Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
- Won 1 Oscar
- 20 wins & 26 nominations total
Elijah Wood
- Mumble
- (voice)
Brittany Murphy
- Gloria
- (voice)
Hugh Jackman
- Memphis
- (voice)
Robin Williams
- Ramon
- (voice)
- …
Carlos Alazraqui
- Nestor
- (voice)
Lombardo Boyar
- Raul
- (voice)
Jeffrey Garcia
- Rinaldo
- (voice)
- (as Jeff Garcia)
Johnny A. Sanchez
- Lombardo
- (voice)
- (as Johnny Sanchez III)
Nicole Kidman
- Norma Jean
- (voice)
Hugo Weaving
- Noah the Elder
- (voice)
Elizabeth Daily
- Baby Mumble
- (voice)
- (as E.G. Daily)
Magda Szubanski
- Miss Viola
- (voice)
Alyssa Shafer
- Baby Gloria
- (voice)
Cesar Flores
- Baby Seymour
- (voice)
Anthony LaPaglia
- Boss Skua
- (voice)
Danny Mann
- Dino
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- Goofs(at around 11 mins) When Memphis and Norma Jean find each other in the crowd (when the females are returning), one penguin in the center of the screen walks through another penguin.
- Quotes
Leopard Seal: Come here, sausage. I take you with ketchup!
Ramón: Yeah, but first you gotta catch up!
[laughing]
- Crazy creditsMumble, Gloria, Memphis, Norma Jean, Noah, Ramón, Lovelace, Mrs. Astrakhan and a baby penguin can be seen tap dancing under the credits while Song of the Heart by Prince is playing.
- ConnectionsEdited into Happy Feet: European Premiere Special (2006)
- SoundtracksGolden Slumbers
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Published by Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
Produced by T Bone Burnett
Performed by k.d. lang
Courtesy of Nonesuch Records
Featured review
Boy can that penguin tap!
Ever since I was a little girl I had an obsession with penguins. I couldn't help it, I thought they were so fascinating and cute. And you know what, I still do. Happy Feet was a film I really wanted to see, and after finally seeing it, I really liked it. It is a shame though that the plot is as thin as a block of ice and the ending is too abrupt and preachy. Other than that, contrary to some of the negative comments, it is a good film. The animation is dazzling; the backgrounds are colourful and the character movements are excellent. The music by John Powell was memorable and fun. Sometimes it brought a sense of fun, sometimes it even enhanced the drama. The characters are endearing. Mumble when he was a child was adorable, and Gloria is a beautiful penguin with a lovely voice. The dancing is a wonder, boy can Mumble tap. I didn't care that Mumble was different from the others, he had a talent of his own and made good use of it. The voice acting is impressive. I don't care for Elijah Wood but he does a good job as Mumble, and Robin Williams is especially funny as Ramon and Lovelace. Brittany Murphy is sweet as Gloria, but I was shocked that Nicole Kidman voiced Norma Jean. All in all, good film, nice premise, lovely animation and music. Shame it crashes down in the final twenty minutes. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Dec 17, 2009
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Happy Feet: The IMAX Experience
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $100,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $198,000,317
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $41,533,432
- Nov 19, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $384,336,108
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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