Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)

The story about a man-sized frog named Prince Frederic who is turned into a frog by his wicked aunt Messina and hired by British Intelligence to solve the mysterious disappearances of some ... See full summary »

Director:

Jon Acevski

Writers:

Jon Acevski (script), David Ashton (script),

Stars:

Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, David Ashton

Cast

Credited cast:
Ben Kingsley	...	Freddie (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jenny Agutter	...	Daffers (voice)
David Ashton	...	(voice)
Brian Blessed	...	El Supremo (voice)
Jenny Funnell	...	(voice)
Nigel Hawthorne	...	Brigadier G (voice)
Michael Hordern	...	King (voice) (as Sir Michael Hordern)
James Earl Jones	...	Narrator (American version) (voice)
Edmund Kingsley	...	Young Freddie (voice)
Phyllis Logan	...	Nessie (voice)
Victor Maddern	...	Old Gentleman Raven (voice)
Jonathan Pryce	...	Trilby (voice)
Bruce Purchase	...	(voice)
Prunella Scales	...	Queen (voice)
John Sessions	...	Scotty (voice)

Storyline

The story about a man-sized frog named Prince Frederic who is turned into a frog by his wicked aunt Messina and hired by British Intelligence to solve the mysterious disappearances of some of Britain's greatest monuments. Several hundred years later, Freddie is now living in modern-day Paris -- a six-foot-tall amphibian with the moniker Secret Agent F.R.O.7. Messina, too, is still around causing mischief, joining forces with an arch-villain named El Supremo in a scheme to shrink Big Ben. Freddie, alerted to Messina's nefarious plans, gathers his fellow agents Daffers and Scottie together, planning to hide out in Big Ben and surprise the evil doers when they are set to strike at the much-loved British landmark.

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Plot Keywords:

british | frog | british intelligence | villain | shrinking | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Fantasy | Musical

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 August 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Freddie the Frog

Box Office

Gross:

$1,119,368 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hollywood Road Films, J&M Entertainment, Motion Picture Investments

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The last feature film for both Sir Michael Hordern and Victor Maddern.

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Quotes

Nessie: [aka the Loch Ness Monster, hears Freddie whistling for her] Freddie! My dear friend's in a spot of bother!
Scotty, various: [Freddie and Scotty are in a cage underwater surrounded by some monsters, then, something in the shadows approaches, all the monsters swim away as Nessie gets close enough, Scotty is amazed] I thought she doesn't exist!
Freddie: [Nessie bends out the bars of the cage with her front flippers, they step out] Dearest old friend... Nessie.

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Connections

Featured in Jambareeqi Reviews: Freddie as F.R.O.7 (2013)

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Soundtracks

"Keep Your Dreams Alive"
Music by David Dundas
Lyrics by Don Black
Performed by George Benson and Patti Austin
George Benson appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Patti Austin appears courtesy of GRP Records Inc.

User Reviews

Toadally awful film

forgive the pun, i watched this movie about a week or two back for the fun of it since i was trying hard to remember it after not seeing it since childhood, let me tell you, the film seemed a hell of a lot better when i was a child.

i gave it a 2 because of the good animation but other than that this is a pretty pointless and awful movie.

the dubbing was the worst part of this movie to me, but the characters never had any worth remembering lines anyway so it doesn't matter.

there were two songs in this movie that i really didn't see the point of, the queen of evilmania and nessie's song, both of them had absolutely terrible lyrics not even fit for an episode of postman pat and both seemed utterly pointless and wasted time, they were probably only put in to fill gaps.

do we even find out at all during this movie who this insanely evil and pudgy dictator is, i don't think i hear his name once or even why he's involved with the movie.

i don't get why freddie decided to go back to France to stop crooks, i don't understand why he drives this weird green car and i don't get how he managed to turn from a 6 inch frog to a 5 foot man during one scene or how exactly the other frogs managed to find him clothes, the fact that it's a kids animation is not a plausible excuse.

the only other good bit i thought was the British man who always tripped over his own phone chord and got tangled up in it more than once in the film and each time more ridiculously, this to me was a pretty original and funny joke but they didn't execute it perfectly enough to make it funny.

there's a Scottish character in it, and guess what his name is, that's right, Scottie, very very typical.

my real question is, why exactly could all of britains monuments be used to power up a crystal which puts people to sleep, if you cant answer that question then there really is no reason for the second half of this movie.

so anyway, my verdict, the film was too short, made no sense, was a work of nonsense and was poorly casted vocally.