Free Jimmy (2006)
"Slipp Jimmy fri" (original title)

Four stoners, five vegans, three mobsters, four hunters and a million reasons to free one junkie elephant.

Director:

Christopher Nielsen

Writers:

Christopher Nielsen, Simon Pegg (English screenplay)

Stars:

Woody Harrelson, Simon Pegg, Phil Daniels

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Woody Harrelson	...	Roy Arnie (voice)
Simon Pegg	...	Odd (voice)
Phil Daniels	...	Gaz (voice)
Jay Simpson	...	Flea (voice)
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Marius (voice)
Samantha Morton	...	Sonia (voice)
Jim Broadbent	...	Stromowskij (voice)
Emilia Fox	...	Bettina (voice)
Kris Marshall	...	Erik (voice)
Lisa Maxwell	...	Lise (voice)
James Cosmo	...	HudMaSpecs (voice)
Douglas Henshall	...	Eddie (voice)
David Tennant	...	Hamish (voice)
Russell Barr	...	George (voice)
Steve Pemberton	...	Mattis (voice)

Storyline

Roy Arnie has a dream. One day he will run his own circus and conquer the world. Today, however, he is a stable-hand working in the Circus Stromowski, a miserable Russian big top, run by a hopeless alcoholic fourth generation circus director, Igor Stromowski, and full of useless has-beens and tired animals, which will only perform under the influence of narcotics. Roy Arnie invites his old buddies Gaz and Odd, and their sidekick Flea, to come and work at the circus, and while work is an alien concept to Gaz and Odd, the appearance of an irate criminal who they are indebted to decides the issue. At the circus, Roy Arnie introduces the trio to the star attraction: Jimmy the elephant. Formerly a great sight, but after 20 years at the circus he has become addicted to every drug under the sun. He performs in a purple haze, counting down the days until someone realizes he will be more useful as a set of piano keys. Roy Arnie keeps him going with a complex regime of uppers and downers to ...

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Plot Keywords:

circus | animal rights | computer animation | drunkenness | chase | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

freejimmy.com [no] (Norwegian) info, clips, storyboards

Country:

Norway UK

Language:

English Norwegian

Release Date:

21 April 2006 (Norway)

Also Known As:

Free Jimmy

Box Office

Budget:

NOK 100,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

AnimagicNet A/S, Free Jimmy Productions, Modelink

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first computer animated feature film in Norway's history. By January 2004 it was apparent that the total budget would be three times as originally planned, and the premiere was pushed back a year.

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Crazy Credits

This film is dedicated to Joachim Nielsen 1964-2000

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Connections

Spoofs Up in Smoke (1978)

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Soundtracks

"Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me"
Music by Joseph Burke (as Joe Burke)
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Published by Warner Bros Records
Performed by Tiny Tim
Produced under licence of Warner Bros Records Inc.

User Reviews

Free Jimmy is not for kids

I got to see the British version of this film and yes it was very funny. Be warned though, due to the stereotype that obviously we London Cockney's have got is used to the full in this. The Facking (use a u instead of the a and you get what i mean, if you are a Londoner you will Definitely know what i mean) word gets used quite a lot in this film, nearly all the time. The cream of British talent is in this which was what stood out to me in watching it. Phil "Quadrophenia" Daniels plays a funny foul mouthed cockney junkie in this that really has to be seen to be believed. Simon "Hot Fuzz/Shaun of the Dead" Pegg is the other main characters in this and at times is virtually unrecognisable in this as he is doing a voice and you can only just get that it's him. The one who played the little guy of the group made me laugh the most as he was always doing things wrong. David "The Doctor" Tennant is also in this and made me laugh quite a few times as he uses his original Scottish accent to the full here. Woody Harrelson Plays the American junkie who dreams of having his own circus, Kris "My family" Marshall plays a animal rights crusader, so does Samantha "Band of Gold/Minority Report" Morton plays a emotional and clumsy animal rights crusader. Even Kyle "Twin peaks" Mclachlan turns up in this as the leader of the animal rights crusaders. This movie is a riot from beginning to end but also there is a message in it too. It may be hard to find under the language and the laughs but when the film is finished, it will hit you. There are some very touching scenes in it too. Free Jimmy is a film for Older kids because of the language but if you can by pass that then kids will love it and laugh with you at all the jokes.

The story is a bit slow but the acting and the performances push it through and make it an entertaining movie to watch. Like i said Parents: It's up to you if you want to show this to your kids, mind you kids already know that kind of language nowadays so i don't see why not. It's the kind of cartoon Disney would make if they had the balls.