Arctic Tale (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Directors:

Adam Ravetch
Sarah Robertson

Escritores (WGA):

Linda Woolverton (narration) and
Mose Richards (narration) ...
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Fecha de Lanzamiento:

17 agosto 2007 (USA)

Género:

Documental | Familia

Frase comercial:

A real adventure in the coolest place on earth

Plot:

Two narratives -- the life cycle of a mother walrus and her calf, and the life of a polar bear and her cubs -- are used to illustrate the harsh realities of existence in the Arctic. |

Plot Keywords:

Walrus | Arctic | Polar Bear | Island | Aurora

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Beautifully Made, But A Bit Manipulative

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 12

7:30 AM

SHOW

Reparto

Queen Latifah	...	Narrator
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Katrina Agate	...	Kid in End Credits
Zain Ali	...	Kid in End Credits
Preston Bailey	...	Kid in End Credits
Kwesi Boakye	...	Kid in End Credits
Michael Huang	...	Kid in End Credits
Sierra Marcoux	...	Kid in End Credits
Dante Pastula	...	Kid in End Credits
Peyton Pearson	...	Kid in End Credits
Isabella Peschardt	...	Kid in End Credits
Christina Robinson	...	Kid in End Credits
Lili Sepe	...	Kid in End Credits
Ke'ala Valencia	...	Kid in End Credits

Dirigida por
Adam Ravetch
Sarah Robertson

Créditos del guión (WGA)
Linda Woolverton		(narration) and
Mose Richards		(narration) and
Kristin Gore		(narration)

Producida por
Katie Bauer	....	associate producer
Kattie Evans	....	co-producer
Tim Kelly	....	executive producer
Adam Leipzig	....	producer
John Bard Manulis	....	executive producer
Kevin McCarey	....	executive producer
Chris Miller	....	co-producer
Chris Miller	....	post-production producer: Visionbox Media Group
Michael Rosenfeld	....	executive producer
Keenan Smart	....	producer

Música original por
Joby Talbot

Fotografía por
Adam Ravetch

Montaje por
Beth Spiegel

Dirección de producción
Marc Ambrose	....	production manager
Marc Ambrose	....	production supervisor
Bill Newcomb	....	post-production supervisor

Departamento de sonido
Steve Kinsey	....	sound mix technician
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer
Richard Taylor	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects
Mandy Arnold	....	digital effects artist
Donnie Creighton	....	digital intermediate producer
Ryan Helsley	....	digital intermediate producer
Vincent Lavares	....	data manager: Laser Pacific
Michael Morreale	....	executive producer: Amalgamated Pixels
Phillip Palousek	....	visual effects coordinator
Matt Sell	....	digital artist
Mai Suzuki	....	digital restoration artist
Rainy Venne	....	digital compositor

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Patrick Campbell	....	assistant camera
David Canestro	....	key grip
Ken Corben	....	camera operator
William Long	....	camera operator
John 'Fest' Sandau	....	gaffer: additional photography

Departamento de Animación
Gary Hebert	....	title animator

Departamento de Edición
Kenny Becker	....	color timer
Mia Goldman	....	editorial consultant
Ryan Helsley	....	digital intermediate producer
Frank McGrath	....	assistant editor
Mike Sowa	....	digital intermediate color timer
Eric Stran	....	assistant editor
Cory Taylor	....	second editor
Pauline von Moos	....	assistant editor

Departamento de Música
Christopher Austin	....	orchestrator
Tom Calderaro	....	orchestrator
Ralph Sall	....	executive music producer
Ralph Sall	....	soundtrack album producer
Jim Schultz	....	additional music editor
Artem Vassiliev	....	orchestrator
Alice Wood	....	music editor
Gina Zimmitti	....	orchestra contractor

Otros miembros del equipo
Dean Galanis	....	production assistant
Pamela B. Green	....	main title producer
Heather Holty	....	digital laboratory project manager
Jesse Kobayashi	....	digital laboratory project manager
Jill Léger	....	senior research consultant
Randy Weiss	....	production executive: Visionbox Media Group

Gracias
Frank Marshall	....	thanks

Compañías Productores

• Visionbox Pictures (in association with)
• National Geographic Films
• Starbucks Entertainment

Distribuidores

• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Benelux Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Cinema Mondo (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Festive Films (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Notro Films (2006) (Spain) (all media)
• Paramount Pictures (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Paramount Vantage (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount Vantage (2007) (USA) (all media)
• Shochiku Company (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)

Otras Compañías

• Bulletproof Recording Company  soundtrack (as Bulletproof Records)
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• PIC Agency  titles
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Pivotal Post  editing facilities provided by
• Scarlet Letters  end crawl
• Visionbox Media Group  post-production supervision and services

También conocida como:

Call of the North (USA) (working title)
Un cuento polar (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]

Duración:

USA:90 min | USA:96 min | Argentina:96 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Clasificación:

USA:G | Ireland:G | Singapore:PG | South Korea:Todo | Germany:o.Al. | Taiwan:GP | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:K-3

Compañía:

Visionbox Pictures

Banda de Sonido:

Happy ever after in your eyes

Beautifully Made, But A Bit Manipulative

I say this movie is manipulative only because it seems to promise one thing and deliver another. I rented it because I thought my 4 year old daughter would enjoy what seemed to be the promise of one of those cutesy, kiddie-oriented movies featuring baby animals having fun adventures together. The truth is that she wasn't really enthralled by it, and while there are some baby animals in this (mostly a polar bear and a walrus) the "adventures" related really have more to do with the struggle of the animals to adapt to the changing ice conditions in the Arctic being caused by global warming. I have no problem with the message - I think the fight against global warming is extremely important. I just had a bit of a reaction against what I thought was the not entirely honest description of the movie's purpose.

Having said that, as a nature movie I thought this was not bad (although it has more to say to adults than to 4 year olds.) Narrated by Queen Latifah, and made in co-operation with the National Geographic Society, it's has some things in common with the Antarctic adventure "March Of The Penguins" (although it's not as good). As you would expect from National Geographic, the photography is brilliant, and a wide variety of animals are featured (in addition to the polar bears and walruses, there are arctic foxes, beluga whales, orcas, narwhaals, terns and gulls and possibly a few I'm forgetting.) The message isn't subtle; it gets through very clearly - the Arctic is warming up! - and it's true that you do find yourself drawn into the animals' lives and rooting for them through their struggles. I appreciated that the film anded on a fairly positive note, as the arctic life cycle continued, with what had been the baby animals becoming mothers to new babies.

Manipulation aside, the film is family-friendly and, as I noted, very well photographed, but in the end it didn't accomplish what I had hoped - which was to truly entertain a 4 year old.