrow, Judy learns that certain psychotropic flowers are popularly known as "kings of the night". Judy returns to Zoomania and makes up with Nick. They go to Pitzbühl, who stole the "Kings of the Night" for a secret laboratory. Both find the laboratory with scientists in an old subway car. They are all rams working on a serum that drives the predators wild and can be applied with a gun. Judy and Nick drive the subway car and the evidence towards ZPD, but are followed by the goats.
On the way to the ZPD they cause an accident with the subway car in a subway station. Via this they reach a museum where they meet Bellwether who tries to take the evidence. Realizing that Bellwether is the mastermind behind a major conspiracy, Judy and Nick try to escape. Bellwether got hold of the evidence in the form of a pistol and the serum. To get rid of Judy, she shoots Nick in the expectation that Nick would also mutate into a beast and kill Judy in this state. In fact, he attacks them and pushes them into a corner. Bellwether, who is watching the process, is persuaded by Judy to reveal her conspiracy through specific questions: In order to turn the majority of prey animals in zoomania against a common enemy, namely the predators that seem to mutate into wild beasts for no reason, she developed the serum and have them regularly used against predators. This should oust Mayor Lionheart, a lion, from office and secure her a permanent position at the helm of Zoomania. However, Bellwether fell for a trick by Judy and Nick: Nick had previously exchanged the serum in the pistol for a harmless blueberry, and Judy secretly recorded Bellwether's confessions - Nick's attack on Judy was just a pretense. At that moment, Chief Bogo appears together with an emergency team and arrests Bellwether and her helpers.
A few months later, Judy is back on duty. The wild animals are protected by an antidote developed by Dr. Honey Badger has been developed, has been cured. Inspired by the faith that Judy has put in him, Nick becomes the first fox as a police officer and Judy's new partner.
production
Rod
Byron Howard and Rich Moore directed the film, and Jared Bush and Phil Johnston did the script work . The German animation filmmaker Matthias Lechner acted as the film's artistic director and environment art director. After the premiere of the film, Lechner made a large selection of concept drawings available on his private website, which provide an insight into the history of the film's origins, although some of them have been discarded.
Alternative title
In the USA , both the film and the eponymous city have the title Zootopia (as a suitcase word from zoo and utopia ). In most European countries, the film and the city were referred to as Zootropolis (a word created from zoo and metropolis ). The British press suspects the existence of a European registered trademark of a Danish zoo as a possible reason for the renaming. In Germany, the film was released under the title Zoomania , which is also the name of the city depicted in the film. The renaming refers to the film title as well as to all overlay and audible mentions of the city name; however, the original title Zootopia is used in the bonus material on the DVD / Blu-ray . The renaming from Zootropolis to Zoomania was made due to the copyrights of Kay Fischer, who wrote a book with the similar title Zootopolis in 2010 .
Film music
The score was composed by Michael Giacchino . The soundtrack to the film includes 22 songs and was released on March 4, 2016. The soundtrack entered the soundtrack album charts at number 8 in March 2016. The song Try Everything sung by Shakira reached its highest spot on the Billboard Hot 100 at # 65 . In December 2016, the soundtrack was included in the list of candidates (longlist) at the Academy Awards 2017 in the category Best Film Music , from which the members of the Academy will determine the official nominations. The song Try Everything included on the soundtrack and sung by Shakira was included in the longlist for Best Film Song .
Title list of the soundtrack
- Stage Fright
- Grey's Uh-Mad At Me
- Ticket to Write
- Foxy fakeout
- Jumbo Pop Hustle
- Walk and stalk
- Not a real cop
- Hopps Goes (After) The Weasel
- The naturalist
- Work Slowly And Carry A Big Shtick
- Mr. Big
- Case Of The Manchas
- The Nick Of Time
- World's Worst Animal Shelter
- Some Of My Best Friends Are Predators
- A Bunny Can Go Savage
- Weasel Shakedown
- Ramifications
- Ewe Fell For It
- Three-toe bandito
- Suite From Zootopia
- Try Everything - Shakira
synchronization
The German dubbing was done under the dialogue direction by Manuel Straube and based on a dialogue book by Marius Clarén by the dubbing company FFS Film- & Fernseh-Synchron in Berlin .
publication
The film was released on March 3, 2016 in German cinemas and one day later in US cinemas. In China, the film was one of the 38 foreign productions that were allowed to be shown there in 2016 according to a quota.
reception
Reviews
The film convinced 98 percent of the Rotten Tomatoes critics and received an average rating of 8.1 out of a possible 10 points. From the American Film Institute was Zoomania in the top 10 list of the November 2016 AFI Movies of the Year added.
Kai Mihm from epd Film sees the film as a parable of people, whose statement about “tolerance, […] prejudices and the coexistence of different ethnic groups” fits very well with the current times. Towards the end, however, the film comes uncomfortably close to racial teachings when “the dangerous hunting instinct in predators is explained as 'part of their DNA'”: “With an abundantly constructed resolution that negates animal biology, the film comes off this thin ice again . This shows how quickly the fable principle reaches its limits. ”In addition, Mihm believes“ that the makers did not really know how to develop their beautiful basic idea into a well-rounded, permanently entertaining film. ”
Martin Schwickert from Die Zeit, on the other hand, sees the film as “refreshingly complex” and recognizes Judy as a child-friendly figure of identification who shows that one can learn to put aside one's own prejudices against predators like the fox. The friendship between Nick and Judy depicted in the film illuminates the mutual prejudice structures in a differentiated manner. Schwickert recognizes imagery in the film that fits the current state of our society and sees parallels to Pegida and the incidents on New Year's Eve in Cologne , but also generally to the return and political exploitation of xenophobia and racism . From the German Film and Media Review was Zoomania with the predicate particularly valuable provided. The reasoning states: “The film also has a lot to offer visually: Imaginatively equipped sets, lots of visual gags as well as incredibly dynamic image guidance, which not only offers a great variety of perspectives in expansive journeys, but also the advantages over an artificial one the real world to the full. The 3D technology pleasantly supports this world of experience and subordinates itself to the rhythmically flawless narration at all times. "
Gross profit
The film had the most successful theatrical release in the history of Walt Disney Animation Studios . On the opening weekend, the film grossed more than 75 million US dollars in North American cinemas, putting it at number one on the box-office charts. Ultimately, North America had more than $ 341 million in revenue, making Zoomania the seventh most successful movie of the year . In Germany, too, the film immediately reached number one on the cinema charts, with an audience of 690,000 and revenues of 6 million euros. In the annual ranking of the German cinema charts, the film was the second most popular film in 2016, with over 3.8 million visitors . The film was also very successful in China, where it grossed over 235 million US dollars, making it the second most successful film of the year there. Total worldwide revenues are $ 1.02 billion, making the film the fourth most successful film of 2016 and currently ranks fifth among the most successful animated films, behind Frozen , Minions , Toy Story 3 and Finding Dory . In the list of the world's most successful films, the film ranks 45th (as of August 8, 2020).
Awards (selection)
The film received a number of awards and nominations, including a nomination for favorite animated movie as part of the Kids' Choice Awards in 2017 , two nominations in the context of the VES Awards in 2017 and an award at the Hollywood Film Awards in 2016 with the Hollywood Animation Award . Below are a few more awards and nominations.
- Award for best animated film
- Nomination in the category Animated Effects in an Animated Production
- Nomination in the Character Animation category in an Animated Feature Production
- Award in the Character Design category in an Animated Feature Production
- Award in the category Directing in an Animated Feature Production
- Nomination in the category Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
- Award in the Storyboarding category in an Animated Feature Production
- Award in the Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production category
- Award in the category Writing in an Animated Feature Production
- Nomination in the Editorial in an Animated Feature Production category
British Academy Film Awards 2017
- Nomination for Best Animated Feature Film ( Byron Howard and Rich Moore )
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2016 (December)
- Award for best animated feature film
- Award for best animated film
Golden Tomato Awards 2016
- Award as the best rated animated film
- Award for the best rated film that screened in cinemas worldwide
- Nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media ( Try Everything by Shakira )
Hollywood Music In Media Awards 2016
- Nomination for Best Score - Animated Film ( Michael Giacchino )
- Nomination for Best Song - Animated Film ( Try Everything , sung by Shakira)
Hollywood Professional Association Awards 2016
- Nomination for the HPA Trophy in the Outstanding Sound - Feature Film category
International Film Music Critics Association Awards 2016
- Nomination for best music for an animated film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2016
- Award for best animated film
- Award for best animated film
- Nomination as Most Popular Film for the People's Choice Award
- Nomination as Most Popular Family Film for the People's Choice Award
- Nomination for Most Popular Animated Film Votes for the People's Choice Award ( Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman )
Producers Guild of America Awards 2017
- Award as best animated feature film ( Clark Spencer )
- Nomination for best animated film
- Nomination for best animated film
- Nomination in the category Choice Song from a Movie or TV Show ( Shakira for Try Everything )
- Bogey for more than 1,000 viewers per copy on the start weekend in Germany
Trivia
One scene in the last part of the film takes place in a makeshift chemistry laboratory. Here Judy and Nick overhear a telephone conversation from one of the rams, which is interrupted by the hammering on the door of the other sheep. The person called said he had to hang up because "Woolter and Jesse" would be back. This scene (and its ambience) is a reference to the Breaking Bad series , in which Walter White and Jesse Pinkman are the main characters.
Web links
- Zoomania in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Zoomania at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Official page for the film
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Zoomania . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ Age rating for zoomania . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Matthias Lechner in conversation with Oliver Stenzel: Matthias Lechner gives "Zoomania" a face In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten, March 11, 2016.
- ^ Zootopia In: matthiaslechner.com. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ↑ The Guardian: Zootopia (aka Zootropolis): Why are film titles still being changed for international release?
- ^ Entry of the Danish Zootopia trademark: Intellectual Property Office
- ↑ BluRay featurette: The Origin Story of an Animal Tale (German origins of an exciting animal story ), time index: 0:01:19
- ^ Zoomania Critique / Review
- ↑ 'Zootopia' soundtrack details In: filmmusicreporter.com, February 3, 2016.
- ↑ Soundtracks. The Week of March 3, 2016 In: billboard.com. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ↑ The Hot 100. The Week of April 16, 2016 In: billboard.com. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ↑ 145 Original Scores In 2016 Oscar Race In: oscars.org, December 13, 2016.
- ↑ 91 Original Songs Vie for 2016 Oscar In: oscars.org, December 13, 2016.
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- ↑ Top 100 Movies of 2016 In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
- ↑ Eliza Berman: These Movies Were All Certified Fresh by Rotten Tomatoes in 2016 In: time.com, December 21, 2016.
- ↑ Patrick Hipes: AFI Awards: Best Of 2016 Film List Includes 'Silence', 'Hacksaw Ridge' & More In: deadline.com, December 8, 2016.
- ↑ Kai Mihm: Review of Zoomania In: epd Film, February 25, 2016.
- ↑ Martin Schwickert: "Zoomania": A little hops for humanity In: DIE ZEIT Online, March 1, 2016.
- ^ Zoomania. Jury reasons: Predicate particularly valuable In: German film and media evaluation . Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- ↑ Brad Brevet: 'Zootopia' Scores Disney Animation's Largest Opening Ever In: boxofficemojo.com, March 6, 2016.
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- ↑ 2016 Yearly Box Office Results - Box Office Mojo. In: www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved January 30, 2017 .
- ↑ "Zoomania": Best animation film start of all time for Disney In: Focus Online, March 7, 2016.
- ↑ The most successful films in Germany 2016. In: www.insidekino.de. January 29, 2017, accessed January 31, 2017 .
- ↑ 2016 China Yearly Box Office Results. In: www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved January 30, 2017 .
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- ↑ All Time Worldwide Box Office Big. In: www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved November 24, 2016 .
- ↑ Top Lifetime big things. Box Office Mojo, accessed August 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Zach Johnson: 2017 Kids' Choice Awards: Complete List of Nominations In: eonline.com, February 2, 2017.
- ↑ Previous VES Awards ( Memento from July 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) In: visualeffectssociety.com. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ↑ 2016 Honorees In: hollywoodawards.com. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ↑ Stars kick off movie awards season at Hollywood Film Awards In: bbc.com, November 7, 2016.
- ↑ Patrick Hipes: 'Zootopia' Leads Annie Awards Nominations In: deadline.com, November 28, 2016.
- ↑ 2017 Annie Awards: 'Zootopia' Wins Top Prize at Annie Awards (Winners List) In: variety.com, February 5, 2017.
- ↑ Leo Barraclough: BAFTA Film Award Nominations: 'La La Land' Leads Race In: Variety, January 9, 2017.
- ↑ Critics' Choice Awards: See the Complete Winners List In: people.com, December 12, 2016.
- ↑ Luca Celada: The 74th Golden Globe Nominations: La La Land, Moonlight And Emerging TV Talent In: goldenglobes.com, December 12, 2016.
- ↑ Best reviewed Movies / TV In: rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ↑ Best reviewed Wide Release In: rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ↑ 2016 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nominations Announced In: filmmusicreporter.com, November 2, 2016.
- ↑ 2016 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nominations Announced In: filmmusicreporter.com, November 2, 2016.
- ↑ Carolyn Giardina: 'The Jungle Book' Claims VFX Trophy at HPA Awards In: The Hollywood Reporter, November 17, 2016.
- ↑ IFMCA Award Nominations 2016 In: filmmusiccritics.org, February 9, 2017.
- ^ Anthony D'Alessandro: New York Film Critics Circle: 'La La Land' Takes Best Film; 'Manchester' & 'Moonlight' Come Up Big In: deadline.com, December 1, 2016.
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