Tad, the Lost Explorer (2012) Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones (original title)

Director:

Enrique Gato

Writers:

Verónica Fernández
Jordi Gasull
(more)

Release Date:

31 August 2012 (Spain)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

No whip, no gun...All fun!

Plot:

Tad is a celebrity archeologist and adventurer just like his hero Max Mordon... in his dreams! In reality...

Plot Keywords:

Construction Worker | Peru | Train | Hat | Explorer

Awards:

8 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Meritxell Ané	...	Tadeo niño (voice)
Óscar Barberán	...	Tadeo Jones (voice)
Belinda	...	Sara Lavrof (voice)
Carles Canut	...	Profesor Humbert (voice)
Fiona Glascott	...	Sara (voice)
Adam James	...	Max Mordon (voice)
Michelle Jenner	...	Sara (voice)
Miguel Ángel Jenner	...	Kopponen (voice)
Enriqueta Linares	...	Melinda (voice)
Mac Macdonald	...	Professor Lavrof / Professor Humbert
Bruce Mackinnon	...	The Mummy
Lewis Macleod	...	Freddy (voice)
Marta Martorell	...	Abuela (voice)
José Mota	...	Freddy (voice)
Pep Anton Muñoz	...	Max Mordon (voice)
Luis Posada	...	Momia (voice)
Liza Ross	...	Grandma
Jordi Royo	...	Capataz (voice)
Kerry Shale	...	Tad (voice)

Directed by
Enrique Gato

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Verónica Fernández
Jordi Gasull
Neil Landau
Javier López Barreira		story
Gorka Magallón		story
Ignacio del Moral
Diego San José		additional dialogue

Produced by
Gabriel Arias-Salgado	....	executive producer
Julio Ariza	....	executive producer
Álvaro Augustín	....	producer
Flavio Balaguer	....	co-producer
Ghislain Barrois	....	producer
Ángel Blasco	....	co-executive producer
Victoria Borrás	....	executive producer
Manuel Echánove	....	co-producer
Jordi Gasull	....	producer
Neil Landau	....	co-executive producer
Nicolás Matji	....	producer
Ezequiel Nieto	....	producer
Edmon Roch	....	producer
Oriol Sala-Patau	....	delegate producer: TVC
Werner Schuler Schutz	....	co-producer
Javier Ugarte	....	executive producer
César Vargas	....	producer

Original Music by
Zacarías M. de la Riva

Film Editing by
Alexander Adams

Casting by
Karen Lindsay-Stewart

Art Direction by
Juan Jesús García Galocha

Production Management
Pedro Solis García	....	production manager

Art Department
Nicolás Alegre Soto	....	sets and props modelling and shading
Eduardo Berazaluce	....	sets and props modelling and shading
Antonio Carrasco	....	senior lighting artist
Eduardo Carrillo	....	sets and props modelling and shading
Eduardo Casado	....	senior lighting artist
Carlos Javier Cecilia Centeno	....	set and props designer
Elena Cobos	....	lighting artist
Pedro Iván De Frías	....	lighting artist
Mercedes Delgado	....	senior lighting artist
Patricia Delgado	....	lighting artist
Manuel Dombidau	....	lighting technical director
Pedro Domingo Luque	....	rigging
Pedro Domingo Luque	....	setup artist
Maximino Díaz Gerveno	....	storyboard supervisor
Luca Fiorentini	....	character artist
Juan Jesús García Galocha	....	character supervision
Juan Jesús García Galocha	....	compositing supervisor
Mario García Nogales	....	modeling & texturing sets and props
Mario García Nogales	....	sets and props modelling and shading
Daniel García Tapia	....	lighting artist
Jorge García-Brazales	....	lighting artist
José Ignacio Garrido	....	sets and props modelling and shading
Juan Ignacio Garrido	....	ligthing supervisor
Antonio José González	....	3D character artist
Antonio José González	....	senior character artist
Juan Gotor Cartagena	....	lighting technical director
José Antonio Grandal	....	sets and props modelling and shading
Juan Francisco Hidalgo	....	lighting artist
Miguel Alaminos Hódar	....	character art designer: art (as Miguel A. Alaminos)
Miguel Alaminos Hódar	....	story board artist
David Jaraiz	....	colour artist
David Jaraiz	....	concept artist: art
David Jaraiz	....	matte painter
Damián López	....	effects supervisor
Carlos Martínez López	....	lighting artist
Luis Mejía	....	colour artist
Luis Mejía	....	matte painter and concept artist
Luis Mejía	....	matte painter
Luis Mejía	....	set designer
Adrián Monroy	....	lighting artist
Juan Muñoz Risco	....	rigging
Juan Muñoz Risco	....	setup artist
Eduardo Nodar Román	....	lighting artist
Eduardo Nodar Román	....	sets and props modelling and shading
Álvaro Orasio	....	lighting artist
Jaime Otegui Malo	....	sets and props modelling and shading
Jaime Otegui Malo	....	sets and props supervisor
Rocío Pelarda	....	cloth simulation artist
Juan de Dios Pozuelo	....	story board artist
Xuan Prada	....	lighting artist
Xuan Prada	....	sets and props modelling and shading
Pedro Pérez Valiente	....	storyboard artist
Alberto Ramírez	....	lighting artist
Jorge Remacho	....	lighting artist
Rubén Rincón	....	lighting artist
José Augusto Rodríguez	....	3D character artist
Ignacio Santalla	....	character supervision
Ignacio Santalla	....	cloth supervisor
Ignacio Santalla	....	technical animation
Jorge Santamaría	....	additional storyboard artist
Víctor Sanz	....	lighting artist
Eduardo Serna Alonso	....	lighting technical director
Eduardo Serna	....	software tools and systems supervisor
Juan Solís	....	3D character artist
Ángel Sánchez	....	story board artist
Daniel Tapia	....	lighting artist
Alberto Trujillo	....	lighting artist
Alberto Trujillo	....	sets and props modelling and shading
Borja Veganzones	....	lighting artist
Emilio José Álvarez	....	lighting artist

Sound Department
Nicholas Ashe	....	voice recordist
Michelle Burt	....	adr producer
Carlos Faruolo	....	sound designer
Jaime Fernández	....	sound mixer
Jaime Fernández	....	sound re-recording mixer
George Foulgham	....	voice recordist
Emilio García Rivas	....	sound mixer assistant
Miguel Ángel Jenner	....	dubbing director
Yvonne Miralles	....	foley recordist
Edgar Vidal	....	foley designer
Erik Vidal	....	foley artist
Kiku Vidal	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Nicolás Alegre	....	rendering artist
Misael Alegría	....	rendering artist
Anna Aragonés	....	3D compositor
Bernat Aragonés	....	postproduction supervisor
José María Aragonés	....	steroscopic direction
María Barbadillo	....	effects intern artist
Laura Barge	....	3d camera
Laura Barge	....	stereoscopic camera setup
Ángel Barrajón	....	rendering & optimization artist
Ángel Barrajón	....	rendering artist
Verónica Bartolomé	....	rendering artist
José Roberto Carrillo	....	lightbox 3d supervisor
Jaime Cebrián	....	3d camera
Jaime Cebrián	....	senior stereoscopic production supervisor
Elena Cobos	....	lighting/compositing artist
Jordi Costa	....	3d camera
Jordi Costa	....	senior stereoscopic production supervisor
John De la Cruz	....	compositing artist
Mercedes Delgado	....	compositing artist
Merche Delgado	....	lead lighting artist
Patricia Delgado	....	compositing artist
Manuel Dombidau	....	lighting / technical director
Pedro Domingo Luque	....	additional effects
Pedro Domingo Luque	....	rigging and setup artist
Marc Dominici	....	post-production assistant: Apunto Lapospo
Roberto Fernández	....	3d camera
Sandra Filipelli	....	post-production coordinator: Apunto Lapospo
María Rosa Fusté	....	post-production producer: Apunto Lapospo
Mario García Nogales	....	modeling & texturing sets and props
Marcos García Suárez	....	visual effects artist
Daniel García Tapia	....	compositing artist
Jorge García-Brazales	....	compositing artist
Jorge García-Brazales	....	lightbox 3d supervisor
Jorge García-Brazales	....	lighting artist
Cristina Garmón	....	post-production assistant: Apunto Lapospo
J. Ignacio Garrido	....	lighting supervisor
Miky Girón	....	conforming and 3d adjustment: Apunto Lapospo
Pablo Gotor	....	compositing artist
Jorge Gutiérrez	....	rendering artist
Neus Hernández	....	effects coordinator: Apunto Lapospo
Antonio Herrero Pons	....	render farm engineer
Ignacio Lacosta	....	stereoscopic supervisor
Iñaki Lacosta	....	3d camera
Francisco Malagón	....	additional rendering
Max Marco	....	rendering artist
Jesús Marín Jaca	....	3d camera
Jesús Marín Jaca	....	senior stereoscopic technical director (as Jesús Marín)
Jordi Mola	....	digital mastering: Apunto Lapospo
Adrián Monroy	....	compositing artist
Fatima Montes	....	digital compositor
Juan Muñoz Risco	....	additional effects
Juan Muñoz Risco	....	rigging and setup artist
Eduardo Nodar Román	....	compositing artist
Paula Orga	....	3d camera
Jaime Otegui Malo	....	sets and props supervisor
Aaron Pedraza	....	colorgrading assistant: Apunto Lapospo
Rocío Pelarda	....	cloth simulation artist
Pepín	....	color grader: Apunto Lapospo
Eduard Puertas	....	3D compositor
Gustavo Pulido	....	render intern artist
Manuel Pérez Sanz	....	visual effects artist
Óscar Pérez	....	effects coordinator: Apunto Lapospo
Alberto Ramírez	....	lighting/compositing artist
Jorge Remacho	....	compositing artist
Susana Rodríaguez	....	rendering artist
Alexis Rosés	....	3D compositor
Jorge Santamaría	....	compositing artist
Eduardo Serna Alonso	....	external render farm pipeline
Ana Sevillano	....	3d camera
Armide Suarez	....	rendering artist
Adolfo Sánchez de Rojas	....	compositor
Javier Toledo	....	3d camera
Jaime Torelló	....	3D compositor
Alberto Trujillo	....	compositing artist
Borja Veganzones	....	lighting/compositing artist
José Alberto Vizcaino	....	rendering artist
Emilio José Álvarez Raya	....	lighting/compositing
Emilio Álvarez	....	compositing artist

Animation Department
David Alonso	....	2D animator: closing credits
David Alonso	....	layout artist
Mario Antoñanzas	....	animator
Iñigo Berasategui	....	animation supervisor
Miquel Cabot	....	animator
Gustavo Calle	....	animator
Ana Cobos	....	animator
Raúl De Andrés	....	animator
José Luis de Lucas	....	animator
Pepe de Lucas	....	animator
Jesus del Campo	....	senior animator
Iván del Rio	....	animator
José Manuel Domato	....	animator
Pedro Domingo Luque	....	technical animation artist
Maximino Díaz Gerveno	....	animation director
Fernando Franco	....	senior animator
Guillermo Gacía Carsi	....	2D animator: opening credits
Beatriz García Carsi	....	2D animator: opening credits
Enrique Gato	....	layout supervisor
David Gimenez	....	animator
Isaac Marcos Gonzalez	....	animator
Marcos González	....	additional animator
Miguel Alaminos Hódar	....	2D animator: closing credits
Amaia Iraola	....	animator
Iván Lobón	....	animator
Julio Lorenzo	....	senior animator
Julián Antonio Lucas	....	animator
Diego López	....	additional rigging
Magin Marqués	....	animator
Alejandro Villar Martin	....	animation technical director
Alvaro Martin	....	animator
Paola Marín	....	animator
Óscar Medina	....	additional rigging
Luis Mejía	....	2D animator: closing credits
Txesco Montalt	....	2D animator: opening credits
Juan Muñoz Risco	....	technical animation artist
Javi Neiro	....	animator
David Ordieres	....	senior animator
Angel Luis Oromendia	....	animation technical director
Martín Parissenti	....	layout artist
Pedro Pérez Valiente	....	2D animator: closing credits
Salomé Rivas	....	additional animation technical director
Daniel Ruiz	....	animator
Jorge Santamaría	....	2D animator: closing credits
Jorge Santamaría	....	layout artist
Christian Semczuk	....	animator
Alberto Sánchez	....	2D animator: opening credits
Javier Vazquez	....	animator
Helio Vega	....	2D animator: opening credits
Adrian Villarino	....	animator
Marc Álvarez	....	animator

Editorial Department
Nahum Galeote Martin	....	second editor
Pepín	....	digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Bratislava Symphony Orchestra	....	score performed by
Rafael Cebrián	....	composer: additional music
David Hernando	....	conductor
Roberto Herrador	....	music editor
Roberto Herrador	....	music mixer assistant
Claudio Ianni	....	music orchestatred
Zacarías M. de la Riva	....	music orchestatred
Álex Martínez Casamada	....	composer: additional music
Álex Martínez Casamada	....	music orchestatred
Álex Martínez	....	composer: additional music
James Peterson	....	composer: additional music
James Peterson	....	music orchestrated by
Olga Santos	....	music mix assistant
Taka Taka	....	music mixer
Irene Vinader	....	music editor
Irene Vinader	....	music recording assistant
José Vinader	....	music recorded and mixed by

Other crew
Paz Calderón	....	production assistant: El Toro Pictures
Elena Calvo De Mora	....	production intern: El Toro Pictures
Marc Escarrá	....	production intern: Ikiru films
Estefanía Ferrer	....	production coordinator: Ikiru films
Blanca Formáriz	....	head of development
Lillian González	....	story editor
Juan Gotor Cartagena	....	software tools and systems engineering
Marta Mas	....	production assistant: Ikiru films
Teresa Morales de Alava	....	marketing
Antonio Pons Herrerro	....	software tools and systems engineering
Rafa Russo	....	english translator
Cristina Saur	....	translations
Arantxa Sebastián	....	production coordinator: Ikiru films
Pedro Solis	....	director of human resources
Patricia Takata	....	assistant to producer: Ikiru films
Jorge Tuca	....	head of development
Helio Vega	....	main titles designer
Álvaro Vicario	....	making-of
Helena Vilaplana Carnerero	....	community manager: marketing
Working At Weekend	....	marketing and communications

Thanks
Will Clarke	....	thanks
Iona de Macedo	....	thanks
Jose Ángel Esteban	....	special thanks
Carlos López	....	special thanks
Manolo Matji	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Telefónica Producciones
• Ikiru Films
• Lightbox Entertainment
• Telecinco Cinema
• Toro Pictures, El

Distributors

• Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment (2013) (USA) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• PARLUX Entertainment (2013) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2013) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• StudioCanal (2013) (France) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2013) (Greece) (theatrical)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2012) (Myanmar) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2012) (Thailand) (all media)
• Paramount Pictures (2012) (Spain) (all media)
• StudioCanal (2012) (worldwide) (all media) (sales agent)
• Zon Audiovisuais (2013) (Portugal) (all media)

Other Companies

• Entropy Studio  stereoscopic post-production services
• MovieScore Media  soundtrack

Also Known As:

"Las aventuras de Tadeo Jones" - Spain (original title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:All | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:6 | Portugal:M/6 | Switzerland:6

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Telefónica Producciones

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: Inside the Mayan city, when the fireball starts rolling, two soldiers fall off the cliff and one of them screams.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Soundtrack:

What Makes You Beautiful

I loved it

I must say I expected a sub-Pixar animated feature,but Tad has surprised me on so many levels that I actually rated it higher than the recent Disney/Pixar films.

the characters are well developed and animated superbly,but I was particularly impressed by the set designs,although the whole production has been done with so much imagination and artistic flair...it's true that it's a cartoon-y take on I.Jones/TombRaider theme but the attention to detail in every shot is simply staggering,and on top of it all it is a very cute looking movie.

It'll take a second viewing to process all the details I must have missed the first time,as it's really fast-paced.