Animals United (2010) Konferenz der Tiere (original title)

Directors:

Reinhard Klooss
Holger Tappe

Writers:

Reinhard Klooss (screenplay)
Erich Kästner (book)
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Release Date:

7 October 2010 (Germany)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Plot:

A group of animals waiting for the annual flood they rely on for food and water discover that the humans, who have been destroying their habitats have built a dam for a leisure resort.

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Billy Beach	...	Vulture 2 (voice: English version)
Jim Broadbent	...	Winston (voice: English version)
James Corden	...	Billy (voice: English version)
Nicola Devico Mamone	...	Büffel Chino (voice) (as Nico Mamone)
Marc Diraison	...	Cook (voice: English version)
Omid Djalili	...	Bongo (voice: English version)
Jason Donovan	...	Toby (voice: English version)
Dawn French	...	Angie (voice: English version)
Thomas Fritsch	...	Löwe Sokrates (voice)
Stephen Fry	...	Socrates (voice: English version)
Michael Glover	...	Mr. Smith (voice: English version)
Mischa Goodman	...	Billy's son 'Junior' (voice: English version)
Oliver Green	...	The Koala Bear 'Ken' (voice: English version)
Jason Griffith	...	The Chimpanzee ' Toto' (voice: English version)
Peter Groeger	...	Schildkröte Winston (voice) (as Peter Gröger)
Christoph Maria Herbst	...	Hahn Charles (voice)
Kim Holland	...	Maya (voice: English version)
Ben Howard	...	Chef de Cuisine (voice: English version)
Bella Hudson	...	The Polar Bear 'Sushi' (voice: English version)
Oliver Kalkofe	...	Hoteldirektor Smith (voice)
Bianca Krahl	...	Giraffe Gisela (voice)
Uli Krohm	...	(voice)
Ruben Lloyd	...	Vulture 1 (voice: English version)
Joanna Lumley	...	Giselle (voice: English version)
Gary McHenley	...	Vulture 3 (voice: English version)
Jessica Owen	...	Meerkat 2 (voice: English version)
Bastian Pastewka	...	Elefantenkuh Angie (voice)
Billie Piper	...	Bonnie (voice: English version)
Vanessa Redgrave	...	Winifred (voice: English version)
Margot Rothweiler	...	Schildkröte Winifred (voice)
Frank Schaff	...	Erdmännchen (voice)
Sean Schemmel	...	The Rhinoceros 'Biggie' (voice: English version)
Ralf Schmitz	...	Erdmännchen Billy (voice)
Tilo Schmitz	...	Nashorn Biggie (voice)
Andy Serkis	...	Charles (voice: English version)
Veronica Taylor	...	The Mole (voice: English version)
Constantin von Jascheroff	...	Erdmännchen (voice)
Tom Wayland	...	The Anteater 'Bob' (voice: English version)
Élisabeth Williams	...	Meerkat 1 (voice: English version)
Pete Zarustica	...	The Tasmanian Devil 'Smiley' (voice: English version)
Santiago Ziesmer	...	Affiger Friseur Bongo (voice)

Directed by
Reinhard Klooss
Holger Tappe

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Oliver Huzly		screenplay
Reinhard Klooss		screenplay
Erich Kästner		book
Sven Severin		screenplay

Produced by
Reinhard Klooss	....	producer
Martin Moszkowicz	....	executive producer
Eckhart Schmidt	....	associate producer
Holger Tappe	....	producer
Bernhard Thür	....	line producer

Original Music by
David Newman

Film Editing by
Alexander Dittner

Production Design by
Henning Ahlers
Jens Benecke

Art Department
Hakan Akögretmen	....	Character Modeling
Boris Kiselicki	....	storyboard artist
Michael Mantel	....	storyboard artist
Peter Oedekoven	....	storyboard artist
David Scherr	....	environment modeling

Sound Department
Jan Bloemeke	....	sound effects editor
Stefan Busch	....	supervising sound editor
Lisa Geffcken-Reinhard	....	sound editor
Frederic Gibert	....	recording studio manager
Michael Kranz	....	re-recording mixer
Heiko Müller	....	sound effects editor
Christoph Oertel	....	additional adr recording
Nils Rademacher	....	dialogue editor
Nils Rademacher	....	sound effects editor
Chris Rebay	....	dialogue editor
Carsten Richter	....	foley artist
Benjamin A. Rosenkind	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Benjamin Rosenkind)
Hanse Warns	....	foley mixer

Visual Effects by
Marcus Boos	....	character texture painter
Marcus Boos	....	facial setup artist
Beckstein Dennis	....	lighting artist
Manuel Dongowski	....	lighting technical director
Marieke Franzen	....	senior texture artist
Arno Franzl	....	lighting technical director
Mathias Gerlach	....	environment modeler
Jens Harter	....	character setup supervisor
Ralf Hietel	....	cloth technical director
Clemens Kinder	....	stereoscopic supervisor
Sven Kroog	....	character modeling supervisor
Florian Linner	....	character technical director
Florian Linner	....	motion capture
Stefan Puschendorf	....	supervising compositor
Nico Rehberg	....	lead lighting technical director
Tino Roeger	....	character texture painter
Tino Roeger	....	lighting technical director
Marian Sander	....	modeling & texturing
Tarkan Sarim	....	modeler
David Scherr	....	facial setup artist
David Scherr	....	lighting artist
Timo Schnitt	....	fluid technical director
Daniele Siragusano	....	post stereographer: Cinepostproduction
Tim Völcker	....	visual effects technical director
Tino Waschke	....	technical director/compositor
Volker Willmann	....	lighting technical director
Guillaume Wyatt	....	lighting supervisor

Animation Department
Hakan Akögretmen	....	additional character designer
Arno Franzl	....	animator
Michael Glans	....	animator
Felix Graf	....	animator
Ivo Grigull	....	animator
Uwe Heidschötter	....	character designer
Patrick Heumann	....	animator
Ellen Hoffmann	....	animator
Konstantin Hubmann	....	animator
Stefan Klauss	....	animator
Stefan Klauss	....	previs artist
Oliver Kurth	....	character designer
Martin Moch	....	animator
Fabian Mueller	....	animatic coordinator
Benedikt Niemann	....	animation supervisor
Peter Oedekoven	....	character designer
Sebastian Riemen	....	animation production manager
Carsten Seller	....	animator
Jörg Volk	....	animator
Thomas Voß	....	animator

Casting Department
Abigail Barbier	....	casting coordinator
Louis Elman	....	casting dubbing director

Music Department
Pia Hoffmann	....	music supervisor
Gregory Jamrok	....	orchestrator
Tony Mandracchia	....	musician
Nils Rademacher	....	music editor
Tom Russbueldt	....	pro tools operator
Billy Sullivan	....	musician
Florian Tessloff	....	scoring supervisor
Jonathan Williams	....	musician: cello

Other crew
Pascal Karls	....	computer systems manager
Martin Knoll	....	digital laboratory supervisor
Frank Schaff	....	dubbing director
Daniele Siragusano	....	postproduction stereographer
Stefan Wood	....	script consultant

Production Companies

• Constantin Film Produktion
• Ambient Entertainment GmbH
• White Horse Pictures

Distributors

• Belga Films (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2010) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• ARC Entertainment (II) (2011) (USA) (all media)
• Cipta Mutu (2011) (Indonesia) (all media)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Valentim de Carvalho Multimédia (2011) (Portugal) (all media)

Other Companies

• CinePostproduction  post-production facilities
• Perseverance Records  soundtrack
• Tonstudio Hanse Warns  foley stage
• Wavefront Studios  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

"Konferenz der Tiere" - Germany (original title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements, some action and peril, rude humor and brief language

Runtime:

Germany:93 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:o.Al. (f) | Ireland:G | UK:U | Netherlands:6 | Singapore:G | Portugal:M/6 | USA:PG | South Korea:All

Company:

Constantin Film Produktion

Trivia:

Animator Mark Flood had been looking forward to seeing this film, but was rushed to hospital in the early hours of the day of its UK release after suffering a stroke. After recovering a couple of months later, he did see the film at a local cinema and enjoyed it.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The kangaroo in the movie is male, yet has a pouch. Only females have pouches in reality.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Estrenos Críticos: ¡...con Phineas & Ferb! (#1.15)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Radar Love

Terrible

This was truly the worst film I have ever paid money to watch. It was so terrible that my 9 year old sister and I left halfway through(she asked to leave!) This is a German-produced film with British voices edited in, and therefore the animation was off for the speaking. We went because of the amount of well-known stars in it, and yet all of them sounded dreadfully bored, with only James Corden trying, but trying way too hard. There was no plot at all and too many story lines to follow, each one receiving about 5 minutes before moving somewhere else and then suddenly all the characters are together with a minutes explanation of how. It was just so boring, so unless it is amazing for the last 20 minutes steer well clear of this film! There is a small scene showing fire, although you could clearly see the animation straight lines supporting the fire, it seemed more like a first draft. My only thought was that this must be politically based as there wasn't a single joke worthy of a laugh while we were there, but it was definitely not worth the £10 I paid to watch it, extremely disappointed as I was really excited before it.