A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (2010)
"Sammy's avonturen: De geheime doorgang" (original title)

A sea turtle who was hatched in 1959 spends the next 50 years traveling the world while it is being changed by global warming.

Director:

Ben Stassen

Writers:

Ben Stassen (story), Domonic Paris (story),

Stars:

Melanie Griffith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Yuri Lowenthal

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Melanie Griffith	...	Snow (voice)
Isabelle Fuhrman	...	Hatchling Shelly (voice)
Yuri Lowenthal	...	Sammy
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony Anderson	...	Ray (voice)
Gemma Arterton	...	Shelley (voice)
Sydney Hope Banner	...	Loggerhead Turtle (voice)
Ed Begley Jr.	...	GreenPeace Worker (voice)
Ben Bishop	...	VW Driver / Male Hatchling #1 / Male Hatchling #2 / Ollie / Loggerhead Turtle 1 / Loggerhead Turtle 5 / Loggerhead Turtle 7 / Crowd / Fisherman #1 / Police #1 / Large Seal / Green Turtle / Old Male Turtle / Ben (voice)
Christine Bleakley	...	Sandra (voice)
Julia Boecker	...	Baby Buddha (voice)
Darren Capozzi	...	Robbie (voice)
Pat Carroll	...	Old Female Turtle (voice)
Chris Andrew Ciulla	...	Snow Crab
Dominic Cooper	...	Sammy (voice)
Melanie Cooper	...	Snow (voice)

Storyline

A sea turtle who was hatched in 1959 spends the next 50 years traveling the world while it is being changed by global warming.

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Plot Keywords:

sea turtle | punctuation in title | apostrophe in title | character name in title

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild peril

Details

Official Sites:

Studio Canal [France] StudioCanal / nWave [Netherlands]

Country:

Belgium

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 August 2010 (Belgium)

Also Known As:

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£1,122,067 (UK) (25 March 2011)

Gross:

£1,676,818 (UK) (1 April 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

nWave Pictures, Illuminata Pictures, uFilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Fluffy the Cat: You don't want to end up like my last ami... zee chicken.
Sammy: The chicken?
Fluffy the Cat: Apsulimo, who's pen do you think this is?
Sammy: She eats animals?
Fluffy the Cat: Don't let the hippy-dippy attitude fool you. She will stuff you like a goose. Then its "heeekkkkkkkk!", throat slicing gesture , patee for everyone. Shhhh, here she comes now.

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Connections

Followed by A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (2012)

User Reviews

Simple, but very enjoyable

This is a beautiful animation with fun 3D sequences. It has a simple story with an ecological message but as the movie is aimed at kids that is actually a good thing. The story and message will not fly over the little ones' heads.

The characters are likable and the story's pace go on the right speed, not dragging itself or going too fast.

Good fun for kids and parents as well.

I've watched a dubbed version on Brazilian Portuguese so I can't speak for the original voice work, but this version I watched was very well done.

The English version features the voices of stars like Melanie Grifith and Tim Curry.

I highly recommend the 3D version as the movie has many sequences that will not be as entertaining and good looking on the 2D version.