Le château des singes (1999)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Jean-François Laguionie

Writers:

Norman Hudis (writer)
Jean-François Laguionie (writer)

Release Date:

2 June 1999 (France)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family

Tagline:

A Funky Monkey Jungle Tumble

Plot:

A rebellious teenage monkey refuses to believe what he has been told and sets out to find the truth. |

Plot Keywords:

Monkey | Illness | Rebel | Tree | Lake

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Matt Hill	...	Kom (voice: English version)
Sally Ann Marsh	...	Gina (voice: English version)
John Hurt	...	Sebastian (voice: English version)
Rik Mayall	...	Gerard the Gormless (voice: English version)
Michael York	...	The King (voice: English version)
Michael Gambon	...	Master Martin (voice: English version)
Shirley Anne Field	...	The Governess (voice: English version)
French Tickner	...	Korkonak (voice: English version)
Diana Quick	...	Princess Ida (voice: English version)
William Vanderpuye	...	Lionel
Paul Dobson	...	Gavin (voice: English version)
Janyse Jaud	...	Kom's mother (voice: English version)
Peter Elliott	...	Monkey cries (voice: English version)
Tara Römer	...	Kom (French version) (voice)
Pierre Arditi	...	Le roi (French version) (voice)
Michael Lonsdale	...	Maître Flavius (French version) (voice)
Jean Piat	...	Serignole, le grand chambellan (French version) (voice)
Patrick Préjean	...	Gorinne (French version) (voice)
Lionel Melet	...	Margad (French version) (voice)
Nadia Farès	...	Gina (French version) (voice)
Ivanah Coppola	...	La princesse Ida (French version) (voice)
Janine Souchon	...	La gouvernante (French version)
Bruno Choel	...	Ludovic (French version)
Yves Barsacq	...	Korkonak (French version)
Alix Bates	...	Courtisan (English version)
Chris Connor	...	Courtisan (English version)
Anthony T. Jackson	...	Courtisan, Gardener (English version)
Alexander John	...	Courtisan / Gardener (English version)
Chantal Keast	...	Courtisan (English version)
Miles Laddie	...	Narrator / Angry Courtisan (Engliish version)
Chris Lang	...	Courtisan / Gardener (voice: English version)
Wendy Wolfcarius	...	Courtisan (English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daniel Brühl	...	Kwom (voice: German version)
Michael Dobson	...	Dad Woonko (voice: English version)

Directed by
Jean-François Laguionie

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Norman Hudis		writer
Jean-François Laguionie		writer

Produced by
Ciara Breslin	....	line producer
Gerd Hecker	....	producer
Craig Hemmings	....	executive producer
Corine Marcel	....	line producer
Ferenc Mikulás	....	co-producer
Patrick Moine	....	producer
Steve Walsh	....	producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Jean-Paul Rossard

Film Editing by
Ludovic Cassou
Yves Françon
Anke Schmidt
Soazic Veillon

Casting by
Jamie Brown
Steve Walsh

Production Management
Philippe Alessandri	....	production manager
Katia Besimensky	....	post-production supervisor
Veronika Vécsy	....	production manager
Wendy Wolfcarius	....	production manager
Andrea Wortham	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Henri Heidsieck	....	assistant director

Art Department
Bérénice Belpaire	....	character artist
Marie-Christine Campana	....	color designer
Nicole Dufour	....	color designer
Jean-Louis Garcia	....	character artist
Chris Glynn	....	character artist
Rolf J. Kirsch	....	color designer
Ionel Luca	....	character artist (as Ionel Lucas)
Céline Papazian	....	character artist
Zoltán Szilágyi Varga	....	artistic director

Sound Department
Julie Ankerson	....	foley artist
Marvin Black	....	sound editor
Henry Dobson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andrew Ebel	....	adr recordist
Andrew Ebel	....	original dialogue recordist
John Fewell	....	foley artist
Ian Grant	....	adr recordist
Ian Grant	....	original dialogue recordist
Nigel Holland	....	sound designer
Nigel Holland	....	supervising sound editor
Jean-Paul Loublier	....	sound mixer
Gael Nicolas	....	sound recordist (as Gaël Nicolas)
Adrian Rhodes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Trevor Swanscott	....	foley recordist
John Timperley	....	sound engineer

Special Effects by
Paul van Geyt	....	special effects designer
Anthony White	....	special effects designer

Visual Effects by
Jean-Paul Musso	....	digital artist
Franck Vibert	....	character modeler

Camera and Electrical Department
Zoltán Bacsó	....	camera operator: rostrum camera
János Cseh	....	camera operator: rostrum camera
Mihály Kovács	....	camera operator: rostrum camera

Animation Department
Kamal Aitmihoub	....	key animator
Herdis Albrecht	....	key animator
Alan Andrews	....	key animator
Christian Arnau	....	chief background artist
Radoslav Bakalov	....	animator
László Balajthy	....	key animator
László Balajthy	....	layout artist
Tibor Beck	....	key animator
Bérénice Belpaire	....	layout artist
Rita Bende	....	key animator
Stella Benson	....	assistant animator
Anna Brockett	....	key animator
Christina Brossé	....	key animator
Katalin Bross	....	key animator (as Kata Bross)
Robert Brown	....	assistant animator
Emmanuel Brughera	....	assistant animator
Sue Butterworth	....	layout artist
Ronaldo Canfora	....	key animator
Hoël Caouissin	....	layout supervisor
Hubert Chevillard	....	character designer
Caroline Cole	....	assistant animator
Gilles Coutier	....	layout artist
Paul De Blieck	....	key animator
Stella Dorin	....	key animator
Corinne Duqueyroix	....	background artist
Bénédicte Fages	....	background artist
László Farkas	....	key animator
Shane Farrell	....	inbetween artist
Tim Fischer	....	inbetween artist
Mark Francis	....	key animator
Ivo Ganchev	....	key animator (as Ivo Gantchev)
Roberto García	....	key animator (as Roberto Jorge Garcia)
Les Gibbard	....	key animator
Ginger Gibbons	....	animation director
Ingo Glowka	....	assistant animator
Tom Glückmann	....	assistant animator
Renata Golaszewska	....	key animator
Keith Greig	....	assistant animator
Ulf Grenzer	....	key animator
Tamás Gyapai	....	key animator
Marianna Hajdu	....	key animator (as Marianna Kertészné Hajdu)
Mark Robert Harris	....	key animator
Holger Havlicek	....	key animator
Angela Hayes	....	assistant animator
Henri Heidsieck	....	animation director
Edit Hernádi	....	key animator
Joanne Hogan	....	inbetween artist
Valéry Huyghe	....	background artist
Lili Ilinova	....	key animator
Saskia Jannicke	....	inbetween artist (as Sasha Jannicke)
Lui Jauregui	....	assistant animator
Nóra Javorniczky	....	key animator
Joah Hagen Jensen	....	chief assistant animator
József József	....	key animator
Nevelina Kantcheva	....	key animator
László Király	....	key animator
Bea Kis-Kéry	....	key animator
Marian Krafczyk	....	assistant animator
Zlati Krumov	....	key animator
Nikolai Kutsukov	....	key animator
Jean-François Laguionie	....	character designer
Niall Laverty	....	assistant animator
Hervé Leblan	....	layout artist
Fabienne Lechevestrier	....	background artist
John Lee	....	key animator
Broni Likomanov	....	key animator (as Broniszlav Likomanov)
Anatole Livera	....	senior animation checker
Katja Mankova	....	key animator
Nicola Marlborough	....	assistant animator
Ann Marriott	....	key animator
Stéphane Martineau	....	assistant animator
Aengus McCabe	....	inbetween artist
Roger McIntosh	....	key animator
Colas Mermet	....	inbetween artist
Patrick Michel	....	key animator
Arpad Miklós	....	key animator
Richard Mithouard	....	background designer
Telmann Morina	....	assistant animator (as Telman Morina)
Gavin Murphy	....	assistant animator
Trevor Murphy	....	inbetween artist
Nikolai Neikov	....	key animator
Ray Newman	....	assistant animator
Uli Nitzsche	....	key animator (as Ulrich Nitzsche)
Zsuzsanna Nyúl	....	layout artist
Max O'Connor	....	inbetween artist
Una O'Connor	....	assistant animator
Niall O'Hara	....	inbetween artist
Les Orton	....	key animator
Pénélope Paicheler	....	character designer
Jean Palenstkin	....	background artist (as Jean Palenstijn)
Iliana Panaiotova	....	key animator
Panayot Panayotov	....	key animator (as Panajot Panajotov)
Céline Papazian	....	assistant animator
John Perkins	....	key animator (as John Allan Perkins)
Thomas Petith	....	assistant animator (as Tom Petith)
Albena Petrova	....	key animator
Gábor Pichler	....	key animator
Juan Pina	....	key animator (as Juan Ramon Pina)
Edgar Pohl	....	inbetween artist
Franziska Polke	....	inbetween artist
Robert Popov	....	key animator
Aline Porcher	....	assistant animator
Anthony Power	....	key animator
Darren Power	....	assistant animator
Jordan Radanov	....	key animator
Dejan Rakas	....	assistant animator
Jouri Rejets	....	inbetween artist
Nick Roberts	....	layout artist
Anne-Cécile Rumine	....	background artist (as Anne-Cécile de Rumine)
Rhian Rushton	....	assistant animator (as Rhian Wyn Rushton)
Tilman Seelenmeyer	....	background artist
Jean-Michel Senasson	....	background designer
Jean-Michel Senasson	....	layout artist
Virgilijus Sepetys	....	key animator
José Solís	....	key animator
Annette Steinhauer	....	assistant animator
Dimiter Stoilov	....	key animator
János Szabó	....	key animator
Edit Szalay	....	key animator
Ildikó Táborita	....	key animator
József Tari	....	key animator
Roland Tóth	....	layout artist
Dorothea Tust	....	background artist
László Újváry	....	key animator
Hilla Valldeperas	....	inbetween artist
Nicolette van Gendt	....	key animator
Carl Van Isacker	....	key animator
Franck Vibert	....	key animator
Frédéric Vilquin	....	assistant animator
Zoltán Vitális	....	key animator
Martin Weller	....	assistant animator
Martin Weller	....	inbetween artist
John D. Wilson	....	key animator (as John Wilson)

Music Department
Alexandre Desplat	....	orchestrator
Loy Ehrlich	....	musician
Bernard Gérard	....	additional orchestrator
Didier Malherbe	....	musician
Greg Rogers	....	executive music producer
Dalibor Strunc	....	musician
Ray Williams	....	executive music producer

Other crew
Jean-Paul Musso	....	title designer
Mike Robinson	....	production consultant

Production Companies

• Cologne Cartoon
• Les Films du Triangle
• Steve Walsh Productions

Distributors

• Harvey Entertainment
• K.E. Media (2000) (Denmark) (DVD)
• K.E. Media (2000) (Denmark) (VHS)
• MFA Filmdistribution (Germany)
• MK2 Diffusion (France)

Also Known As:

A Monkey's Tale (UK)
Das Schloss der Affen (Germany)
Kwom und der König der Affen (Germany)
The Castle of Monkeys (UK) (literal English title)

Runtime:

France:80 min | USA:76 min

Country:

France | UK | Germany | Hungary

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-6/4 | France:U | Hong Kong:I | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:G

Company:

Cologne Cartoon

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#25.2)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Where Do I Belong?

nice children's movie

Kon, a brave inhabitant of the upper reaches of the forest, drops down towards the medieval society on ground level. Kon is considered a primitive because he doesn't wear much clothing and doesn't cover his ears. He falls in love with a simple maid and becomes the court-jester. Then suddenly the lake freezes over and it snows for the first time in living history. The king takes this opportunity to discover the mystical lands across the lake, a disastrous idea as the ice melts during the expedition... I won't give more details as it will take all the excitement out of the flick. I'll say this dough, well made, nice songs and fun to see. Takes the monkey with both primitive and advanced society. The one for being too conservative, the other for being backstabbing, intellectual and focused on clothing. Both are filled with superstition. Nice one!