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

Director:

Ben Stassen

Writers:

Ben Stassen (story) &
Domonic Paris (story) ...
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Release Date:

4 August 2010 (Belgium)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Sea Turtle | Punctuation In Title | Apostrophe In Title | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

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: UK Version)
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: UK Version)
Christine Bleakley	...	Sandra (voice: UK Version)
Julia Boecker	...	Baby Buddha (voice: UK Version)
Darren Capozzi	...	Robbie (voice)
Pat Carroll	...	Old Female Turtle (voice)
Chris Andrew Ciulla	...	Snow Crab
Dominic Cooper	...	Sammy (voice: UK Version)
Melanie Cooper	...	Snow (voice: UK Version)
Dennis Cruzado	...	Shark (voice) (as Denis Kacenga)
Tim Curry	...	Fluffy the Cat (voice)
Tim Dadabo	...	Policeman (voice)
Ray Gillon	...	Male Hatchling #3 / Crowd / Fisherman #2 / Hippie #2 / Police #2 / Greenpeace Worker #2 / Greenpeace Worker #3 / Lab Worker (voice: UK Version)
Kathy Griffin	...	Vera (voice)
John Hurt	...	Grandpa Sammy (voice: UK Version)
Sohm Kapila	...	Rita (voice: UK Version)
Stacy Keach	...	(voice)
Grant Klemann	...	Hatchling #2 (voice)
Kierstin Koppel	...	Female Turtle #2
Anjella Mackintosh	...	Female Hatchling / Loggerhead Turtle 2 / Vera / Old Female Turtle (voice: UK Version)
Jenny McCarthy	...	(voice)
Carlos McCullers II	...	Hatchling Ray
Scott Menville	...	Jacko & additional voices
Kayvan Novak	...	Fluffy / Slim / Seagull / Robbie (voice: UK Version)
Gigi Perreau	...	Whale
Stephanie Powter	...	Female Turtle #2 / Young Female Turtle (voice: UK Version)
Geoff Searle	...	Jacko / Loggerhead Turtle 3 / Loggerhead Turtle 4 / Loggerhead Turtle 6 / Loggerhead Turtle 8 / Crowd / Hippie / Whale / Greenpeace Worker #1 / Hatchling Turtle (voice: UK Version)
Robert Sheehan	...	Ray (voice: UK Version)
Georgia Sweeney	...	Female Turtle #1 / Female Turtle (voice: UK Version)
Heather Trzyna	...	Young Loggerhead Sally (voice)
Billy Unger	...	Hatchling Sammy (voice)
Eric Unger	...	Hatchling #1 (voice)

Directed by
Ben Stassen

Writing credits
Ben Stassen		(story) &
Domonic Paris		(story)
Domonic Paris		(screenplay)

Produced by
Jeremy Burdek	....	executive producer
Lynn Cohen	....	line producer
Eric Dillens	....	executive producer
Gina Gallo	....	producer
Nadia Khamlichi	....	executive producer
Mimi Maynard	....	producer
Domonic Paris	....	producer
Adrian Politowski	....	executive producer
Ben Stassen	....	producer
Caroline Van Iseghem	....	producer
Gilles Waterkeyn	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Ramin Djawadi

Casting by
Gallo Maynard
Mimi Maynard

Art Direction by
Jeremy Degruson

Production Management
Rick Gordon	....	post-production manager
James Manke	....	post-production supervisor
Vincent Philbert	....	assistant production manager
Roger Schins	....	assistant unit manager

Sound Department
Roberto Cappannelli	....	sound re-recording mixer
Damon Claus	....	adr assistant: Market Street Sound
Bill Devine	....	original dialogue recording engineer
Danny Ferraro	....	adr recordist: Market Street Sound
James Glenton	....	sound mix technician
Matt Hovland	....	printmaster engineer
Jimmy Lifton	....	adr facility
Brian Magrum	....	dialogue mixer
Fabien Pochet	....	adr re-recording mixer
Yves Renard	....	sound effects editor
James Shannon	....	dolby sound consultant
Yiannis Skandamis	....	dubbing mixer
Luc Thomas	....	sound re-recording mixer
Olivier Thys	....	foley artist
Paulette Victor-Lifton	....	recording facility supervisor
Steve Neal	....	adr stage assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Meilhon Arnaud	....	sets modeler
Aurelie Badin	....	character shading artist
Aurelie Badin	....	lead character shading
Kamal Bhardwaj	....	lighter
Luca Buonamici	....	lighting artist and TD support
Frederic Cervini	....	lead lighting technical director: nWave Digital/Refractor
Nicolas Chombart	....	lighting td
Wim Coene	....	character supervisor
Lynn Cohen	....	CGI line producer
Mazeau David	....	compositor
Mazeau David	....	digital compositor
Boris De Moffarts	....	compositing supervisor
Julien Ducenne	....	compositor
Curtis Edwards	....	lighting supervisor
Jérome Escobar	....	visual effects supervisor
Roland Franck	....	digital artist
Carlo Giesa	....	visual effects lead
Alban Kasikci	....	digital compositor
Salauddin Kazi	....	lighter
Jaye Krebs	....	digital compositor
Mathias Lautour	....	shading/lighting pipeline technical director
Anthony Leveque	....	character texture painter
Mathieu Navarro	....	character modeler
Catalin Niculescu	....	rigging supervisor
De Cafmeyer Olivier	....	character shading
De Cafmeyer Olivier	....	fur artist
De Cafmeyer Olivier	....	visual effects
Camil Planella	....	lighter
Jordi Riera	....	rendering technical director
Frederic Robert	....	environment supervisor
Aurelie Rosman	....	digital compositor
Jesús Ruiz Torres	....	character technical director: setup/rigging
Jesús Ruiz Torres	....	layout technical director
Yogesh Sherman	....	lighter
Alex Vaida	....	blendshape artist
Alex Vaida	....	character modeler
Jelle Van den Audenaeren	....	character modeler
Alexis Van der Haeghe	....	lighter
Ronald van Rij	....	lead lighter
Vincent Visca	....	compositor
Vincent Visca	....	pipeline engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Philippe Tailliez	....	stereoscopic supervisor

Animation Department
Evan Coolen	....	animator
Matthias De Clercq	....	character designer
Brecht Debaene	....	animator
Sébastien Ebzant	....	layout artist
Sébastien Ebzant	....	lead animator
Carlo Giesa	....	lead rigging td
Lionel Hautier	....	character designer
Marco La Torre	....	animator
Ambre Maurin	....	layout artist
Benjamin Mousquet	....	animator
Benjamin Mousquet	....	character designer
Benjamin Mousquet	....	layout artist
Gregory Naud	....	animator
Adrien Noterdaem	....	character designer
Berry Olivier	....	animator
Berry Olivier	....	layout artist
Jesús Ruiz Torres	....	character technical director: setup/rigging
Jesús Ruiz Torres	....	layout technical director
Peter Segers	....	animator
Philippe Tailliez	....	animation finalizing supervisor
Jack Vandenbroele	....	animator
Eitan Vineshtock	....	animator

Casting Department
Gina Gallo	....	casting and voice direction
Mimi Maynard	....	casting and voice direction

Editorial Department
Julien Ducenne	....	assistant editor
Aurelie Rosman	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Dirk Brossé	....	conductor
Stephen Coleman	....	orchestrator
Alain De Ley	....	music supervisor
Philippe Fontaine	....	music recordist assistant
Bryce Jacobs	....	composer: additional music
Bryce Jacobs	....	musician
Justin Michael La Vallee	....	composer: additional music (as Justin La Vallee)
Rob Simon	....	ambient music designer
Rob Simon	....	music editor

Other crew
Guillaume Floret	....	shading artist
Scott Malchus	....	script supervisor
Martin Metz	....	production executive
Roger Schins	....	location manager
Iwona Sellers	....	production executive
Bastien Sirodot	....	production executive

Production Companies

• nWave Pictures
• Illuminata Pictures
• uFilm
• BNP Paribas Fortis Film Fund
• Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique (with the support of)

Distributors

• Energía Entusiasta (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Forum Hungary (2010) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• StudioCanal (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2011) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• E Stars Films (2012) (China) (all media)
• EcoFilmes (2010) (Portugal) (all media)
• FS Film Oy (2010) (Finland) (all media)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2009) (Austria) (all media)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2009) (Germany) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (all media)
• Odeon (2011) (Greece) (DVD)
• Panorama Distributions (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Panorama Distributions (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2009) (Sweden) (all media) (Scandinavia)
• TMC Film (2009) (Turkey) (all media)
• Universal Music Group (2009) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Dada Studios  music recording
• NovaStar Digital  post-production sound services
• Studio DNA  dubbing
• uFund  funding

Also Known As:

"Sammy's avonturen: De geheime doorgang" - Belgium (original title)
"Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage" - International (English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild peril

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Belgium

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG | Netherlands:6 | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:All | Singapore:G | Sweden:7 | Portugal:M/4 (2D Version) | Portugal:M/6 (3D Version) | Malaysia:U | Argentina:Atp | Ireland:G | UK:U | Peru:PT

Company:

nWave Pictures

Quotes:

Sammy:Maybe this is Snow's present to me?
Fluffy the Cat:Doubtful.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Sammy's Adventures 2 (2012)

A good kid's movie

This is a cute movie with a nice message. Some people seem to think there's too much "humans being evil" in the movie, but that's because pretty much everything humans do to the oceans is evil. There is no exaggeration here...in fact, I was impressed they found a way to put the good side to human activity as well.

Aside from the obvious artistic license concerning talking, sentient animals, the movie gets a lot of things right including the species of turtles nesting on the same beach, what they eat, natural predators, floating on rafts of seaweed, a sedentary octopus, the dangers of plastic and so on.

I gave this movie such a high rating because it's my daughter's favourite - we have it on DVD and she love's it. Now, my daughter is two years old, and it's certainly not good enough for me to watch over and over again, but I think it's great for her.