The Tune (1992)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Bill Plympton

Writers:

Bill Plympton (story) &
Maureen McElheron (story) ...

Release Date:

4 December 2002 (France)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Musical

Plot:

Del is a song writer for the obnoxious Mr. Mega, and in love with Didi, Mega's secretary. His quest...

Plot Keywords:

Fall From Height | Dancing Food Items | Music Industry | Musician | Hamburger

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Daniel Neiden	...	Del (voice)
Maureen McElheron	...	Didi (voice)
Marty Nelson	...	Mayor / Mr. Mega / Mrs. Mega (voice)
Emily Bindiger	...	Dot (voice)
Chris Hoffman	...	Wiseone / Surfer / Tango Dancer / Note (voice)
Jimmy Ceribello	...	Cabbie (voice)
Ned Reynolds	...	Houndog (voice)
Jeffrey Knight	...	Bellhop (voice) (as Jeff Knight)
Jennifer Senko	...	Surfer / Note (voice)

Runtime:

69 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:U | UK:15 | USA:Not Rated

Quotes:

Dot: You know, Mayor, you've been *real* scarce around here. It's good to have you back.
Mayor: [aside to Del] I was just here for breakfast!

Movie Connections:

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sharply observed adult animation

I watched this years ago when I must have been twelve or thirteen, and then saw it again when I was about seventeen, and although there was a gap of no more then five years I felt as though the time in-between was far greater. I am now twenty two and recently saw a trailer for this movie and in one frame everything that I loved about the film returned, I can't honestly remember the details of this movie but a few songs and some great images have stayed in my head ever since I saw it the for the first time. I have yet to see it again and to be honest am resisting trying to seek it. It seems strange to say but on the couple of occasions that I watched this movie both times were purely by chance, channel surfing at about two in the morning and on both occasions I was almost reduced to tears by the end (Yes guys do cry as well).

How we view this movie is purely subjective, it is a simple story of a man and his 'tune' but there seems so much to take away from it, it mirrors the French story 'the little prince' in many ways in that to watch it you have to be detached from any sense of realism, you have to put yourself in the shoes of the protagonist and feel what the artist is trying to convey. I'm sure if I rented it now and got all my friends round telling them this was the best movie I ever seen, halfway through it they would ever laugh their ass's off (with good reason) or say it was 'OKAY', I don't want that to happen, this movie has to be seen on your own circumstances to be understood, meaning you have to be taken away by it, The Tune can not be approached as a movie which is objectively a 'great movie', it is for you to decide and enjoy.

I hope for the day when I'm grey and old and this movie will like an old pal appear on the screen and I'm whisked back to my strange teenage years, yes I know it is a totally whimsical view of life, but that is what The Tune means to me, a small insignificant part of my youth, a part which I'm sure will surface to then disapear again countless times through out the years. "Alas this old timer sure does rattle on".