Gruffalo is a short animated television movie based on the children's book of the same name , which has become a bestseller in the UK and other countries. The film is voiced by famous actors.
| Gruffalo | |
|---|---|
| The gruffalo | |
| Type of cartoon | computer animation |
| Genre | |
| Producer | Max lang Jacob Schuh |
| written by | Julia Donaldson |
| Roles voiced | Helena Bonham Carter James corden Robbie Coltrane et al. |
| Composer | Renee Aubrey |
| Operator | |
| Studio | Magic light pictures Studio soi |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Distributor | |
| Tongue | |
| Duration | 27 minutes |
| Premiere | 2009 |
| IMDb | ID 1461418 |
| BCdb | more |
| Rotten tomatoes | |
The premiere of the film took place on the BBC channel on Christmas 2009 , exactly 10 years after the publication of the book by Julia Donaldson with illustrations by Axel Scheffler . The film won a number of awards and was nominated for an Academy Award.
At the end of 2011, the continuation of “The Gruffalo Daughter ” was released, based on the second book about Gruffalo in the same style.
Content
History
The film was shot by aspiring directors in a small studio. Work on the film took two years. The producer Michael Rose handed the idea to film the book to Jacob Schuh in the summer of 2003 . Despite the fact that for the half-hour movie there were few dialogs in the book, it was decided not to amend or supplement the text, since in many countries the children already knew it by heart. Only in order to introduce the figure of the narrator, a small “frame” construction was needed, in which Squirrel appears [1] .
The film premiered on Christmas Day , December 25, 2009, on the BBC One channel. The first screening of the film attracted an audience of 8.8 million viewers. [2]
In the United States, the film was screened at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in August 2010; The premiere of the film on television took place on December 9, 2010 on the ABC Family channel , also during the Christmas program cycle. In Germany, the film was shown on December 24, 2010. In the same year, in Yerevan at the ReAnimania Film Festival 2010, the film was honored with a special mention by the jury in the nomination “Best Short Film”. In France, the film was screened in 2011 at the Lama Film Festival ( Upper Corsica ) and at the Fantastic Film Festival in Strasbourg [3] .
Story
The role of the storyteller of the story about the cunning Mouse is Squirrel. At the beginning of the film, she barely escapes the attack of an owl and, at the request of her two worried squirrels, tells them the story of how the Little Mouse overcame fear and escaped from its enemies.
A little mouse walked through the forest in search of a nut. On the way, he took turns meeting the Fox, the Owl, and the Snake, each of whom invited him to visit, where he was actually going to eat the Little Mouse. However, the Mouse got out of the situation, telling everyone that he had already made an appointment with the terrible and formidable beast of Gruffalo. Rejoicing that the stupid beasts believed his invention of a non-existent monster, the Mouse then meets Gruffalo himself, who turned out to be exactly as he fantasized. So that now Griffalo does not eat it, the Little Mouse impersonates the most terrible beast in the forest - together with Gruffalo he again meets the Snake, Owl and Fox, who hide in horror. After making sure that the Mouse is afraid of everything, Gruffalo decides to escape while he is alive. A little mouse is taken for a delicious nut.
After the story, Squirrel and squirrel also get a nut, which Squirrel dropped near the hollow, hiding from an owl.
Roles voiced
- Helena Bonham Carter - Squirrel
- James Corden - The Mouse
- Robbie Coltrane - Gruffalo
- Tom Wilkinson - Fox
- John Hurt - Owl
- Rob Braydon - The Snake
Awards and nominations
| Ceremony | Award recipient | Nomination | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar 2011 [4] | Jacob Shu, Max Lang | Best animated short film | Nomination |
| BAFTA- 2011 [5] | Michael Rose, Martin Pope Jacob Shu, Max Lang | Best animated short film | Nomination |
| Cartoon d'Or-2011 [6] | Jacob Shu, Max Lang | Cartoon d'or | Nomination |
| Canadian Cinema Center International Short Film Festival [7] | Jacob Shu, Max Lang | People's Choice Award | Victory |
| International Children's Film Festival in Chicago | Jacob Shu, Max Lang | Best of the fest | Victory |
| 2010 Anima Mundi Animation Film Festival [8] | Jacob Shu, Max Lang | Best children's short film | Victory |
| Annecy 2010 Animated Film Festival [9] | Jacob Shu, Max Lang | Best TV Movie (Award For Best Tv Special) | Victory |
| Ottawa 2010 Animated Film Festival [10] | Jacob Shu, Max Lang | The best children's animated television movie | Victory |
| Sapporo Short Film Festival 2010 [11] | Jacob Shu, Max Lang | Silver prize "Choice of the child" | Victory |
| 2011 Broadcast Awards [12] | Magic Light Pictures with Studio Soi | The best children's TV show | Victory |
Notes
- ↑ The Gruffalo: An Interview with Jakob Schuh, Friday, February 4, 2011 - by MATT KETTMANN
- ↑ Katie Pilbeam. BBC trounce ITV in Christmas ratings war . Daily Mirror (December 27, 2009). Archived August 27, 2012.
- ↑ The Gruffalo (2009) (TV) - Release dates
- ↑ Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards . oscars.org . Date of treatment January 25, 2011. Archived on August 18, 2012.
- ↑ Film Awards Nominations . BAFTA website (21 January 10). Archived on April 5, 2012.
- ↑ Cartoon d'Or nominations . The Cartoon d'Or . Date of treatment October 12, 2011. Archived August 27, 2012.
- ↑ 'The Gruffalo' Takes Audience Award in Toronto . The Hollywood Reporter . Date of treatment June 6, 2011. Archived on August 27, 2012.
- ↑ Anima Mundi Award winners accessdate = 2011-10-13 . Archived August 27, 2012.
- ↑ Annecy Animation Festival Award Winners . Date of treatment October 13, 2011. Archived August 27, 2012.
- ↑ Ottawa International Animation Festival Award winners accessdate = 2011-10-13 . Archived August 27, 2012.
- ↑ Sapporo Award winners . Date of treatment October 13, 2011. Archived August 27, 2012.
- ↑ Broadcast Awards winners accessdate = 2011-10-13 (unreachable link) . Archived January 21, 2012.
Links
- The Gruffalo movie page on BBC Online