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Genre/s:
Animated
Release Date/s:
November 7, 2009 (AFI Film Festival - Laemmle Monica 4-Plex), January 29, 2010 (Los Angeles) ( Showtimes
& Tickets
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Distributor:
Zeitgeist Films
Production Company: Canal+, Gébéka Films, Région Wallone, Mélusine, La Parti Productions, Région Wallone, Wallimage, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds
Official Site: Visit
Alternate Titles: Panique au village
CAST & CREW:
Starring:
Stéphane Aubier
Jeanne Balibar
Nicolas Buysse
Véronique Dumont
Bruce Ellison
Christine Grulois
Frédéric Jannin
Bouli Lanners
Directed By: Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar
Written By:
Produced By:
PLOT:
Hilarious and frequently surreal, the stop-motion extravaganza A TOWN CALLED PANIC has endless charms and raucous laughs for children from eight to eighty. Based on the Belgian animated cult TV series (which was released byWallace & Gromit’s Aardman Studios), Panic stars three plastic toys named Cowboy, Indian and Horse who share a rambling house in a rural town that never fails to attract the weirdest events. Cowboy and Indian’s plan to gift Horse with a homemade barbeque backfires when they accidentally buy 50 million bricks. Whoops! This sets off a perilously wacky chain of events as the trio travel to the center of the earth, trek across frozen tundra and discover a parallel underwater universe of pointy-headed (and dishonest!) creatures. Each speedy character is voiced—and animated—as if they are filled with laughing gas. With panic a permanent feature of life in this papier-mâché burg, will Horse and his equine paramour—flame-tressed music teacher Madame Longray (Jeanne Balibar)—ever find a quiet moment alone? A sort of Gallic Monty Python crossed with Art Clokey on acid, A TOWN CALLED PANIC is zany, brainy and altogether insane-y!
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Running Time:
75
M.P.A.A. Rating:
Filming Locations:
Belgium
Format:
2.35:1
RELATED LINKS & FEATURES:
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