Hamilton Mattress (2002) (TV)

Director:

Barry Purves

Writers:

John Webster (characters)
Anna Farthing

Release Date:

25 December 2001 (UK)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family | Short | Adventure

Tagline:

It's aard work being an aardvark!

Plot:

Sludger the aardvark tries to make it big as a drummer in the big city.

Plot Keywords:

Trousers | Drummer | Aardvark | Caterpillar | Stage Name

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

David Thewlis	...	Hamilton Mattress (voice)
Henry Goodman	...	Mr. Feldwick C. Hackenbush / Septimus (voice)
Lindsay Duncan	...	Beryl / Gertrude (voice)
William Hootkins	...	Senor Balustrade (voice)
David Holt	...	Salvatore / Tino (voice)
Roy Hudd	...	Birmingham (voice)
Maxine Peake	...	Lulu (voice)
Clive Hayward	...	Zakko (voice)
Susan Jane Tanner	...	Hannah (voice) (as Sue-Jane Tanner)
Sarah Lonton	...	Mummy Meercat (voice)
Amy Lonton Rawsthorne	...	Girl Meercat (voice)

Directed by
Barry Purves		(as Barry J.C. Purves)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Anna Farthing
John Webster		characters

Produced by
Claire Derry	....	executive producer: Entertainment Rights
Paul Kofod	....	executive producer: Egmont Imagination
Christopher Moll	....	producer
Helen Nabarro	....	executive producer: BBC
Helen Nabarro	....	executive producer: Egmont Imagination
Colin Rose	....	executive producer: BBC
Colin Rose	....	executive producer: Egmont Imagination
Tom van Waveren	....	executive producer: Egmont Imagination
John Webster	....	executive producer
James Bradley	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Ayub Ogada
Steve Spiro
Paul Wickens		(as Wix)

Casting by
Lucy Boulting

Production Design by
Matt Sanders

Art Direction by
Cathy Price

Costume Design by
Aideen Morgan

Production Management
Harry Linden	....	production supervisor
Ezra Sumner	....	production manager

Art Department
Noel Baker	....	puppets
Colin Batty	....	puppets
Geraldine Corrigan	....	puppets
Tim Farrington	....	sets & props
Jack Goodyear	....	sets & props (as Jak Goodyear)
Mark Gunning	....	sets & props
Terry Hathway	....	sets & props
Georgina Hayns	....	puppets
Joe Holman	....	puppets
Bethan Jones	....	puppets
Christiane-Carolin Koch	....	puppets (as Chris Keogh)
Farrington Lewis	....	sets & props
Robbie Manning	....	puppets
Darren Marshall	....	puppets
Duncan Miller	....	sets & props
Bridget Phelan	....	sets & props
Richard Pickersgill	....	puppets
Gavin Richards	....	sets & props
Lisa Scantlebury	....	sets & props
Michelle Scattergood	....	puppets
Bridget Smith	....	puppets
Stuart Sutcliffe	....	puppets
Christine Walker	....	puppets
Caroline Wallace	....	puppets
Jo Weeks	....	sets & props
Kathryn Williams	....	sets & props

Sound Department
Arthur Graley	....	foley editor
Nigel Heath	....	dubbing mixer
Dan Morgan	....	dialogue editor
Julian Slater	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Linda Hamblyn	....	camera assistant
Rasmus Lange	....	visual effects artist
Brian Ottosen	....	visual effects coordinator
Søren Tomas	....	visual effects artist
Erik Wilstrup	....	visual effects producer

Camera and Electrical Department
Andy Mitchell	....	assistant camera
Andy Mitchell	....	still photographer
Frank Passingham	....	additional camera operator
Clive Scott	....	gaffer
Richard Whiteford	....	motion-control camera

Animation Department
Søren Buus	....	computer animator
Dug Calder	....	character animator
Stefano Cassini	....	character animator
Timon Dowdeswell	....	character animator
Suzy Fagan	....	character animator
Will Hodge	....	character animator

Editorial Department
Thomas Højmark Pedersen	....	colorist (as Thomas Hojmark)

Other crew
Annika Bluhm	....	script executive Entertainment Rights
Shona de Bradeny	....	puppets
Andy Gent	....	puppet supervisor
Rich Priestley	....	floor manager
Barnaby Spurrier	....	developed in association with

Thanks
Craig Atkinson	....	thanks
Tom Barnes	....	thanks
Patrick Behan	....	thanks
Claire Billet	....	thanks (as Clare Billet)
Benjamin Dowden	....	thanks
Tim Farrington	....	special thanks
Lew Gardiner	....	thanks
Helen Garrard	....	thanks
Robert Hurley	....	thanks (as Rob Hurley)
Ian Jewels	....	thanks
Patrik Larsson	....	thanks
Phil Lewis	....	special thanks
Andy MacCormack	....	thanks
Ian Mackinnon	....	special thanks
Jon Minchin	....	thanks (as Jon Minchin)
Jeff Newitt	....	thanks
Tim Owens	....	thanks
Peter Saunders	....	special thanks
Bob Shipsey	....	thanks

Distributors

• Les Films du Préau (France) (theatrical)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (BBC Bristol) (2001) (worldwide) (all media)
• Contender Entertainment Group (2001) (worldwide) (all media)
• Egmont Imagination (2001) (worldwide) (all media)
• Entertainment Rights (2001) (worldwide) (all media)
• Harvest Films (2001) (worldwide) (all media)
• Link Entertainment (2001) (worldwide) (all media)
• TV2 Danmark (2001) (worldwide) (all media) (as TV2 Denmark)

Other Companies

• Aardman Animations  with thanks to
• BMP CCB Advertising  with thanks to
• Cheerful Scout Productions  menu design, encoding, authoring (DVD)
• Farrington Lewis & Co  sets and props
• Flix Facilities  with thanks to
• Fuji Film  with thanks to
• Hackenbacker Audio Post Production  with thanks to
• Imagination Production  visual post-production
• Lee & Thompson  with thanks to
• Mackinnon & Saunders  puppets
• Short Cut  visual post-production
• Sylvia Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting
• Technicolor  with thanks to
• Torribles  with thanks to
• Wheelers  with thanks to

Also Known As:

Runtime:

France:31 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Soundtrack:

Hamilton's Rap

Everyone loves a Hamilton Mattress

This animation from Harvest Films & Egmont Animation tells the tale of Sludger the Aardvark a natural born drummer whose talent is discovered one day by Feldwick C Hackenbush, a large green caterpillar. Together they head off to Beak City (inhabited entirely by birds - geddit?) to try to make it big in the world of drumming.

I haven't enjoyed an animation so much since Wallace and Grommit.