“ Shaun the Sheep Movie ” is a British full-length animated film by Aardman Animations studio about Shaun the sheep, the hero of the animated series of the same name [1] . It is also a spin-off of another Aardman series of Wallace and Gromit films, where Sean's character was first involved. The cartoon was created using a combination of plasticine and computer animation , takes 8th place in the list of the highest-grossing puppet cartoons . The world premiere of the film took place on January 24, 2015 at the Sundance International Film Festival in the USA [4] , and the premiere in Russia on March 26, 2015 [5] .
| Shaun the sheep | |
|---|---|
| English Shaun the sheep movie | |
 | |
| Cartoon type | 3D graphics |
| Genre | adventure , comedy , family |
| Prequels | Shaun the lamb (2007—2016) |
| Sequels | Farm Bedlam (2015) |
| Producer | Mark Burton |
| Producer | Julie Lockhart, Sean Clark, Olivier Curson |
| written by | Mark Burton Richard Starzac |
| Roles voiced | Justin Fletcher John Sparks |
| Composer | Ilan Eshkeri |
| Animators | Matt Perry |
| Operator | Charles Copping Dave Alex Riddett |
| Studio | Aardman animations |
| A country |  Great Britain [1]  France |
| Distributor | Studiocanal |
| Language | |
| Duration | 85 minutes [2] |
| Premiere | 2015 |
| Fees | 106 209 378 $ [3] |
| IMDb | |
| Rotten tomato | |
The music for the cartoon was written by the English film composer Ilan Ashkery [6] .
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Roles voiced
- 3 Production
- 4 Criticism
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Story
When Sean decides to take a day off and have fun, he gets a little more action than he expected. Mixing with a farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill leads them all to the big city, and Sean and the herd can safely return them all to the green grass of the house. [7]
Roles voiced
- Justin Fletcher - Lamb Sean, Timmy
- John Sparks - Farmer, Dog Bitzer
- Richard Webber - Shirley
- Omid Jalili - Trumper [8]
- Kate Harbor - Mother Timmy, Meryl
- Tim Hands - Slip
- Simon Greenhall - The Twins
- Andy Nyman - Nuts
- Emma Tate - Hazel
- Jack Paulson - Celebrity with Bad Hair
- Sean Connolly - Master D, golfer, stylists, Panto horse, hospital patients
- Henry Burton - Children's Doctor, Visitor to the Animal Shelter
- Nick Park - as himself
Production
In January 2011, the BBC announced that Aardman had begun work on a full-length cartoon about Shaun the lamb, which was due out in 2013/2014. In April 2013, it was reported that the film will be directed and written by Richard Starzac and Mark Burton (known for the Madagascar cartoon), and that the film will be financed by the French company StudioCanal [9] . Filming began on January 30, 2014 . Two months later, on April 3, 2014, the premiere of the poster and teaser trailer took place [10] . The picture was released in wide rental on February 6, 2015 [11] [12] . On this day, it started in the UK , Ireland , Finland and other European countries [13] .
Criticism
The film was highly praised by Ukrainian and international film critics, gaining widespread recognition. The Rotten Tomatoes website received 99% positive reviews from 153 critics, with an average rating of 8.1 out of 10 [14] . On Metacritic, the film has 81 points out of 100 based on reviews from 30 film critics [15] . Ukrainian critics also gave the film only positive reviews:
Flat and template, but funny and charming animated comedy about the adventures of a farmer and his animals in a big city.
- Boris Ivanov, Empire [16]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Shaun the Sheep Movie (2014) . British Film Institute. Date of treatment March 6, 2015.
- ↑ SHAUN THE SHEEP THE MOVIE - British Board of Film Classification . bbfc.co.uk. Date of treatment January 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Shaun the Sheep" on the Box Office Mojo website
- ↑ Means, Sean P Sundance Film Festival adds three children's films and a Robert Redford premiere . The Salt Lake Tribune (December 15, 2014). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Premiere in Russia .
- ↑ Ilan Eshkeri Scoring Aardman Animations' 'Shaun the Sheep' , filmmusicreporter.com (November 30, 2014). Date of treatment December 14, 2014.
- ↑ Shaun the Sheep set for big-screen adventure in 2015 (April 25, 2013). Date of treatment April 28, 2013.
- ↑ Omid Djalili Interview: Voice of "Trumper" , Newsround (January 31, 2015). Date of treatment January 31, 2015.
- ↑ Aardman Animations plan new Shaun the Sheep film , BBC Online (January 27, 2011). Date of treatment April 28, 2011.
- ↑ Anderton, Ethan . Aardman Animation's 'Shaun the Sheep' Movie Teaser Trailer (April 3, 2014). Date of treatment April 3, 2014.
- ↑ Jardine, William Aardman News: Shaun the Sheep Movie Coming March 2015 . A113Animation (August 8, 2013). Date of appeal September 24, 2013.
- ↑ Shaun the lamb will return to the screens in 2015
- ↑ Payne, Joey Film Changes W / C 26/05 . Digital Cinema Media (May 28, 2014). Date of treatment May 28, 2014.
- ↑ Shaun the Sheep . rottentomatoes.com (February 5, 2015). Date of treatment February 6, 2015.
- ↑ Shaun the Sheep . Metacritic . Date of treatment February 6, 2015.
- ↑ Tricky Lamb. Review of the film "Shaun the Sheep" . Film.ru dated March 17, 2015