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This movie is not a straight adaptation of [[The Little Prince|Saint-Exupéry's novel]]. Rather, elements from the novel are woven into an original narrative about a young girl who is dealing with her pushy Mother who wants her to grow up too fast.
This movie is not a straight adaptation of [[The Little Prince|Saint-Exupéry's novel]]. Rather, elements from the novel are woven into an original narrative about a young girl who is dealing with her pushy Mother who wants her to grow up too fast.


The Mother of a Little Girl wants her daughter to enroll in the prestigious Werth Academy. To ensure her daughter will pass the entrance exam, the Mother imposes on her a rigorous study schedule for the summer that leaves very little time for leisure. The Little Girl, however, becomes distracted by her next-door neighbor, a retired Aviator who, over the course of the summer, shares with her the story of a boy called "the Little Prince", whom he supposedly encountered in a desert when his plane crashed. The Mother is angered when she discovers their relationship as it is distracting her daughter from her important work, but the Little Girl keeps visiting the Aviator behind her Mother's back. The Aviator finally completes the story of The Little Prince, and the Little Girl is deeply upset by the sad ending.
The Mother of the Little Girl wants her daughter to enroll in the prestigious Werth Academy. To ensure her daughter will pass the entrance exam, the Mother imposes on her a rigorous study schedule for the summer that leaves very little time for leisure. The Little Girl, however, becomes distracted by her next-door neighbor, a retired Aviator who, over the course of the summer, shares with her the story of a boy called "the Little Prince", whom he supposedly encountered in a desert when his plane crashed. The Mother is angered when she discovers their relationship as it is distracting her daughter from her important work, but the Little Girl keeps visiting the Aviator behind her Mother's back. The Aviator finally completes the story of The Little Prince, and the Little Girl is deeply upset by the sad ending.


Near the end of the summer, the Aviator takes ill and is hospitalized. That night, the Little Girl has a dream wherein she flies the Aviator's plane to an asteroid populated exclusively by adults, where everyone works joylessly for the Businessman from the Aviator's story. There, she finds the Prince, now a grown man and working as a janitor. He is now a meek and jittery fellow, having forgotten his past, and perpetually worried about disappointing the Businessman. The Prince takes the Little Girl to the Academy, where the Teacher attempts to forcibly turn her into a submissive, workaholic adult. The Prince, suddenly recalling his past, rescues the Little Girl. Together, they break into the Businessman's vault where they find all the stars he has hoarded in a big glass case. The Little Girl shatters the case, releasing the stars back into the sky where they belong. The Prince and the Little Girl then fly to the Prince's asteroid, which is now overgrown with baobabs. The Prince's beloved rose is dead, but when dawn comes they see the image of the rose in the Sun. Seeing this vision, the Prince transforms into a little boy again. The Little Girl returns to Earth with the aid of a flock of birds.
Near the end of the summer, the Aviator takes ill and is hospitalized. That night, the Little Girl has a dream wherein she flies the Aviator's plane to an asteroid populated exclusively by adults, where everyone works joylessly for the Businessman from the Aviator's story. There, she finds the Prince, now a grown man and working as a janitor. He is now a meek and jittery fellow, having forgotten his past, and perpetually worried about disappointing the Businessman. The Prince takes the Little Girl to the Academy, where the Teacher attempts to forcibly turn her into a submissive, workaholic adult. The Prince, suddenly recalling his past, rescues the Little Girl. Together, they break into the Businessman's vault where they find all the stars he has hoarded in a big glass case. The Little Girl shatters the case, releasing the stars back into the sky where they belong. The Prince and the Little Girl then fly to the Prince's asteroid, which is now overgrown with baobabs. The Prince's beloved rose is dead, but when dawn comes they see the image of the rose in the Sun. Seeing this vision, the Prince transforms into a little boy again. The Little Girl returns to Earth with the aid of a flock of birds.
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| Mr. Prince || [[Guillaume Canet]] || [[Paul Rudd]]<ref name=NewsweekTrailer/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Foundas|first1=Scott|title=Cannes Film Review: ‘The Little Prince’|url=http://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/the-little-prince-cannes-review-1201503230/|accessdate=June 21, 2015|work=Variety|date=May 22, 2015|quote=...and the now-adolescent Prince (Paul Rudd)...}}</ref>
| Mr. Prince || [[Guillaume Canet]] || [[Paul Rudd]]<ref name=NewsweekTrailer/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Foundas|first1=Scott|title=Cannes Film Review: ‘The Little Prince’|url=http://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/the-little-prince-cannes-review-1201503230/|accessdate=June 21, 2015|work=Variety|date=May 22, 2015|quote=...and the now-adolescent Prince (Paul Rudd)...}}</ref>
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| The Rose || colspan=2 | [[Marion Cotillard]]<ref name=TF1Trailer/>
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| The Fox || [[Vincent Cassel]]<ref name=TF1Trailer/> || [[James Franco]]
| The Fox || [[Vincent Cassel]]<ref name=TF1Trailer/> || [[James Franco]]
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| The Rose || colspan=2 | [[Marion Cotillard]]<ref name=TF1Trailer/>
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| The Snake || [[Guillaume Gallienne]]<ref name=TF1Trailer/> || [[Benicio del Toro]]
| The Snake || [[Guillaume Gallienne]]<ref name=TF1Trailer/> || [[Benicio del Toro]]

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The Little Prince
File:The Little Prince (2015 film) poster.jpg
French theatrical poster
Directed byMark Osborne
Screenplay byIrena Brignull
Bob Persichetti
Produced byDimitri Rassam
Aton Soumache
Alexis Vonarb
StarringAndré Dussollier
Florence Foresti
Vincent Cassel
Marion Cotillard
Guillaume Gallienne
Laurent Lafitte
Vincent Lindon
Edited byCarole Kravetz Aykanian
Matt Landon
Music byRichard Harvey
Hans Zimmer
Production
companies
Onyx Films
Orange Studio
On Entertainment
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • 22 May 2015 (2015-05-22) (Cannes)[1]
  • 29 July 2015 (2015-07-29) (France)[2]
Running time
110 minutes[4]
CountryFrance[3]
LanguageEnglish[5][6]
Budget€57 million ($77.5 million)[7]
Box office$23.2 million[8]

The Little Prince (original title: Le Petit Prince) is a French[3] computer-animated fantasy film directed by Mark Osborne. Irena Brignull wrote the script based on the 1943 novel of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. As the first animated feature film adaptation of The Little Prince,[9] the film uses stop motion animation for the novel's story and computer animation for an additional frame narrative.

The English version stars the voices of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Marion Cotillard, James Franco, Benicio del Toro, Ricky Gervais, Bud Cort, Paul Giamatti, Albert Brooks and Mackenzie Foy. It had its world premiere on 22 May 2015 at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in an out-of-competition screening,[1] followed by a wide theatrical release in France on 29 July 2015.[2]

Plot

This movie is not a straight adaptation of Saint-Exupéry's novel. Rather, elements from the novel are woven into an original narrative about a young girl who is dealing with her pushy Mother who wants her to grow up too fast.

The Mother of the Little Girl wants her daughter to enroll in the prestigious Werth Academy. To ensure her daughter will pass the entrance exam, the Mother imposes on her a rigorous study schedule for the summer that leaves very little time for leisure. The Little Girl, however, becomes distracted by her next-door neighbor, a retired Aviator who, over the course of the summer, shares with her the story of a boy called "the Little Prince", whom he supposedly encountered in a desert when his plane crashed. The Mother is angered when she discovers their relationship as it is distracting her daughter from her important work, but the Little Girl keeps visiting the Aviator behind her Mother's back. The Aviator finally completes the story of The Little Prince, and the Little Girl is deeply upset by the sad ending.

Near the end of the summer, the Aviator takes ill and is hospitalized. That night, the Little Girl has a dream wherein she flies the Aviator's plane to an asteroid populated exclusively by adults, where everyone works joylessly for the Businessman from the Aviator's story. There, she finds the Prince, now a grown man and working as a janitor. He is now a meek and jittery fellow, having forgotten his past, and perpetually worried about disappointing the Businessman. The Prince takes the Little Girl to the Academy, where the Teacher attempts to forcibly turn her into a submissive, workaholic adult. The Prince, suddenly recalling his past, rescues the Little Girl. Together, they break into the Businessman's vault where they find all the stars he has hoarded in a big glass case. The Little Girl shatters the case, releasing the stars back into the sky where they belong. The Prince and the Little Girl then fly to the Prince's asteroid, which is now overgrown with baobabs. The Prince's beloved rose is dead, but when dawn comes they see the image of the rose in the Sun. Seeing this vision, the Prince transforms into a little boy again. The Little Girl returns to Earth with the aid of a flock of birds.

The next morning, the Little Girl and her Mother pay a visit to the Aviator in the hospital where she presents him his completed novel. The Little Girl then begins her semester at Werth Academy.

Voice cast

Character French voice actor English voice actor
The Little Girl Clara Poincaré[10] Mackenzie Foy[11]
The Aviator André Dussollier[12] Jeff Bridges[11]
The Mother Florence Foresti[12] Rachel McAdams[10][11]
The Little Prince Andrea Santamaria[10] Riley Osborne[11]
Mr. Prince Guillaume Canet Paul Rudd[11][13]
The Fox Vincent Cassel[12] James Franco
The Rose Marion Cotillard[12]
The Snake Guillaume Gallienne[12] Benicio del Toro
The Teacher Paul Giamatti
The King Bud Cort
The Businessman Vincent Lindon[12] Albert Brooks
The Conceited Man Laurent Lafitte[12] Ricky Gervais

Production

On 14 October 2010, Kung Fu Panda co-director Mark Osborne was set to direct the The Little Prince based on the 1943 novel The Little Prince written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.[14] Aton Soumache and Dimitri Rassam produced the film with the budget of €57 million for release in 2015.[7][9] On 5 June 2013, it was announced that James Franco, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams and Jeff Bridges joined the film.[15]

Albert Brooks joined the cast on 12 September to voice The Businessman, a villain.[16] On 10 December 2014, it was announced that Hans Zimmer would compose the music for the film.[17] The final score was co-composed by Hans and Richard Harvey. [18]

The film features a framing device not present in the novel, with a schoolgirl discovering The Little Prince through a reclusive elderly neighbour. The film uses computer animation for the girl's world and stop-motion animation for the world of The Little Prince as she imagines it.[19] Development and storyboarding of the film was completed in Paris, France. Production then moved to Montreal, Canada for the final phases of animation, lighting, color and production in order to maximize tax credits offered to foreign film projects in Canada.[3]

Release

On 11 September 2014, Warner Bros. Japan released a teaser from the film.[20]

Wild Bunch is overseeing international film sales. Paramount Pictures will release the film in France on July 29, 2015, while its US art house film division Paramount Vantage will handle United States distribution.[3] The film will be distributed by Entertainment One in Canada.[21] Warner Bros. will assume distribution in Germany and Japan.[3]

The film was chosen in 'Official Selection' for the 2015 Cannes Film Festival in May 2015.[22]

Reception

Box office

In its opening week in France, The Little Prince earned $3.3 million from 727 screens debuting at No. 2 at the French box office and its opening was 12% ahead of Disney's Big Hero 6.[23] In its second weekend it grossed $1.4 million (down 41%) from 830 screens for a two weekend total of $5.5 million.[24]

The film debuted at No. 2 in Brazil on August 20, only behind of Mission Impossible Rogue Nation, with 330 thousand tickets sold.[24] In its second weekend it topped the box office with over 851 thousand tickets sold, making history in Brazil as the first non-American animated film to lead the box office in the country.[25] As of September 20, it has grossed $12.1 million in France and $23.2 million including revenues from other countries.[8]

Critical reception

Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes has given the film a 100% approval rating based on seven reviews.[26] Another aggregator, Metacritic, gave the film a score of 70/100, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[27]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cannes 2015 Schedule". Rachel McAdams Online. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Le Petit Prince". Facebook. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "The Little Prince Press Kit". Wild Bunch International Sales. Archived from the original on 17 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 18 May 2015 suggested (help)
  4. ^ "The 2015 Official Selection". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  5. ^ Chang, Justin (April 16, 2015). "Cannes Unveils 2015 Official Selection Lineup". Variety. Retrieved August 18, 2015. ...Mark Osborne's French-produced, English-language adaptation of "The Little Prince,"...
  6. ^ Zeitchik, Steven (April 16, 2015). "Cannes 2015: Woody Allen and Todd Haynes to join Pixar and Portman". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 18, 2015. ...while a second English-language animated movie,...
  7. ^ a b Hopewell, John (16 January 2014). "Soumache, Rassam Launch ON Entertainment". Variety. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  8. ^ a b Nancy Tartaglione (September 21, 2015). "'Scorch Trials' Heats Up $43.2M; 'Everest' Scales $28.8M – Intl Box Office Final". Deadline.com. (Penske Media Corporation). Retrieved September 22, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  9. ^ a b Keslassy, Elsa (20 April 2015). "Watch Second Trailer for Mark Osborne's Cannes-Bound 'The Little Prince' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  10. ^ a b c "Le Petit Prince - Press Kit" (PDF). Festival Cannes. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  11. ^ a b c d e Mejia, Paula (21 April 2015). "Big-Budget 'The Little Prince' Film Unveils Official Trailer". Newsweek. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g Corriez, Olivier (21 April 2015). "Le Petit Prince : une bande-annonce avant la présentation à Cannes". TF1. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  13. ^ Foundas, Scott (May 22, 2015). "Cannes Film Review: 'The Little Prince'". Variety. Retrieved June 21, 2015. ...and the now-adolescent Prince (Paul Rudd)...
  14. ^ "Mark Osborne to Direct The Little Prince". MovieWeb.com. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  15. ^ "James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Jeff Bridges Among Voice Stars for The Little Prince". The Hollywood Reporter. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  16. ^ "Albert Brooks Lends Voice To The Little Prince". Deadline.com. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  17. ^ "Hans Zimmer to Score The Little Prince". Film Music Reporter. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  18. ^ "The Little Prince Movie Information". soundtrack.net. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  19. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (5 May 2014). "Wild Bunch boards Little Prince". Screen Daily. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  20. ^ "The Little Prince 2015 Japanese Teaser". Yam-Mag.com. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  21. ^ Vlessing, Etan (20 May 2014). "Cannes: Entertainment One Acquires Trio of Films for Canada". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  22. ^ "The Little Prince Cannes 2015". festival-cannes.fr. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  23. ^ Nancy Tartaglione (August 3, 2015). "'Rogue Nation' Puts Cruise In Control At $64.5M Offshore; Sets Career & 'M:I' Franchise Bests – Intl Box Office Final". Deadline.com. (Penske Media Corporation). Retrieved August 4, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  24. ^ a b Nancy Tartaglione (August 10, 2015). "'Rogue Nation' Flies Higher In 2nd Frame With $65M; 'Fantastic Four' No. 2 With $33.1M Bow – Intl Box Office Update". Deadline.com. (Penske Media Corporation). Retrieved August 11, 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help) Cite error: The named reference "Overseas2ndOpening" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  25. ^ "Bilheterias Brasil: Na segunda semana de exibição, O Pequeno Príncipe assume a liderança". adorocinema.com (in Portuguese). August 31, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  26. ^ "The Little Prince (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  27. ^ "The Little Prince". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

External links

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