Snowtime!
| Snowtime! | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Jean-François Pouliot |
| Written by | Normand Canac-Marquis Roger Cantin Danyèle Patenaude Paul Risacher |
| Starring | French version:
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Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | French English |
| Box office | $3.36 million (Canada)[2] |
Snowtime! (Template:Lang-fr) (released on DVD in the UK as Cleo[3][4]) is a Canadian film from Quebec, released in 2015.[5] Directed by Jean-François Pouliot, it is an animated remake of the 1984 film The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques).[6]
Plot
The film centres on a group of children, led by Luke (Nicholas Savard-L'Herbier / Angela Galuppo) and Sophie (Mariloup Wolfe / Lucinda Davis), who plan and stage a giant snowball fight during the Christmas holidays.[5]
Production
Having earned $3,359,425 in 2015, the film was the highest-grossing Canadian film at the domestic box office during the calendar year, thus winning the Cineplex Golden Screen Award conferred by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.[7][8] It had its American premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.[9] The film was released in English Canada on February 12, 2016 and the United States on February 19, 2016.[2]
The soundtrack features songs by various artists, including two recordings of "L'hymne" by Celine Dion, one English rendition as a solo artist and one French rendition recorded as a duet with Fred Pellerin.
Characters
| Characters | Voiced by | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original | International | Original | International |
| Luc | Luke | Nicholas Savard-L'Herbier | Angela Galuppo |
| Sophie | Mariloup Wolfe | Lucinda Davis | |
| François Les Lunettes | Four-eyed Frankie | Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc | Sandra Oh[10] |
| Pierre | Piers | Sébastien Reding | Ross Lynch[11][12] |
| Lucie | Lucy | Sophie Cadieux | Galuppo[13] |
| Maranda | Anne Casabonne | ||
| Henri Leroux | Henry Leroux | André Sauvé | Heidi Lynne Weeks |
| Georges Leroux | George Leroux | André Sauvé | Heidi Lynne Weeks |
| Jacques | Catherine Trudeau | ||
| Chabot | Gildor Roy | ||
| Manolo | Sonja Ball[14] | ||
| Ti Guy La Lune | Hugolin Chevrette-Landesque | ||
| Nicky | Aline Pinsonneault | Elisabeth MacRae[14] | |
| France | Aline Pinsonneault | ||
| Daniel Blanchette de Victoriaville | Esther Poulin | ||
| Chuck | Don W. Shepherd | ||
References
- ^ Linda Barnard (11 February 2016). "Snowtime! packs a message: review". Toronto Star. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
With the voices of Sandra Oh, Angela Gallupo, Lucinda Davis and Ross Lynch.
- ^ a b Etan Vlessing (February 2, 2016). "Canadian Screen Awards to Honor 'Snowtime!' as Biggest Homegrown 2015 Box-Office Hit". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
- ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cleo-DVD-Ross-Lynch/dp/B018VSW3IO/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdt_img_sims?ie=UTF8
- ^ "Cleo (2015)". British Board of Film Classification. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ a b "La guerre des tuques 3D réussit son pari". Ici Radio-Canada, November 3, 2015.
- ^ "La Guerre des Tuques takes aim at a new generation". Q, December 16, 2015.
- ^ Barry Hertz (4 February 2016). "A Canadian box-office battle between Snowtime! and Brooklyn". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "Brooklyn Tops Canadian Box Office". Northernstars. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ "Animated La Guerre des Tuques 3D will screen at Sundance Film Festival". Montreal Gazette, September 9, 2015.
- ^ Linda Barnard (12 February 2016). "Snowtime! movie lets Sandra Oh get animated". Toronto Star. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Maxime Demers (4 November 2015). "À la conquête du monde". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Brendan Kelly (11 November 2015). "Movie review: La guerre des tuques 3D reanimates spirit of original". Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ Scott Tobias (28 January 2016). "Sundance Film Review: 'Snowtime!'". Variety. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ^ a b Sheri Linden (19 January 2016). "'Snowtime!': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
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