Talk:The King and the Mockingbird

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Version with Peter Ustinov

I recently found what appears to be the 1952 version on the Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/The_Curious_Adventures_of_Mr_Wonderbird).

Seeing that the voices include Peter Ustinov, I originally assumed this to be the "canonical" version, and am a bit surprised to see the article just discuss absense of English sub-titles.

Not previously being aware of this movie, I cannot judge whether the article should be modified relating to the Ustinov version, but I feel that I should point out the possibility.188.100.197.94 (talk) 06:15, 10 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wow – thanks so much!

Yes, the Ustinov version is certainly relevant, and it’s now mentioned on the page – thanks!

—Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 09:21, 11 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural references

Hi, I do not have any "sources" on that, but references to totalitarianism isn't limited to the King looking like Adolf Hitler when coming out of the water: if you look closely at the scenes in the ville basse, the way the city is portrayed (and painted), the architecture (the houses, the small villages, the plaza), the clothes worn by the people living there and the way destruction is represented, it heavily hints at Spain during the Spanish Civil war (1936-1939). Jacques Prévert frequently commented wars throughout his whole life, especially the Spanish Civil War and the Algerian War, and it is quite likely that the ville basse depiction was influenced by that war too (along with Metropolis). --88.177.158.231 (talk) 15:34, 26 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]