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Revision as of 16:53, 25 August 2014

Happy Feet
Created byGeorge Miller
Films and television
Film(s)
Games
Video game(s)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)

Happy Feet is a series of animated films produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and Animal Logic and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Films

Happy Feet (2006)

Set deep in Antarctica, every penguin must sing a song to attract a soul mate. Memphis, the leader of the penguins and his wife Norma Jean have a baby, Mumble. Mumble has the worst singing in penguin history, leading to him being taunted. While in deep thought, Mumble discovers a talent for tap dancing and learns faster and easier as he grows up. No one in Antarctica approves of this, and his father nicknames him "Happy Feet". Finally, his strict father tells him he should leave to find a whole new voice. On his way, five small Spanish penguins follow Mumble and help him on his journey.

3-D Re-Release

The studio had hinted that a future IMAX 3D release was a possibility. However, Warner Bros., the film’s production company, was on too tight a budget to release Happy Feet in IMAX digital 3D.[3]

Happy Feet Two (2011)

Mumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters Amazing Hero Puffin called "The Mighty Sven," whom he thinks he is a penguin who can fly. Things get worse for Mumble when the world is shaken by powerful forces, causing him to brings together the penguin nations and their allies to set things right.

Happy Feet Three

The only mention of a third Happy Feet film comes from a 2011 interview, in which director George Miller was asked if he had any plans for Happy Feet Three.[1]

"If you put a gun to my head and said, 'You have to come up with a story for Happy Feet Three,' I’d say shoot me. I would have no idea. I really would have no idea. The stories creep up on you. You just have to allow the stories to come, and then they get in like little ear worms in your head and they won’t go away. If that happens and we’ve got the energy, we’ll do it is a fantastic movie a third one. If it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen. That’s the only way you can do it. It has to be authentic. I really wanted to make this film better than the first one. Otherwise, at my age, what’s the point? You really want to make it better. If something comes up that’s really exciting and I can convey that enthusiasm to other people, then there would be a third one."

— George Miller.

Release

Box office performance

Earning a total of $534,742,074, Happy Feet is the 14th highest-grossing animated franchise.

Film Release date Revenue Rank Budget Reference
United States Foreign Worldwide All time domestic All time worldwide
Happy Feet 17 November 2006 $198,000,317 $186,335,291 $384,335,608 #129 #164 $100,000,000 [2]
Happy Feet Two 18 November 2011 $64,006,466 $86,400,000 $150,406,466 #947 $135,000,000 [3]
Total $262,006,783 $272,735,291 $534,742,074 $235,000,000

Critical reception

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
Happy Feet 75% (161 reviews)[4] 77% (30 reviews)[5]
Happy Feet Two 46% (111 reviews)[6] 57% (38 reviews)[7]
Average Ratings 60.5% 67%

Cast and characters

Character Films
Happy Feet Happy Feet Two
Mumble Elijah Wood
Elizabeth Daily (Young Mumble)
Elijah Wood
Gloria Brittany Murphy
Alyssa Shafer (Young Gloria)
Pink
Erik Silent cameo Ava Acres (singing by Elizabeth Daily)
Ramon Robin Williams
Lombardo Johnny A. Sanchez
Nestor Carlos Alazraqui
Raul Lombardo Boyar
Rinaldo Jeffrey Garcia
Lovelace Robin Williams
Memphis Hugh Jackman Hugh Jackman (cameo)
Norma Jean Nicole Kidman Nicole Kidman (cameo)
Noah the Elder Hugo Weaving
Miss Viola Magda Szubanski
Seymour Fat Joe Common
Atticus Lil' P-Nut
Boadicea Meibh Campbell (singing by Elizabeth Daily)
The Mighty Sven Hank Azaria
Carmen Sofía Vergara
Mrs. Astrakhan Miriam Margoyles
Barry (1) Bryan the Beachmaster (2) Richard Carter
Trev Steve Irwin Silent cameo
Nev Nicholas McKay Silent cameo
Kev Tiriel Mora Silent cameo
Boss/Alpha Skua Anthony LaPaglia
Dino (1) Brokebeak (2) Danny Mann
Frankie Michael Cornacchia
Vinnie Mark Klastorin Silent cameo
Will the Krill Brad Pitt
Bill the Krill Matt Damon
Eggbert Lee Perry
  • Note: A grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.

Video games

References

  1. ^ Christina Radish (16 November 2011). "Director George Miller Talks HAPPY FEET TWO, MAD MAX, and JUSTICE LEAGUE". collider.com. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Happy Feet (2006)". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ^ "Happy Feet Two (2011)". Box Office Mojo.
  4. ^ [w.rottentomatoes.com/m/happy_feet/ "Happy Feet (2006)"]. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 25 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  5. ^ Happy Feet at Metacritic
  6. ^ "Happy Feet Two (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  7. ^ Happy Feet Two at Metacritic
  8. ^ Happy Feet. Midway.com. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Official Video Game of Happy Feet 2". PRNewsWire.com. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.