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A daring parrot recounts how Robinson Crusoe came to be stranded on a tropical island.A daring parrot recounts how Robinson Crusoe came to be stranded on a tropical island.A daring parrot recounts how Robinson Crusoe came to be stranded on a tropical island.
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Kaya Yanar
- Papagei Dienstag
- (voice)
Ilka Bessin
- Tapir Rosie
- (voice)
- (as Cindy aus Marzahn)
Ghadah Al-Akel
- Ping
- (voice)
Tommy Morgenstern
- Pong
- (voice)
Melanie Hinze
- Kiki
- (voice)
Bert Franzke
- Edgar
- (voice)
Tobias Lelle
- Pango
- (voice)
Gerald Schaale
- Carmello
- (voice)
Jesco Wirthgen
- Rufus
- (voice)
Jan Makino
- Cecil
- (voice)
Axel Lutter
- John Silver
- (voice)
Jan-David Rönfeldt
- Bootsmann
- (voice)
Claudio Maniscalco
- 1. Pirat
- (voice)
Tilo Schmitz
- 2. Pirat
- (voice)
Francois Smesny
- 3. Pirat
- (voice)
- Directors
- Writers
- Daniel Defoe(uncredited)
- Domonic Paris
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Did you know
- TriviaThe movie was originally released as a short film screening at Kings Dominion Parks
- GoofsNear the beginning of the film the watchman (who kicks the cat) spots an island off the starboard (right) side of the ship, when the Captain is awoken he is sleeping in his room at the back of the ship, he picks up his telescope and looks out of the open window on the port (left) side of the ship and sees the same island.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Top 10 Worst Animated Films of the 2010 Decade (2019)
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Near Pixar Quality Animation, Not Pixar Quality Storytelling
It may not be fair to compare an independent Belgian animation to industry dominators like Pixar, but the film industry is competitive.
This film has excellent animation considering it was made by an independent company. Many vibrant colours are featured, and although the don't burst of the screen like Rio, it does add to the aesthetics of the film. Yet, it does feel like the film is very self contained, but it doesn't impact it in a good way. The setting explored (or not) has a lack of scope and the film clearly suffers from this. But for kids, this will not be a problem.
Despite strong design and animation, the direction is nothing notable. There are a maximum of two slightly interesting ideas (in the form of transitions) but other than that, everything else seems average, with no courageous attempts add to adding anything to the story.
Unfortunately, the film falls flat on the storytelling (particularly through dialogue) which just results in everything being cliché and predictable; it brings nothing new to the table. It appears that the writers just gave up, a shame considering if the dialogue wasn't so forced then the film wouldn't suffer so much. There isn't even an innuendo to keep the adults entertained.
This film is a good way to keep the kids occupied for 90mins, but nothing that adults will obtain any pleasure from (unless you are in awe of the animation which I doubt you will be).
This film has excellent animation considering it was made by an independent company. Many vibrant colours are featured, and although the don't burst of the screen like Rio, it does add to the aesthetics of the film. Yet, it does feel like the film is very self contained, but it doesn't impact it in a good way. The setting explored (or not) has a lack of scope and the film clearly suffers from this. But for kids, this will not be a problem.
Despite strong design and animation, the direction is nothing notable. There are a maximum of two slightly interesting ideas (in the form of transitions) but other than that, everything else seems average, with no courageous attempts add to adding anything to the story.
Unfortunately, the film falls flat on the storytelling (particularly through dialogue) which just results in everything being cliché and predictable; it brings nothing new to the table. It appears that the writers just gave up, a shame considering if the dialogue wasn't so forced then the film wouldn't suffer so much. There isn't even an innuendo to keep the adults entertained.
This film is a good way to keep the kids occupied for 90mins, but nothing that adults will obtain any pleasure from (unless you are in awe of the animation which I doubt you will be).
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- Apr 16, 2016
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- Also known as
- Las locuras de Robinson Crusoe
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- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,005,586
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,342,696
- Sep 11, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $40,075,446
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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