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Revision as of 18:11, 26 September 2007
| Hugo the Hippo | |
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 Hugo the Hippo film poster | |
| Directed by | William Feigenbaum József Gémes |
| Written by | Thomas Baum William Feigenbaum József Szalóky |
| Produced by | Robert Halmi Jr. |
| Starring | Burl Ives Robert Morley Paul Lynde Jesse Emmett Ronnie Cox |
| Edited by | Sid Cooper Magda Hap Mária Kern |
| Music by | Burt Keyes Robert Larimer |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release date | 1973 |
Running time | 86 min./USA 75 min. |
| Country | Hungary / United States |
| Language | English / Hungarian |
Hugo the Hippo (Hungarian: Hugó, a víziló) is a 1973 animated film originally made by the Pannónia Filmstúdió of Hungary. It was redubbed in English for release in the United States in 1976, and received a G rating from the MPAA.
Plot
The Sultan of Zanzibar has a harbor infested with sharks, which makes it impossible for ships to trade with him. In an attempt to fix the problem, he brings twelve hippos into the harbor to keep the sharks away. His idea works well enough, but once the hippos are no longer a novelty and the people no longer feed them, they begin to starve. After the hungry hippos rampage through the city looking for food, Aban-Khan, the king's adviser, slaughters all the hippos except one, a little hippo named Hugo. Hugo escapes into the city of Zanzibar, trying to survive.
Cast and crew
- Directors - William Feigenbaum and József Gémes
- Screenplay - Thomas Baum, William Feigenbaum and József Szalóky
Hungarian-language cast
- Ferenc Bessenyei - Narrator (voice)
- László Márkus - Sultan (voice)
- Tamás Major - Aban-Khan (voice)
- Gábor Berkes - Jorma (voice)
- István Bujtor - Jorma's Father (voice)
- Kati Kovács - (singing voice)
- Erzsébet Kútvölgyi - (singing voice)
- Péter Máté - (singing voice)
English-language cast
- Burl Ives - Narrator (voice)
- Robert Morley - Sultan (voice)
- Paul Lynde - Aban-Khan (voice)
- Jesse Emmett - Royal Magician (voice)
- Ronnie Cox - Jorma (voice)
- Percy Rodriguez - Jorma's Father (voice)
- Len Maxwell - Judge (voice)
- Marie Osmond - (singing voice)
- Jimmy Osmond - (singing voice)
- Don Marshall - Additional characters (voice)
Home video/DVD releases
The film was briefly released to the American home video market in the early 1980s. It was released on DVD only in Hungary. Reviewer Phil Hall suggests that Hugo the Hippo may never get a DVD release due to its psychedelic, weird, politically-incorrect and violent content.[1]
References
- ^ Hall, Phil. "The Bootleg Files: Hugo the Hippo." Filmthreat.com, February 11, 2005. Retrieved November 9, 2006.