Yellowbird (film)
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| Directed by | Christian De Vita |
| Written by | Antoine Barraud Cory Edwards |
| Produced by | Corinne Kouper |
| Starring | Seth Green Dakota Fanning Christine Baranski Yvette Nicole Brown Richard Kind Jim Rash Danny Glover Elliott Gould |
| Music by | Stephen Warbeck[2] |
Production companies | TeamTO and Haut et Court (France) |
| Distributed by | SC Films International[3] Lionsgate Universal Studios |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Countries | France, Belgium |
| Language | English |
| Budget | €10 million[4] |
Yellowbird (French: Gus, petit oiseau, grand voyage) is a 2014 French–Belgian CG-animated fantasy film. It was directed by Christian De Vita.[5]
The film features the voices of Seth Green, Dakota Fanning, Jim Rash, Yvette Nicole Brown, Christine Baranski, Richard Kind, Danny Glover and Elliott Gould. Additional performances by Brady Corbet and Jamie Denbo.
Plot
Darius, the leader of a flock of birds, is wounded just before it is time for the birds to migrate to Africa. Information about how to lead the migration must be passed to the first bird that encounters Darius. That is Yellowbird who is excited by the challenge but has very little life experience. Karl expected to take over as leader but Yellowbird lies to the flock and leads them south for the migration. He is really only a young hatchling with no experience and endangers the flock many times. Delf always supports him in the beginning. He flys north by mistake, landing in Holland and not Spain. The flock then crosses the North Sea and ends up somewhere with snow. Finally Yellowbird tells the truth and it turns out the "Iron Bird" is not to be feared but really is a solution to their problem. They end up taking a plane to Africa. Yellowbird officially becomes part of the flock and everybody celebrates.
Cast
- Seth Green as Yellowbird, a non migratory bird
- Dakota Fanning as Delf, Darius' daughter and a teacher
- Christine Baranski as Janet, Karl's mother and Darius' sister
- Yvette Nicole Brown as Ladybug, Yellowbird's best friend
- Richard Kind as Michka, Janet's husband
- Jim Rash as Karl, Janet and Michka's son
- Danny Glover as Darius, leader of the flock and Delf's father
- Elliott Gould as the Owl
- Brady Corbet as Willy, Fleck's older brother
- Jamie Denbo as Maggie: Max, Gigi, Anton and Lisa's mother
- Jadon Sand as Fleck, Willy's younger brother
- Cedric Yarbrough as Fleck adult
- Zachary Gordon as Max, Anton, Lisa and Gigi's brother
- Joey King as Gigi, Lisa, Anton and Max's sister
- Ryan Lee as Anton, Max, Lisa and Gigi's brother
- Tara Strong as Lisa, an intelligent chick and Max, Anton and Gigi's sister
- Conchata Ferrell as Marjorie
- Chris Parson as Rodent 1
- H. Michael Croner as Rodent 2
- André Sogliuzzo as Squirrel, Hunter
- Fred Tatasciore as Pigeons[6]
References
- ^ https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=yellowbird
- ^ http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/06/10/yellowbird-to-feature-music-by-stephen-warbeck/
- ^ http://scfilmsinternational.com/yellowbird.html
- ^ http://www.themalaymailonline.com/showbiz/article/french-made-animation-film-yellowbird-takes-flight-with-home-talent
- ^ https://variety.com/2014/film/news/sc-films-intl-sends-teamtos-yellowbird-around-the-world-exclusive-1201217266/
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3526408/
