Khumba - Das Zebra ohne Streifen am Popo (2013)

Rejected by his superstitious herd, a half-striped zebra embarks on a daring quest to earn his stripes but finds the courage and self-acceptance to save all the animals of the Great Karoo.

Director:

Anthony Silverston

Writers:

Raffaella Delle Donne, Anthony Silverston

Stars:

Jake T. Austin, Steve Buscemi, Loretta Devine

3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jake T. Austin	...	Khumba (voice)
Steve Buscemi	...	Skalk (voice)
Loretta Devine	...	Mama V (voice)
Laurence Fishburne	...	Seko (voice)
Richard E. Grant	...	Bradley (voice)
Anika Noni Rose	...	Lungisa (voice)
AnnaSophia Robb	...	Tombi (voice)
Catherine Tate	...	Nora (voice)
Liam Neeson	...	Phango (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Adler	...	Wild Dog #1 (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Meerkat Father (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Rabbit (voice)
Rouel Beukes	...	Mkhulu (voice)
Hannes Brummer	...	Khumba (voice)
Mason Charles	...	Meerkat #2 (voice)

Storyline

A half-striped zebra is born into an insular, isolated herd obsessed with stripes. Rumors that the strange foal is cursed spread and, before long, he is blamed for the drought that sets into the Great Karoo. When even his father, the leader of the herd, blames him for the lack of rain and the subsequent death of his mother, the outcast zebra leaves the confines of his home knowing that he cannot survive in the herd without all his stripes. Khumba ventures beyond the fence - vulnerable to the ferocious Leopard, Phango, who controls the waterholes and terrorizes the animals in the Great Karoo. Khumba is rescued from an opportunistic wild dog by a quirky duo: a wildebeest and an ostrich. Mama V is a self-confessed free spirit who does not want to be the average stay-at-home mom, like other wildebeest. Ironically, she mothers Bradley, a flamboyant but insecure ostrich who overcompensates for his scraggily feathers. When a mystical mantis appears to the foal, drawing a map to what could be...

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Plot Keywords:

herd | zebra | waterhole | ostrich | wildebeest | 

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Taglines:

Half a zebra, a whole lot of adventure!

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

South Africa

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 October 2013 (South Africa)

Also Known As:

Khumba - Das Zebra ohne Streifen am Popo

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Triggerfish Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Silver when a child, read about an animal which was thought to be extinct called a Quagga with half stripes. When researching the story, Silverston was fortunate enough to meet with Professor Reinhold Rau, the founder of the Quagga Project Association who started the investigation that ultimately proved the Quagga is merely a subspecies of zebra that looks different rather than an entirely separate species. The Quagga Project Association has with the help of volunteers has been trying to breed this extinct variety "back to life" and a foal was born and named after the lead character in the film.

User Reviews

Good movie

Perhaps not 10, but yet more than 7. Somebody else here wanted to rate it 10, but gave it a 7 because at the beginning of the movie the word "ass" was used in front of his younger children. My god, really? Yes, it not nice when you would have a movie with people cursing from the beginning to the end. No for children. But this? Really?

If my children, when they were wrong, heard such a word, I explained it to them. Letting them have their own conclusions, finally. But, by the way, ass is a part of the body. They should learn where that belongs, isn't it?

When there is shooting and killing, or raping, or abusing people, physically or mentally, wouldn't that be MORE a movie to disapprove for children to watch?