Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch

Promotional Poster for Lilo & Stitch
Directed by Dean DeBlois
Chris Sanders
Produced by Clark Spencer
Written by Dean DeBlois
Chris Sanders
Starring Daveigh Chase
Chris Sanders
Tia Carrere
David Ogden Stiers
Kevin McDonald
Ving Rhames
Jason Scott Lee
Music by Alan Silvestri
Editing by Darren Holmes
Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s) June 21, 2002
Running time 85 min
Country United States
Language English
Budget $80,000,000
Gross revenue $273,144,151
Followed by Stitch! The Movie (2003)
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Promotional Poster for Lilo & Stitch
Directed by Dean DeBlois
Chris Sanders
Produced by Clark Spencer
Written by Dean DeBlois
Chris Sanders
Starring Daveigh Chase
Chris Sanders
Tia Carrere
David Ogden Stiers
Kevin McDonald
Ving Rhames
Jason Scott Lee
Music by Alan Silvestri
Editing by Darren Holmes
Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures
Release date(s) June 21, 2002
Running time 85 min
Country United States
Language English
Budget $80,000,000
Gross revenue $273,144,151
Followed by Stitch! The Movie (2003)
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For the television series, see Lilo & Stitch: The Series

Lilo & Stitch is a 2002 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution on June 21, 2002. The film was written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, and was the second of three Disney animated features produced primarily at its animation studio at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida. The film was rated PG for "mild sci-fi action".

Lilo & Stitch was nominated for the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, which ultimately went to Spirited Away.Plot

An extra-terrestrial mad scientist named Dr. Jumba Jookiba (David Ogden Stiers) is imprisoned for illegally experimenting and creating creatures to cause chaos and destruction. His latest experiment is Number 626 (Chris Sanders): a cute, little, blue alien with four arms, two legs and antennae and three spines from his back who is deceptively strong, fast, intelligent, destructive and indestructible.

Captain Gantu (Kevin Michael Richardson), a shark-like alien, is assigned to take 626 to a penal colony, but during the trip, 626 manages to escape in a smaller spacecraft, and crash lands on the small Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, on Earth. Masquerading as a dog (but looking more like a koala), 626 is adopted by a little girl named Lilo Pelekai (Daveigh Chase) who is living with her 21-year-old sister Nani (Tia Carrere) after their parents died in a car accident. Lilo is lonely and a bit of an outcast until she finds a new friend in 626, whom she names "Stitch." Stitch initially attempts to escape the island but finds that it is impossible because he is afraid of the water and cannot swim because his body is too dense. Stitch resigns himself to stay with Lilo when he spots that he is being watched by Jumba and Galactic Agent Pleakley (Kevin McDonald), who have been assigned to recapture Stitch without being detected by humans. Lilo notes Stitch's violent tendencies and attempts to teach him to relax.

Nani and Lilo are visted by social worker Cobra Bubbles (Ving Rhames), who tells Nani that unless she finds employment and improves their living conditions, he will have to take Lilo into foster care. Nani, with the help of her boyfriend David, tries several times to find employment, but is unable to secure a position as Lilo's attempts to tame Stitch by having him behave as Elvis Presley generally lead to disaster. After one such tiring day, David offers Nani and Lilo a day of surfing at the beach. While the three of them are trying to help Stitch learn how to surf, Jumba and Pleakley attempt to capture Stitch from underwater, leading to Stitch grabbing onto Lilo and dragging her under. David manages to rescue both Lilo and Stitch, but Nani believes that Stitch was attacking Lilo, and sends him away from Lilo much to Lilo's dismay. Stitch returns to Lilo's house alone.

After Jumba and Pleakley's failure, Captain Gantu is assigned to capture Stitch. This leads Jumba, no longer bound by Galactic Code, to aggressively chase Stitch in one last effort, ending in the destruction of Lilo's home. Nani returns home just after this occurs, unfortunately timed with a check-up visit from Cobra Bubbles, causing Lilo to run off fearing that Stitch was responsible for the destruction and didn't care about her, only to be captured by Gantu. Stitch attempts to save her but is instead accused of Lilo's capture by Nani. At this point, Stitch finally speaks to her in English and shows that he is an alien and that he does understand the meaning of ohana, which means "family" and "that nobody gets left behind or forgotten". Jumba is able to capture Stitch in this moment of understanding, but Nani pleads Jumba to let Stitch free and to help save Lilo from Gantu, and he reluctantly does so.

Employing Jumba's spaceship, they and Gantu give chase around the Hawaiian mountains. Stitch manages to land on Gantu's ship and attempts to free Lilo but Gantu reconfigures the angle of the afterburners to blast Stitch off the ship. In a momentary state of unconsciousness, Stitch wakes up just in time to save a frog from being run over by a gasoline truck. Hijacking the same truck, Stitch drives it straight into an active volcano. Stitch taunts Gantu and releases the fuel into the lava. The explosion launches Stitch straight into Gantu's cockpit. Gantu tries to smash Stitch but ends up getting thrown off the ship. Stitch rescues Lilo just in time before the ship explodes. When everyone lands in the ocean, David is coincidentally surfing nearby and he helps transport everyone back to shore.

Immediately, The Grand Councilwoman arrives to arrest Stitch, but becomes reluctant to do so when she sees that he has reformed into a civilized creature. Prodded by Cobra Bubbles (who is revealed to be a former CIA agent who had previously met the Grand Councilwoman at Roswell, NM), Lilo presents her certificate of adoption which makes her Stitch's legal owner, causing the Grand Councilwoman to release the little creature. Stitch's sentence to life in exile provides a loophole; he is now in Lilo and Nani's care as his warders. The movie ends with both Jumba and Pleakley staying on earth to help rebuild Nani, Lilo, and Stitch's home with some of their own alien technology, and with Stitch being fully accepted into Lilo's family.

Throughout the movie, the message provided tells the audience that family must stick together in all cases, however difficult. It also stresses the importance of Lilo and Nani's Hawaiian culture and how it must be kept alive. Furthermore, it is also meant to remind children of the importance of good behavior as well as adults that not all children are "rotten to the core", and that every child has some goodness deep inside.

High School Musical 2

High School Musical 2

The Official Poster
Directed by Kenny Ortega
Produced by Bill Borden
Kenny Ortega
Written by Peter Mouseey
Starring Zac Efron
Vanessa Hudgens
Ashley Tisdale
Lucas Grabeel
Corbin Bleu
Monique Coleman
Music by Randy Peterson
Antonnia Armato
Andy Dodd
Faye Greenberg
Jamie Houston
David Lawrence
Adam Watts
Matt Gerrard
Kevin Quinn
Robbie Nevil
Shankar Mahadevan[1]
Distributed by Disney Channel
Release date(s) August 17, 2007
Running time Original cut
105 min
Extended cut
115 min.
Country
Language English
Budget $7 million [2]
Preceded by High School Musical (2006)
Followed by High School Musical 3 (2008)
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For the soundtrack, see High School Musical 2 (soundtrack).High School Musical 2

The Official Poster
Directed by Kenny Ortega
Produced by Bill Borden
Kenny Ortega
Written by Peter Mouseey
Starring Zac Efron
Vanessa Hudgens
Ashley Tisdale
Lucas Grabeel
Corbin Bleu
Monique Coleman
Music by Randy Peterson
Antonnia Armato
Andy Dodd
Faye Greenberg
Jamie Houston
David Lawrence
Adam Watts
Matt Gerrard
Kevin Quinn
Robbie Nevil
Shankar Mahadevan[1]
Distributed by Disney Channel
Release date(s) August 17, 2007
Running time Original cut
105 min
Extended cut
115 min.
Country
Language English
Budget $7 million [2]
Preceded by High School Musical (2006)
Followed by High School Musical 3 (2008)
Official website
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High School Musical 2 is the sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical. It debuted on August 17, 2007 on the US Disney Channel and Family Channel. The premiere brought in a total of 17.2 million viewers in the United States - almost 10 million more than its predecessor - making it the highest rated basic cable broadcast in U.S. history. The premiere brought in a total of 17.5 million viewers in Asia - almost 9 million viewers in the Philippines - making it the highest rated international cable broadcast in Asia.[3]Plot

The summer brings excitement to the East High Wildcats as they go over their plans for their break from school. Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) stresses over getting a job with the price of college looming on his mind, as well as trying to make sure he and Gabriella Montez (Vanessa Hudgens) are able to stay together all summer. The final bell rings and the students emerge and sing (What Time Is It). As a symbol of his feelings for her, Troy gives Gabriella a necklace with his initial "T" on it on the last day of school. Sharpay and Ryan Evans (Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel) plan on spending the summer at their family's country club, Lava Springs (Fabulous). However, Sharpay's summer plan also includes breaking up Troy and Gabriella by getting Troy hired at Lava Springs and making her move on him. But what Sharpay does not plan on is Troy talking to the club's manager, Mr. Fulton (Mark L. Taylor), into hiring Gabriella and their close group of friends: this includes Gabriella's best friend Taylor (Monique Coleman), and Troy's best friend Chad (Corbin Bleu). Fulton is unable to fire the Wildcats at Sharpay's command, since her mother (Jessica Tuck) approved their hiring, so she orders him to make them want to quit. Fulton exerts his powers of intimidation upon explaining their place at the club. Seeing his friends are intimidated ad unconfident, Troy offers to help his friends working in the kitchen and convinces them that they can work their hardships out (Work This Out).

While Troy continues to worry about obtaining a college scholarship, Gabriella is simply thrilled to be in one place over the summer; the first time in her life where she doesn't move to a new city. Sharpay schemes harder than ever to make the Wildcats miserable, and win Troy, who has to choose between two worlds: his own with the Wildcats and Gabriella, or another where Sharpay's family can offer him a way to college and other luxuries he has only dreamed about. Meanwhile Kelsi, inspired by their relationship, writes a ballad for Troy and Gabriella, and Troy agrees to sing with his friends in the upcoming talent show (You Are the Music in Me). Sharpay conspires to get Troy to perform alongside for the show and holding his future over his head. She takes Kelsi's song away, speeds up the tempo and forces him to sing it with her. A visit from a fellow college basketball team, the Red Hawks, causes a rift between Troy and Chad when Troy chooses to spend time with the Red Hawks instead of his friends, alienating especially Chad. As Troy grows further away from what was formerly his, Ryan realizes he does't mean much to Sharpay anymore. Taylor and Gabriella even invite Ryan to the baseball game, and Chad offers him Troy's place in the game (I Don't Dance). Troy and Gabriella's relationship is silently strained to the breaking point when Troy sees Ryan with Gabriella, sparking a little jealousy. Troy's relationship with Chad is tentative, as the latter feels Troy is abandoning him as well as the rest of his friends. Despite that, Troy & Sharpay then practice their song for the Star Dazzle Show (You Are the Music in Me (Sharpay Version)).

When Sharpay discovers that Ryan and the Wildcats are putting together their own performance in the show, she finally crosses the line by banning the Wildcats from performing in Lava Springs' annual Star Dazzle Talent Show, even though Ryan has been working with the group to put together a performance. Gabriella confronts Sharpay. She makes it clear that she refuses to play Sharpay's "game," and quits her job at Lava Springs. Troy overhears the exchange and tries to persuade Gabriella to change her mind. They emotionally sing the song (Gotta Go My Own Way), in which Gabriella expresses her loss of trust with Troy and how she just can't stay while she has a broken heart, and the song ends with her leaving Troy's necklace in his hand and running to her car crying, and our heartbroken protagonist walking back towards the country club...alone. Shortly after, he has a discussion about this with his dad, who remains supportive of his son.

Troy returns to work the next day to find that all his friends refuse to talk to him, but Kelsi shows Troy the letter from Fulton. Troy becomes fed up with the downhill events that are occuring for the people he loves (Bet on It), and goes to tentatively reconcile with Chad. Troy confronts Sharpay and tells her that he won't sing with her because of how she treated his friends, causing Sharpay to burst into tears. The Wildcats later convince Troy to sing in the talent show, which he does only under the condition that they are allowed to perform as well. Ryan gives Troy a new song (Everyday) to learn moments before the show, saying that Sharpay wants to do to this song instead. As Troy goes onstage, he asks Sharpay why she switched the song and Sharpay is shocked to find that her brother tricked her. Troy sings alone until Gabriella arrives just in time to sing with him, which shows us an extremely shocked Troy, and all the Wildcats join near the end of the song on stage. In the end, Sharpay herself proudly presents her brother Ryan with the award for the talent show. After the talent show, the Wildcats (including Ryan and Sharpay) all head out onto the golf course to enjoy the fireworks. Troy and Gabriella finally share their first kiss, after many failed attempts, and the summer ends with a pool party and the Wildcats' celebration of a great summer together (All for One).

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Characters
Troy Bolton (portrayed by Zac Efron) is the male protagonist of the movie. He is the most popular guy at East High School and captain of the varsity basketball team. He is in a relationship with Gabriella Montez. They met at a ski lodge while attending a New Years Eve teen party in High School Musical and were called on stage to sing a duet together. They exchanged cell numbers and Gabriella later moved to Albuquerque with her mother, surprising Troy when she arrives at his school. Along with most of East High, he takes a summer job at Lava Springs, the country club owned by Sharpay and Ryan Evans' parents. Over the summer, he gets new opportunities to go to a great college and easily obtain a basketball scholarship, but this causes jealousy in his best friend, Chad Danforth, and Gabriella starts to worry that he has forgotten about his friends. He is also friends with Jason and Zeke.
Gabriella Montez (portrayed by Vanessa Hudgens) is the female protagonist of the movie. She is a smart girl who took part in East High's Scholastic Decathlon in the first film. Known as the "freaky math girl" in her old schools, she appears shy and intelligent but finds a new popularity for herself at East High. She is in a relationship with Troy Bolton. Along with most of East High, she takes a summer job at Lava Springs as a lifeguard, the country club owned by Sharpay and Ryan Evans' parents. As the summer progresses, she feels that Troy has become a different person when he gets new opportunities with his promotion. The pair briefly split up but quickly reconcile. Her best friend is Taylor McKessie. She is also friends with Kelsi and Martha.
Sharpay Evans (portrayed by Ashley Tisdale) is the antagonist of the film. She plans to spend the summer lounging around her parents' country club, Lava Springs and winning that country club's midsummer talent show back-to-back. She has a noticeable crush on Troy Bolton and is always trying to steal him away from Gabriella. Her plan is taken to a whole new notch when she promotes Troy to honorary member and cancels the Wildcats' performance in the talent show. This is all because she thinks that Troy and Gabriella together could spoil her show just as the pair previously beat her and her brother out to star in the lead roles for the Winter Musical of "Twinkle Town".
Ryan Evans (portrayed by Lucas Grabeel) is Sharpay's fraternal twin brother, who is stuck in being a antagonist, and a male protagonist. Throughout the movies we see that he owes his total devotion to Sharpay to his utter stupidity; In High School Musical 1, he is unable to read the word 'Drama'. He can be very sneaky and cunning but has a hard time keeping up with schemes that are not his own. Over the course of the film, he finds his own person and abandons his place as Sharpay's lackey, becoming friends with the Wildcats. He also has a secret crush on Gabriella. In HSM3, Ryan would have a crush on Tiffany Hansen (portrayed by Blake Lively)
Chad Danforth (portrayed by Corbin Bleu) is Troy's best friend and is also friends with Jason and Zeke. He has a summer job at Lava Springs as a waiter and part-time golf caddie and is saving the money from his job to get a car to impress Taylor, whom he appears to be in a relationship with. After Troy gets promoted, he becomes jealous and begins to drift away from him but they make up near the end.
Taylor McKessie (portrayed by Monique Coleman) is Gabriella's best friend. She is captain of the school Scholastic Decathlon team and seems to be just as intelligent in math and science. She has a summer job at Lava Springs as an Activities Coordinator. She always sees through Sharpay and tends to be cynical when it comes to boys. This cynicism appears to have lessened since she and Chad began dating and she is friends with Martha and Kelsi.

Pirates of the Caribbean:

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
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Directed by	Gore Verbinski
Produced by	Jerry Bruckheimer
Written by	Ted Elliott Terry Rossio
Starring	Johnny Depp Orlando Bloom Keira Knightley Geoffrey Rush Bill Nighy Naomie Harris Tom Hollander Stellan Skarsgard Chow Yun-Fat Jack Davenport
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Cinematography	Dariusz Wolski
Editing by	Stephen E. Rivkin Craig Wood
Distributed by	Buena Vista
Release date(s)	May 24, 2007
Running time	168 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Gross revenue	$960,998,983
Preceded by	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a 2007 adventure film, the third in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Gore Verbinski directed the film, as he did with the previous two. It was shot in two shoots during 2005 and 2006, the former simultaneously with the preceding film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

The plot follows the crew of the Black Pearl rescuing Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), from Davy Jones' Locker, and then preparing to fight the East India Trading Company, led by Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander) and Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), who plan to extinguish piracy. The film was released in English-speaking countries on May 24, 2007 after Disney opted to move the release date to a day earlier than originally planned. Critical reviews were mixed, but At World's End was a box office hit, becoming the most successful film of the year.

Plot

Lord Cutler Beckett begins executing anyone associated with piracy and commands Davy Jones to destroy all pirate ships. To confront Beckett’s assault, the nine pirate lords making up the Brethren Court have been summoned to convene on Shipwreck Cove. However, Captain Jack Sparrow, pirate lord of the Caribbean, never appointed his successor, and therefore must be present. Captain Barbossa leads Will, Elizabeth, Tia Dalma and the Black Pearl crew to rescue Jack. Sao Feng, pirate lord of Singapore, possesses a map to World's End, the gateway to Davy Jones' Locker. Elizabeth and Barbossa attempt to bargain with Feng for the map and a ship, but Feng is furious that Will already attempted to steal it. The British Royal Navy, acting under orders from Beckett, suddenly attack Feng's bathhouse. During the ensuing chaos, Will strikes a bargain with Feng for the Black Pearl in exchange for Sparrow, whom Feng wants to turn over to Beckett, presumably in exchange for immunity from Davy Jones' attacks on pirates. Will wants the Black Pearl to rescue his father from the Flying Dutchman.

The crew journey through a frozen sea and sail over an enormous waterfall into the Locker. Aboard the Pearl, Sparrow is suffering hallucinations about an entire crew comprising himself. The Pearl is dragged to an ocean shore by crab-like creatures, and Jack is reunited with his old shipmates, though he is initially reluctant to rejoin a crew that have attempted to kill and mutinied against him. As the Black Pearl crew seek an escape route, they see dead souls floating under the water. Tia Dalma reveals that Davy Jones was appointed by his lover, Calypso, goddess of the sea, to ferry the dead to the next world. In return, Jones was allowed to step upon land for one day every ten years to be with his love, but when she failed to meet him, the scorned captain abandoned his duty and transformed into a monster. Elizabeth sees her father, Governor Weatherby Swann's soul pass by in a boat; he was murdered by Beckett. A distraught Elizabeth vows revenge.

The Black Pearl remains trapped in the Locker until Sparrow deciphers the map, realizing the ship must be capsized to return to the living world. They overturn the ship, and at sunset, upturn back into the living world. Upon their return, Sao Feng attacks, revealing his agreement with Will. But he betrays Will, having made a deal with Cutler Beckett to hand over the crew and keep the Black Pearl. Onboard Endeavor, Sparrow refuses to divulge to Beckett where the Brethren Court will convene. Beckett double-crosses Feng by keeping the Black Pearl for his armada, and in turn Feng gives Sparrow the ship back, while taking Elizabeth, whom he believes is Calypso. Aboard his warship, the Empress, Feng tells Elizabeth that it was the first Brethren Court who trapped Calypso into human form so they could control the seas. Feng is mortally wounded when Davy Jones attacks his ship. Before dying, he appoints Elizabeth his heir, making her captain and the pirate lord of Singapore. She and the crew are imprisoned in Flying Dutchman's brig. Also aboard is Admiral James Norrington, who betrays Beckett and frees Elizabeth and her crew who escape back to their ship, although Norrington is killed when he is discovered by Bootstrap Bill.

Will leaves a trail of corpses for Beckett's ship to follow. Sparrow catches him and tosses him overboard, but he first gives him his magical compass, apparently intending for Beckett to find them. Will is picked up by Beckett's ship, and it is revealed that it was Davy Jones who masterminded Calypso's imprisonment by the pirate lords. At Shipwreck Island, the nine pirate lords disagree over freeing Calypso. Elizabeth arrives and is elected "Pirate King" after Sparrow’s vote breaks a stalemate (during previous elections, each pirate lord voted only for himself/herself). She orders the pirates to fight Beckett. During a preceding parlay with Beckett and Jones, Elizabeth and Barbossa swap Sparrow for Will.

Barbossa tricked the other pirate lords into giving him their insignias, which he needs to free Calypso, who is Tia Dalma. When Barbossa releases her in a ritual, her fury over Jones' betrayal unleashes a violent maelstrom just as the Navy's massive fleet appears on the horizon. During the battle, Sparrow escapes the Flying Dutchman with the Dead Man's Chest. As the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman face off near the centre of a massive whirlpool, Will proposes to Elizabeth. They insist that Barbossa marry them as they are fighting Jones' crew and the Royal Navy. Barbossa does marry them and they exchange vows and kiss in the ensuing chaos. When Davy Jones mortally wounds Will aboard his ship, Bootstrap Bill attacks Jones. Jack, who wanted the heart for his own immortality, places a knife in Will's hand and helps him stab Jones' heart, killing Jones and making Will the Flying Dutchman's captain. The crew cut out Will's heart and place it into the "Dead Man's Chest": the crewmen regain their humanity, and Will and Sparrow captain the Flying Dutchman and the Black Pearl respectively to destroy Beckett's ship, the Endeavor, forcing the enemy fleet to retreat.

Although Will has been saved and the Dutchman crew has regained their humanity, he must now spend the next ten years at sea. He and Elizabeth have one day together and consummate their marriage on an island before Will must leave for his new life. Will gives Elizabeth the "Dead Man's Chest" for safekeeping. Shortly after, Barbossa again commandeers the Black Pearl, stranding Jack and Gibbs in Tortuga. Having anticipated Barbossa's deception, however, Sparrow has already removed the map's middle that leads to the Fountain of Youth. In a post-credits scene set ten years later, Will reunites with Elizabeth and their son.

Cinderella: Abeauty woman

Cinderella III: A Twist in Time is the second direct-to-video film sequel to the 1950 Walt Disney animated classic Cinderella, after 2002's Cinderella II: Dreams Come True. Canonically it is a continuation of the original Cinderella, rather than Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, though due to its unique chronological sequencing it acknowledges the events of Cinderella II: Dreams Come True via stills in the end credits and using characters introduced in the first sequel. The film was released on February 6, 2007 and rated G by the MPAA. The film is directed by Frank Nissen and features the voices of Jennifer Hale and Susan Blakeslee. For the UK releases of the DVD, the film is simply titled Cinderella: A Twist in Time, with no mention of it being a sequel.

Contents [show] 1 Plot 2 Voice cast 3 Production 4 Soundtrack 5 Goofs 6 Trivia 7 Criticism 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Plot

The story starts on the first anniversary of Cinderella and the Prince's wedding, where Jaq, Gus and the Fairy godmother are surprising the couple with a picnic in the woods. Back at the manor that was Cinderella's former home, her stepsisters Anastasia and Drizella are stuck doing all of Cinderella's old chores, and are clearly unhappy with their current lifestyle. Anastasia, trying to avoid working, wanders off into the woods where she witnesses the Fairy Godmother's magic in action. Unfortunately, the Fairy Godmother drops her wand and it lands in front of Anastasia.

Anastasia rushes back to her mother, Lady Tremaine, who is unimpressed by the white stick. While Anastasia is trying to prove that the wand is magical, the Fairy Godmother arrives and insists that they give the wand back. During a tussle over the wand, the Fairy Godmother accidentally transforms into a stone statue. Anastasia is regretful for what has happened, but Lady Tremaine is ecstatic at the possibilities. She takes the magic wand and reverses time, going back to the moment where things started to go wrong: the arrival of the Duke at the manor with the glass slipper. Lady Tremaine rushes the process along and uses the wand to make the slipper fit Anastasia's foot before Cinderella can make it downstairs. The Duke, seeing the slipper fit, announces that Anastasia will wed the prince, and asks for them to get ready to go to royal palace. Cinderella rushes downstairs in what was previously "the nick of time" and is confused over the outcome. Lady Tremaine breaks Cinderella's other slipper and tells her to forget the dance ever happened. Tremaine and her daughters then leave to the palace for the wedding preparations.

However, Cinderella is convinced that the Prince will remember that it was her that he danced with at the ball. She goes to the palace in secret and manages to sneak in the servant's entrance. Elsewhere, when the Prince notices that Anastasia was not the one he danced with, Tremaine uses the wand to make him forget about Cinderella completely. The mice, Jaq and Gus, witness this event and tell Cinderella about her plot. Cinderella, disguised, manages to enter the room where her stepfamily are staying, and she attempts to distract them while Gus and Jaq steal the wand. Cinderella manages to get the wand and flees, but Tremaine sends the palace guards to stop her. Before Cinderella can break the spell on the Prince, the guards break in and take the wand from her and give it to Tremaine. Before they can evacuate her from the castle, Cinderella touches the Prince's hand, causing him to be confused by the familiar feeling. Tremaine orders Cinderella to be put on the next ship out of the kingdom.

The mice decide to take matters into their own hands and confront the Prince with their side of the story, using the other mended glass slipper as evidence. The Prince remembers everything and sets out to retrieve Cinderella before she sails off. He succeeds, the pair are reunited and the true nature of Tremaine and her daughters is revealed to everyone.

Despite this, Tremaine does not give up. She uses the wand's magic to conceal herself and her daughters when the King's guards search the palace grounds for her. As Cinderella is preparing for her wedding, Tremaine reveals herself and her new plan: Anastasia now looks exactly like Cinderella and will take the real Cinderella's place during the wedding ceremony. Tremaine then magically sends Cinderella, Jaq and Gus into the hollow center of a pumpkin in a distant meadow. In a twisted homage to the original film, the pumpkin becomes a deformed carriage and Lucifer becomes its humanoid driver, intending to send Cinderella and the mice to their doom. After a frantic struggle, Cinderella, Jaq and Gus manage to escape and rush back to the palace.

Cinderella arrives at the palace just as the vows are being exchanged, and witnesses Anastasia saying (after a constant struggle) "I don't" when prompted by the minister. Lady Tremaine, angered at her daughter's sudden conscience, steps out of her hiding place and uses the wand to turn the guards into animals. During the struggle, the Prince uses his sword to block the wand's magic, causing it to bounce back and send Lady Tremaine and Drizella back to their house as toads. Anastasia uses the wand to turn herself back to normal and then gives it to Cinderella who revives the Fairy Godmother. The Fairy Godmother takes her wand back and creates a new wedding for Cinderella and Prince Charming, letting them live happily ever after... again. And as for Lady Tremaine and Drizella, they are turned back into humans, but are forced to wear Cinderella's old work clothes and work as servants as punishment for their evil deeds.

[edit] Voice cast

• Jennifer Hale as Cinderella
• Susan Blakeslee as Lady Tremaine
• Rob Paulsen as Jaq/The Grand Duke
• Corey Burton as Gus
• Christopher Daniel Barnes (credited as C.D Barnes) as Prince Charming
• Tress MacNeille as Anastasia
• Russi Taylor as The Fairy Godmother/Drizella
• Andre Stojka as The King
• Frank Welker as Lucifer
• Holland Taylor as Prudence
• Tami Tappan as Cinderella (singing voice)

[edit] Production

This film was Disney Australia's final feature (the studio was closed and equipment auctioned off once Cinderella III production completed in July 2006)^[1]. Unlike the previous sequel, Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, which was mostly made in Japan (that studio also closed shortly after completion of Cinderella II), Cinderella III'''s animators were given meticulous model sheets and extensive live-action sequences for animation reference.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Soundtrack

Hayden Panettiere performed the song "I Still Believe" specifically for the end credits of this film, and a music video was recorded and attached to the DVD release. An official soundtrack has not been released.

[edit] Goofs

Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines. The article could be improved by integrating relevant items and removing inappropriate ones.

The film contains a number of continuity errors which are a usual occurrence in animation projects. Among these errors are:

• The magic wand brings out green (instead of white) magic dust when used by Lady Tremaine or Drizella (but not when it is used by the not-so-wicked and sympathetic Anastasia), though this could be a visual representation of "dark magic".
• During "A Perfectly Perfect Year" Drizella's apron disappeared while singing "...or even tea." And both Drizella and Anastasia's aprons disappear after they get the laundry off themselves.
• After Anastasia gets thrown out of the house, she stands up to see Cinderella and the Prince riding by on horses and she walks forward. During this her apron disappears and reappears between several shots.
• After Anastasia gets the wand Drizella is seen cutting tree pieces with an axe which gets stuck. After pulling out the handle the axe's head is pointing opposite of the house. But in the wand fight the axe's head is turned 90 degrees pointing either the chair's back or the Fairy Godmother and Anastasia.
• While Lady Tremaine was reversing time, the brief glimpse of the wedding shows the Prince wearing a white groom outfit which is different from the wedding from the first movie where he's wearing a yellow and red outfit.
• Jaq and Gus get the key at the wrong time compared to the first. In the first movie, Jaq and Gus get the key AFTER the Grand Duke comes. But after time reverses, the Grand Duke comes right after the mice are on their way to the stairs.
• During the reversal of time at the scene, where Cinderella is holding the slipper her hair is in a bow when it's suppose to be loose.
• When Anastasia was trying on the slipper, it barely fits on her big toe, but in the original it fit over all of her toes.
• When the slipper is falling it is about to be broken with the heel in the front. But in the crash the heel and the front of the slipper have switched places.
• When Tremaine breaks Cinderella's glass slipper the front and the heel do not get broken or cracked. But when Jaq presents the put-back-together slipper to the prince we can see cracks on them. And when the prince puts the slipper down to go find Cinderella the heel does not appear broken at all.
• While Cinderella is singing she connects the two halves of the slipper's heart together. But the heart appears to be too close over the slipper's edge.
• On the back of the DVD case, it shows Cinderella with Drizella and Tremaine when Tremaine was turning back time, although in the movie Cinderella was celebrating her anniversary in the forest.
• In the first movie, the king saw Cinderella before he got out, and obviously the Grand Duke, but neither, even when they're not under magic, don't recognize that Anastasia is not Cinderella. What makes the least sense is that the king even made a face at Anastasia (and Drizella) at the ball.
• After Anastasia gets done chasing the ring down after it bounces around the room, she puts it on her left hand. Later in the same scene, Anastasia is seen walking admiring the ring which is now on her right hand.
• When Drizella is tampering with the wand in order to make herself beautiful (a prettier hair style, bracelets containing jewelry, a rainbow dress with jewelry, and a gigantic crown), she was able to use it without saying Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo. When Cinderella's evil stepmother makes Cinderella disappear into a pumpkin, she didn't need to say Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo either.
• When Jaq and Gus take the wand from the dresser, the wand is pointing forward. When they run out through the door the wand is pointing backwards and stays that way.
• When Cinderella is running away from the guards, there is a shot looking down the stairs that shows a cement structure sticking out of the top of the end baluster of the rails. Later when Cinderella slides down the stairs it is not there.
• While the shrunken Lucifer is attacking Gus, red pieces appear to be tearing off his shirt. And when the attack ends his and Jaq's shirts appear to be in perfect condition like nothing has happened.
• When Cinderella gets on the boat, the sky is dark and cloudy. When the Prince is seen on his horse riding into a wooden house/storage to reach the boat the horse's point-of-view sees the sun shining inside the room. In the next shot when the prince is flying out the balcony door, the sky is dark and cloudy again, with no sun being seen only until he reaches Cinderella.
• In the sequence where Cinderella is back at the castle and explaining to the King and Duke what Lady Tremaine did, her hair changes from being loose, to tied up in a bow, and back to being loose.
• In the first film, Cinderella wore a black choker with her wedding dress. In this film, the brief flashback at the beginning to the wedding the choker is still there, but for the rest of the film, it is absent.
• Cinderella's wedding dress has been slightly altered, the skirt in the original was a pale grey, but white in this movie, her hair was in a low bun (also kept while wearing the wedding dress) but when in her rags during the pumpkin sequence her hair has changed to a top bun like her blue/grey ballgown.
• In the scene where Tremaine and Drizella are turned back into human, there is a cut on both aprons that they are wearing, but when Drizella gets "frightened" by the broom, the cut on her apron disappears.
• In the first movie, the king is the one who sent out the order to find the Cinderella by having every girl in the kingdom try on the slipper.

[edit] Trivia

• In the scene where the Prince and the King are fighting with swords while talking about the girl the Prince met, this is exactly what Morticia and Gomez Addams do in "The Addams Family".
• A show aboard the Disney Cruise Line ship the Disney Magic Twist Charmed:An Original Twist on the Cinderella Story bares similarities to Cinderella III.

Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana is an American Emmy Award-nominated^[1] children's television series which debuted on March 24, 2006 on Disney Channel. The series focuses on Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cyrus), who lives a double life as an average teenage girl at school during the day and a famous pop singer, Hannah Montana, at night, concealing her real identity from the public other than her close friends and family.

Contents [hide] 1 Premise 2 Production 2.1 Opening sequence 2.2 Lawsuit 3 Cast 3.1 Main 3.2 Recurring 3.3 Minor 3.4 Guest 4 Episodes 5 Movie 6 Songs 7 Nominations and Awards 8 DVD Releases 8.1 Volume 1: Living the Rock Star Life 8.2 That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana 8.3 Volume 2: Pop Star Profile 8.4 Volume 3: Life's What You Make It 8.5 Wish Gone Amiss 9 International 10 Video Games 11 Other 12 Notes 13 External links

Premise

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The show centers on 14-year-old Miley Stewart and takes place in Malibu, California. She's a teenage girl who has a big secret. Only her close family, best friends Lilly and Oliver, ex-boyfriend Jake Ryan, and bodyguard Roxy know that she is living a double life as "Teen Pop Sensation" Hannah Montana. She lives in a house by the beach with her father Robby (played by Miley's real life father Billy Ray Cyrus) and older brother Jackson (played by Jason Earles), who works down at Rico's Surf Shop by the beach. The Stewarts are from Nashville, Tennessee. Miley's mother died before the show began, leaving singer-songwriter Robby a widower and the sole caretaker of their children, giving up his previous career as a famous country singer. He is also the disguised father and manager of Hannah Montana. Miley's two best friends Lilly Truscott (played by Emily Osment) and Oliver Oken (played by Mitchel Musso) also live nearby and attend school with her. Each episode deals with life, personal conflicts, or problems that are easily solved with lessons learned by the end of the show.

Production

The show is co-created by Michael Poryes, who also co-created the hit Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven and is produced by It's a Laugh Productions, Inc., in association with Disney. It is filmed at Tribune Studios in Hollywood, CA. The series premiere scored record ratings for Disney Channel: 5.4 million viewers, a response "beyond our wildest expectations," according to the president of Disney Channel Entertainment.^[2]

The original idea for this show was based on the That's So Raven episode "Goin' Hollywood" which was supposed to be the pilot episode for a sitcom called Better Days in which a child star of a popular TV show of the same name was to try her hand at going to a normal school. The episode New Kid in School has the basic premise as that aforementioned episode. Other names considered for the title were The Secret Life of Zoe Stewart (discarded as too similar to Zoey 101 on Nickelodeon), The Popstar Life!, and Alexis Texas. Former American Juniors finalist Jordan McCoy and Pop/R&B singer JoJo (who rejected the role)^[3] were considered for the role of Zoe Stewart. Miley Cyrus originally auditioned for the role of the "best friend"^[4] Lilly Romero, later changed to Lilly Truscott, but they thought she would be better for the main character, so she tried out for Zoe Stewart/Hannah Montana. Zoe Stewart was later changed to Chloe Stewart (due mainly to the release of Nickelodeon's new show Zoey 101), which was eventually changed to Miley when she got the part. The names of Hannah Montana were changed a few times. Three of the previous names were Anna Cabana, Samantha York, and Alexis Texas. Alexis Texas was almost used, but they thought that it would overrate Texas as a hillbilly state.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2006, Disney announced plans to release Hannah Montana products including clothing, jewelery, apparel, and dolls at select stores. .^[5] Play Along Toys will be releasing the Hannah and Miley dolls and other merchandise. Hannah Montana is signed for at least one more season according to Disney Channel. Filming for the second season started in December. The new season started in April, 2007, in which she is in high school.^[6]

Opening sequence

The theme song for Hannah Montana is "The Best of Both Worlds" written by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil, produced by Gerrard and performed by Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana). John Carta, who also composes the music cues to signify scene changes and commercial breaks, composed the music for the song. The song's lyrics describe the basic premise of the television series.

The full-length version, which is 2:54 (minutes/seconds) in length, was included on the show's soundtrack, released in October 2006. For the TV version of the theme, which lasts only 50 seconds, stanzas one and two and stanzas seven and eight were only used.

"Just Like You" and "The Other Side of Me" were originally tested for the opening theme song, before "Best of Both Worlds" was chosen as the theme. Stage and features episode clips of each cast member when each cast member's name appears. Each cast member's name is "wiped" on the screen in a marquee light style. The sequence then switches to full screen episode clips (most of the clips used in the season one version of the sequence were of the early produced episodes) with the creator's names appearing in the second-to-last clip. The show's title logo design appears at the beginning and again at the end of the sequence (the latter portion as with most other portions of the sequence on the "concert stage" feature Cyrus as her character Hannah Montana).

Lawsuit

On August 23rd, 2007 Buddy Sheffield, a comedy writer who wrote for The Smothers Brothers Show, The Dolly Parton Show and In Living Color, sued Disney over Hannah Montana alleging that he originally came up with the idea for Hannah Montana but was never compensated by Disney. The lawsuit claims breach of contract, breach of confidence, unfair competition and unjust enrichment. In the lawsuit, Sheffield claims that he pitched an idea for a TV series with the name of "Rock and Roland" to Disney Channel in 2001 with the plot of a junior high student who lived a secret double life as a rock star. The lawsuit claims that Disney Channel executives at first liked the idea but passed on the series. Sheffield claims that he deserves a share of the revenue generated by Hannah Montana.^[7]

Kaki2 yang bergembira :P

Happy Feet is an Academy Award-winning Australian-produced 2006 computer-animated comedy-drama film, directed and co-written by George Miller. It was released in North America on November 17, 2006 and produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures. It is the first animated feature film produced by Kennedy Miller in association with Animal Logic. Though primarily an animated film, it does incorporate live action humans in certain scenes. The film was simultaneously released in both conventional theatres and in IMAX 2D format.^[1] The studio has hinted that a future IMAX 3D release was still a possibility.^[2] Happy Feet won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature after failing to win the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature.

The film was dedicated to Nick Enright, Michael Jonson, Robby McNeilly Green, and Steve Irwin.

Plot

Maurice, Baby Gloria and Memphis look on as Mumble's egg hatches

Set in an Antarctic emperor penguin colony, the film establishes that every penguin must sing a unique song (called a "Heartsong") to attract a soul mate. This is based in fact, since emperor couples court each other and recognize one another by their unique calls. One particular female, Norma Jean, sings her Heartsong, "Kiss", whereupon the male Memphis sings "Heartbreak Hotel". Norma Jean chooses him as her mate. They couple and Norma Jean lays an egg. The egg is left in Memphis's care while Norma Jean and the other females leave to fish for several weeks. While the males are struggling through the harsh winter, Memphis drops the egg, briefly exposing it to the freezing Antarctic temperatures. The resulting chick - the film's protagonist, Mumble - has a terrible singing voice and later discovers he has no Heartsong. However, Mumble has an astute talent for something that none of the penguins had ever seen before: tap dancing.

This ability is frowned upon by the colony's elders, who do not tolerate deviance of any kind. As a result, Mumble is ostracized throughout his childhood, with only his mother and his friend Gloria to turn to for help. Mumble then grows to a young adult, still half-covered in fluffy down. Through a series of mishaps - mainly a mad chase by a hungry leopard seal - the young penguin finds himself far from his home and within the carefree colony of rockhoppers - penguins small in stature, but fiercely loyal to those they call friends. He quickly befriends a small group of bachelors who form a club of sorts called the Amigos: the leader, Ramon, the brothers Raul and Nestor, and twin brothers Rinaldo and Lombardo. The Amigos quickly embrace Mumble's dance moves and assimilate him into their misfit group.

Mumble's joy at finding acceptance for his difference is cut short when strange "alien discoveries" occur; after his accidentally starting an avalanche a long-frozen human excavator tumbles out from a glacier, and Mumble is intrigued. Driven by curiosity, he sets out to find the "aliens" responsible for the machine.

In Mumble's old home, it is mating season, and Gloria is the centre of attention with her heartsong "Boogie Wonderland", as was Mumble's mother. However, although she is surrounded by a large horde of suitors, none of their Heartsongs interest her. At this point, Ramon stands behind a newly come Mumble and sings a Spanish version of "My Way". Gloria likes the song, but is wary because she knows that Mumble can't sing. She pushes him forward, revealing Ramon. She turns back to the other males, and Mumble is temporarily heartbroken. He then persuades her to sing to his dancing, and surprisingly succeeds in getting Gloria to sing to his tapping rhythm. As the other penguins are equally worked up; they all begin dancing, much to Mumble's delight.

Noah, the elder, sees the lack of fish as punishment from the Great 'Guin, their god, regarding Mumble's dancing. Noah exiles Mumble from the colony as a result; before Mumble leaves, he vows that he will find the real cause of the famine, and travels across vast territories with the Amigos and Lovelace, a self-worshipping rockhopper. Gloria tries to help him; Mumble, out of fear for her safety, does whatever it takes to get rid of her - namely, insulting her singing talents.

The Amigos, along with Mumble and Lovelace, travel many miles under harsh conditions. During their journey, they meet a group of elephant seals, who warn of "Annihilators", who are presumably the same "aliens" Mumble seeks.

After narrowly escaping a few killer whales, the birds finally come face to face with a legion of huge trawlers, all laden with fish caught around the Antarctic coast. Mumble follows after them fearlessly, leaving his friends behind to bear testament to his legacy.

Mumble with the 5 Adélie Amigos. Left to right: Néstor, Lombardo, Rinaldo, Mumble, Raul, and Ramón

After swimming and being tossed around by sea currents, Mumble ends up in a penguin exhibit at a marine park (Closely resembling the Penguin Encounter at SeaWorld, most likely the one in Orlando, Florida), and fervently tries to communicate with the "aliens" (humans) who surround him. When his pleas fail, Mumble nearly succumbs to madness after three months of confinement in the sterile glass prison. When a child taps on the glass wall one day, Mumble is woken from his stupor and dances in response, whereupon the child appears to run away. He becomes disappointed until she comes back with her mother. Soon, a large crowd gathers around the exhibit, taking pictures and telling their friends of this marvel. He is released to the wild, now with fewer of his fluffy down feathers and a tracking device strapped to his back, and leads the "aliens" home to his native colony. The other penguins, formerly skeptical, are now convinced that the aliens do exist.

Soon, a helicopter arrives, carrying five men in orange suits. The explorers film the penguins dancing and dance along with the rhythm. They bring this footage back to the human world. Different governments debate what to make of this footage and a worldwide debate ensues. They soon realize that they are overfishing the Antarctic waters, and conclude that perhaps the penguins were trying to communicate that to them. Antarctic fishing is banned, and the fish population returns. At this, the Emperor Penguins and the Amigos dance and celebrate their triumph. A dancing baby penguin seen at the end is implied to be the child of Mumble and Gloria.

[edit] Production

The animation in Happy Feet invested heavily in motion capture technology, with the dance scenes acted out by human dancers. The tap-dancing for Mumble in particular was provided by Savion Glover who was also co-choreographer for the dance sequences.^[3] The dancers went through "Penguin School" to learn how to move like a penguin, and also wore head apparatus to mimic a penguin's beak.^[4]

The film took four years to make. Ben Gunsberger, Lighting Supervisor and VFX Department Supervisor, says this was partly because they needed to build new infrastructure and tools. ^[5]

Miller has mentioned the possibility of a sequel. He says that he has so many ideas he can put into a follow-up, but Miller has two or three more films that he wants to produce before considering it. ^[6]

[edit] Characters

Main article: List of characters in Happy Feet

Actor	Penguin and/or Other Animal
Elijah Wood	Mumble
Brittany Murphy	Gloria
Hugh Jackman	Memphis
Nicole Kidman	Norma Jean
Robin Williams	Ramón & Lovelace
Hugo Weaving	Noah the Elder
Carlos Alazraqui	Néstor
Lombardo Boyar	Raul
Jeff Garcia	Rinaldo
Johnny A. Sanchez	Lombardo
Fat Joe	Seymour
Magda Szubanski	Miss Viola
Miriam Margolyes	Mrs. Astrakhan
Dee Bradley Baker	Maurice
Chrissie Hynde	Michelle
E.G. Daily	Baby Mumble
Alyssa Shafer	Baby Gloria
César Flores	Baby Seymour
Anthony LaPaglia	Boss Skua
Danny Mann	Dino/Zoo Penguin
Mark Klastorin	Vinnie
Michael Cornacchia	Frankie
Nicholas McKay	Nev
Tiriel Mora	Kev
Steve Irwin	Trev
Richard Carter	Barry
Roger Rose	The Leopard Seal
Peter Carroll	Elder
Larry Moss	Elder
Lee Perry	Elder/Zoo Penguin
Alan Shearman	Elder
Giselle Loren	Adélie Chica
Denise Blasor	Adélie Chica
Michelle Arthur	Adélie Chica

[edit] References to other films

• Early in the pre-production, director/producer George Miller called fellow Australian filmmaker John Weiley, of Heliograph Productions. He asked if he could view all the rushes of Emperor penguin footage from John's 1991 IMAX film, Antarctica. ^[7] Miller viewed the footage in Sydney prior to announcing the production. Many of the sequences and behaviors are similar to the live action footage from the IMAX film.

• Many sequences and plot devices in the film are similar to those in the Antarctic documentary March of the Penguins, released in 2005, because both films are mainly about Emperor penguins. (On the DVD documentary, Robin Williams says he saw the film as March of the Penguins meets Riverdance.) Despite the similarities, both films were in production before details of either were announced. Happy Feet was partially inspired by earlier documentaries such as the BBC's Life in the Freezer.^[8]

• When Mumble is found by the "aliens," he is transported to a zoo, which recalls the end sequence of 2001: A Space Odyssey. A magellanic penguin that talks to Mumble speaks with a voice similar to that of Douglas Rain, the voice of HAL, the villain of 2001 asking for emotions from Mumble, whom the penguin calls Dave, 2001's protagonist. The most obvious pastiche is the sequence that zooms out from the center of Mumble/Dave's eye to the overhead shot of the zoo, region, planet, and finally universe, symbolic of Mumble's isolated, conquered state.

• Happy Feet possesses striking similarities to the EB White book, The Trumpet of the Swan, and its subsequent film adaptation. Mumble seems to fill the role of Louis, while Gloria represents Serena. In the movie, even Serena's father's name was Maurice. Lovelace could be compared to Joe Mantegna's character Monty in the film, or to the original book's Boatman; while the Amigos, collectively, bear a similar role to that of Sam Beaver.

• Another book, Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies, a red deer by the name of Rannoch seems to share the hero role with Mumble for the stag was prophecized to bring peace to his people and had to flee for freedom from his home herd when he was just an adolescent fawn. He also has a white oak leaf mark on his forehead, whereas Mumble had a gray bow tie mark on his breast. The red deer, calling themselves the Herla, also believed in a deity similar to the Great 'Guin; the Celtic forest god Herne, often mentioned as a giant golden stag with a majestic rack of antlers.

• Several sequences of the movie are very similar in both premise and execution to scenes in Don Bluth's 1995 animated film The Pebble and the Penguin - wherein a misfit penguin must compete with a villainous rival for the affections of one female.

• There is a plot similarity to Jonathan Livingston Seagull, in that both stories feature a bird who is ostracized by his elders for his persistent recourse to an atypical skill, only to learn something that will benefit his people forever.

• There are many similarities to the 1984 film Footloose, where a town has banned dancing. Noah the Elder, much like Reverend Shaw Moore, forbids the penguins from dancing because it would only bring about great "evil" - as Noah blames the food shortage on Mumble's dancing.

[edit] Music

Main article: Happy Feet (soundtracks)

Happy Feet is a jukebox musical, taking previously recorded songs and working them into the film's soundtrack to fit with the mood of the scene or character. Two soundtrack albums were released for the film; one containing songs from and inspired by the film, and another featuring John Powell's instrumental score. They were released on October 31, 2006 and December 19, 2006, respectively.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Won

Academy Awards

• Best Animated Feature

60th British Academy Film Awards

• Best Animated Feature Film

Golden Globes

• Best Original Song - "Song of the Heart" by Prince

American Film Institute Awards 2006

• Honored as one of the Top Ten Best Films of the Year

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

• Best Animation

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

• Best Animated Film

Golden Trailer Awards^[9]

• Best Music

Heartland Awards

• The Truly Moving Picture Award

Kids' Choice Awards

• Best Animated Film

[edit] Nominations

Golden Globe Award

• Best Animated Feature

Annie Awards

• Best Animated Feature
• Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production

Satellite Awards

• Nominated for Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media

[edit] Home video

Happy Feet Fullscreen DVD disc

Happy Feet was released on March 27, 2007^[10] in the United States in three formats; DVD (in separate widescreen and pan and scan editions), Blu-ray Disc, and an HD-DVD/DVD combo disc.^[11]

Among the DVD's special features is a scene that was cut from the film where Mumble meets a blue whale and an albatross. The albatross was Steve Irwin's first voice role in the film before he voiced the elephant seal in the final cut. The scene was finished and included on the DVD in memory of Steve Irwin. This scene is done in Steve's classic documentary style, with the albatross telling the viewer all about the other characters in the scene, and the impact people are having on their environment.

[edit] Video games

Main article: Happy Feet (video game)

A video game based on the film was developed by A2M and published by Midway Games. It has the same main cast as the film. It was released for the following platforms: PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, GBA, NDS, and Wii.^[12] Screenshots and demo clips of the various versions of the Happy Feet game can be seen at the official website.

Artificial Life, Inc. has also developed a Happy Feet mobile game for the Japan market.^[13]

[edit] Reception

[edit] Box office

Weekend	Gross	Rank	Total
1	$41,533,432	1	$41,533,432
2	$37,038,046	1	$99,256,766
3	$17,545,418	1	$121,501,018
4	$12,904,413	2	$137,932,841
5	$8,358,421	4	$149,244,791
6	$5,163,474	8	$160,521,910
7	$7,650,181	9	$179,152,000
8	$4,004,462	13	$185,414,182

The film opened at number one in the United States on its first weekend of release (November 17-November 19) grossing $41.6M and beating Casino Royale for the top spot.^[14] It remained number one for the Thanksgiving weekend, making $51.6 million over the five-day period. In total, the film was the top grosser for three weeks, a 2006 box office feat matched only by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. As of March 8, 2007, Happy Feet has grossed $194.9 million in the U.S. and $172.1 million overseas, making about $384 million dollars worldwide. The film has been released in about 35 international territories at the close of 2006.^[15][16][17]

The production budget was $100 million.^[18]

[edit] Critical reviews

Happy Feet has received better than average reviews from film critics, and received a 75% "fresh" approval in the Rotten Tomatoes movie review aggregate site.^[19]

• Kirk Honeycutt said that Happy Feet "astonishes," it has brilliant choreography and orchestration, and is entertaining for younger viewers. Honeycutt also said that, "[George] Miller boldly reaches for spiritual themes," and "happily, it all works."^[20]

• Gene Seymour described Happy Feet as "a rich, absorbing story that isn't content to dazzle you with effects, but rouse your spirits." Seymour adds "nothing prepares you for its sweeping visual design and its conceptual energy."^[21]

• Lou Lumenick praised Happy Feet for its "stunning visuals," calling the film "inspired" and "uplifting." Lumenick further added that "It's Dumbo meets Footloose," and "Happy Feet is not only the year's best animated movie, it's one of the year's best movies, period. Go."^[22]

• The film received a "two thumbs up" rating on the television show Ebert & Roeper. A. O. Scott, Roger Ebert's temporary replacement, is quoted as saying "Happy Feet was made with enough skill, and enough heart, to get a thumbs up from me." Richard Roeper agreed, saying "I think kids will love it, because penguins are cute."^[23]

• Jordan Harper of The Village Voice was quoted as saying "If anything could tempt an adult to go see a dancing-penguin movie, it's the phrase 'from the guy who brought you Babe.' That movie got everything right about talking animals, but alas, George Miller does not live up to his earlier work here. Even the wee ones may start to notice something's amiss when the movie's theme goes from 'be yourself' to 'we must regulate the overfishing of the Antarctic oceans.' No, for real."^[24]

[edit] Environmental message

The movie contains a strong environmental message but much of the film consists of a fairly standard story of a misfit struggling to find acceptance, the film's denouement shows a group of researchers taking video of the colony of dancing emperor penguins, and the footage is broadcasted globally. This precipitates a resolution to stop commercial overfishing of the Antarctic. In addition, one sequence consists of the penguins encountering debris, such as plastic six-pack rings, floating in the sea; they wonder out loud, "[The humans] have got to be around here somewhere - why would they leave all this behind?" In another scene, Mumble is rescued from an urban coastline and brought to a marine park, where he slowly loses his mind within the glass confines of a penguin exhibit. The bird slips into despair; when he incidentally dances one day, he attracts a crowd of astounded people. This leads to Mumble's freedom and eventual return to Antarctica. There, he dances again, encouraging most of his colony to join him. The humans see this, and the message is made clear after long, heated arguments.

During Mumble's life, the supply of fish is running low. Mumble is banished due to the elders' thinking that his dancing offends "The Great 'Guin," and that the offense is the cause of the food shortage but he eventually finds "aliens" (humans) using a large net to capture fish. In the exhibit, all the penguins are well-fed as witnessed when Mumble returns to Emperor Land. Among the arguments made by humans involve that they are "messing with their food chain". At first, the officials of the world refuse to do anything but after protests by people who saw the dancing penguins, they eventually declare "No Fishing" in Antarctica and eventually, everyone in Emperor Land (and everywhere else in Antarctica, possibly) is well-fed and the shortage is gone.

According to the director, George Miller, the environmental message was not a major part of the original script, but "In Australia, we're very, very aware of the ozone hole," he said, "and Antarctica is literally the canary in the coal mine for this stuff. So it sort of had to go in that direction." This influence lead to a film with a more environmental tone. Miller said, "You can't tell a story about Antarctica and the penguins without giving that dimension."